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pyrrhonic  ·  3168 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tumblr vs. Hubski

My issue wasn't with users, necessarily. I didn't have much problem unfollowing people with irksome personalities (unless there were in-person social connections). My issue was more that ~half of the stuff particular users posted would be insightful or interesting, and the other half made me feel like I was wasting my precious time on that website. So the problem came down to 1) the means of filtering undesirable content were ineffective or cumbersome, and 2) people often didn't use them anyway.

I'm also with you on the teenage girl hate. I didn't mean to perpetuate it by leading in with those overgeneralizations.