It's fashionable to dunk on tumblr, but I absolutely credit my tumblr circle starting c. 2012 with making me a good person who can take criticism and who cares enough about people to be getting a doctorate in people! Which is quite a lot to lay at the feet of one social media experience, but as a very lonely baby queer Jew in the hinterlands of rural Catholic NorCal, I think my overall development as a person could have gone many ways. The array of media, perspectives, people, and critiques that I came into contact with then let me develop in a safe space and name my priorities, and learn when I was going against those priorities! I'm no longer on tumblr, but I'll always be grateful to that part of my fandom narrative for a fantastic education.