>>56679530Yeah. Back when I was in my "anti" era I had a handful of kinks that I was hardcore suppressing because I had heard them get called problematic before. Anything from dubcon to adult age gaps to power imbalances. I had suppressed it all in one way or another. I was always so scared of people finding out about these kinks and thinking I was a creep that wanted to rape people IRL or some shit. Or when I would talk to my fellow anti friends who shared the same kinks and would just constantly have a voice in the back of my mind saying "Ok, when are they gonna realize they're talking about problematic things and call me out for it?" It was absolutely damaging to my mental health.
However recently, I made a little discord server that has a "no kinkshaming" rule and was able to "come out" with a kink I had been suppressing basically all my life. Everyone there was so supportive and most even found it hot too! On one hand I was relieved I could finally talk about it with others, but on the other hand I was like "Seriously?? I suppressed this for nearly 20 years for NOTHING??" lmao.
But yeah, personal ramble aside fandom really was ruined by algo social medias. Thankfully I heard that there's some sort of lawsuit against a social media company (I think TikTok?) for promoting harmful challenges with their algorithm that got a kid killed :( I think the lawsuit is looking to hold companies accountable for what their algorithm promotes to people. Depending on how this goes it could mean a potential end to algo-driven social media, or at least a major shift in how these platforms boost various content.
