[hellbanTHIS]

> Because of the site’s design, conversation happened in a nesting-doll structure—to comment on anything, users had to reblog the original post onto their own page and make their additions beneath it.

> Tumblr was often criticized for its purity culture—conversations could go nuclear as soon as someone was deemed “problematic,” or once their “fav” had been declared “canceled.”

The first paragraph caused the second one. That’s not a conversation, that’s broadcasting to your narrow group of like-minded followers.

Fatal UI decision ultimately, and it was probably done because comments were considered toxic.

But nothing was ever as toxic as challenging some of the crazy ideas on there (one I remember getting tangled up in was “feminism means men can hit women”) and having that person’s personal army come after you.

So RIP Tumblr, you sucked and made the world a worse place.

[rainonmoon]

> Fatal UI decision ultimately, and it was probably done because comments were considered toxic.

Well, it also created a robust essay culture for a while that allowed long, considered writing to exist in conversation with other pieces in a pretty unique way.