I really dislike when people make judgments about the typical Tumblr user. I was on Tumblr for at least two years, and given my stream (over 300 people) consisted entirely of people I chose to follow, I regularly had conversations with people who were mature, intelligent, nonjudgmental, into all sorts of really cool stuff, helpful, logical, level-headed, and so forth. If anybody is complaining about teenage girls being on Tumblr, why are you following them? (am using the general 'you', not talking about you specifically, OP.) That's the entire point of tumblr, you can choose who to follow and who not, and what is it to you if someone is saying stuff you don't agree with. Just don't follow them. It's not like here on Hubski, where as much as I try, I can't seem to get away from the people I don't want to hear from, they're a toxic cloud.
I think as Hubski gets more and more users, that'll become less and less of a problem. Right now it's like a lot of people in a small room. Hopefullu, with more users and the posts they bring, there will be more room not only to explore, but to avoid the people you want to avoid.That's the entire point of tumblr, you can choose who to follow and who not, and what is it to you if someone is saying stuff you don't agree with. Just don't follow them. It's not like here on Hubski, where as much as I try, I can't seem to get away from the people I don't want to hear from
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.