What I found for Frozen specifically was a post by someone claiming to be from the Sami people who was saying that the Sami didn't appreciate having their cause taken up in a patronizing way by the internet commentariat and they also claimed that the Sami leadership was really quite pleased about Frozen and no one in their community was up in arms about cultural appropriation. This post was followed by a string of abuse that-- if the OP was telling the truth-- demonstrated their point about misplaced social justice in an ample fashion. But hey, I don't know if they were telling the truth. I don't know on whose behalf I ought to be outraged, or if I should be outraged on anyone's behalf, and quite honestly... eh, fuck it.
I think it's just really misleading to act like it's just one site being like this, or like it originated on tumblr
Outrage culture is all over the place, but the way things function on tumblr (which really came into its own circa 2012) demonstrates better than anywhere other social media platform I frequent the shift in tone, the same way that the current state of Salon magazine demonstrates progressive outrage journalism more than any other publication I read (I don't read the HuffPo).
Comment trains can be as hard to follow as reblog ones -- if I see a post with a pile of replies, from a glance, how am I going to know if it's all "yes, you go OP!" or "OP, get your head out of your ass"?
Aside from the LiveFyre system used by Slate magazine, which posts comments in reverse order even within a subthread, I've not seen any commenting platform that's as difficult to untangle as a tumblr "discussion." Not even LJ.
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I think it's just really misleading to act like it's just one site being like this, or like it originated on tumblr
Outrage culture is all over the place, but the way things function on tumblr (which really came into its own circa 2012) demonstrates better than anywhere other social media platform I frequent the shift in tone, the same way that the current state of Salon magazine demonstrates progressive outrage journalism more than any other publication I read (I don't read the HuffPo).
Comment trains can be as hard to follow as reblog ones -- if I see a post with a pile of replies, from a glance, how am I going to know if it's all "yes, you go OP!" or "OP, get your head out of your ass"?
Aside from the LiveFyre system used by Slate magazine, which posts comments in reverse order even within a subthread, I've not seen any commenting platform that's as difficult to untangle as a tumblr "discussion." Not even LJ.