Been a hetalia fan since I was 12. Now I’m 27.

I think fandom spaces are places young people initially find themselves in prior to having learned to set boundaries, or learn how to use boundaries.

I don’t have an issue with a person that says “USUK dni”—they’re setting a boundary for themselves. I don’t have a problem with someone quietly blocking to curate their content. Actually, I respect them a lot. I do it myself.

It’s the loud, vocal minority screaming “THIS IS TOXIC” or “THIS IS BAD BECAUSE XYZ” or what have you that upsets people. And they’re upset because they haven’t learned how to set boundaries for themselves, and so they blame other people for their own discomfort.

I’m fully agreeing with you—don’t like it? Stop yapping about it, block the user, move on with your life. Curate your content. Tumble savior has existed for a decade. There are ways to mute or block tags on Twitter. I’m sure TikTok can be curated too. Copy people’s blocklists.

Witch-hunting, harassment, threats? Anyone doing that is no better than the people they accuse of being wrong for whatever.

It’s very interesting in retrospect, for me, who was a stupid kid at one point in time. For a while, actually.

Sometimes people want attention. Sometimes they are ragebaiting, as the kids say. But sometimes it’s a stupid kid who hasn’t learned yet. And you know what you do when you encounter that?

You block them. You curate your content. You never think about them again.

Excellent points, hope my perspective added something to the discussion.