The Subreddits That Ruined the Internet

The subreddit r/TumblrInAction started out in the early 2010s as a
place to mock the sorts of oversimplified social justice posts all
over Tumblr, but it quickly became a breeding ground for online
hate. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Allegra discuss their own
history as Tumblr teens, the simplified and misguided ways Tumblr
posts tried to share progressive ideology, and how the culture of
one subset of Reddit forums that made fun of those posts eventually
led to GamerGate and all sorts of online harassment tactics.
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