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Neon suggests that many of today's showrunners, writers, and creators—particularly those involved in animation, comics, and web-based content—have roots on Tumblr or Twitter. These platforms fostered environments where extreme opinions, often hostile and divisive, became normalized. Prior to Tumblr's crackdown on adult content and pornography, the site was ground zero for some of the most toxic discourse in fandom and creator communities.