Expanding on that one confession with having problems withing the fandom, I wanna share my biggest gripe.
I think now its more under control than before, but withing the early peak of the MLP fandom there was not a big enough divide between adult and young fans. I think there is nothing wrong with kids shows having a section of a fandom who are adults, but the problem comes when make more mature content for it. Although I myself was not exposed too it ive heard so many stories from people I know personally seeing those violent parodies and sexual fanart of their favorite colorful horses.
I think if youre gonna make adult centered content of a kids show, and share it online, you have to do your best to make sure kids aren't exposed too it. You are responsible for who your content reaches, and how many videos like that were uploaded to yt at the time was just, ew.
As someone who grew up with teh show and also was more in tuned to pop culture and the internet as a kid than i probably should've been, i saw practically evvvverrryyythingggg....
Its complicated because i agree but also some great stuff have come from the fandom, but ofc childrens safety should always be a priority. Some people will make the argument that adults who like kids shows should be able to do whatever because parents should be monitoring their kids online, and while that is true, people need to understand that as adults, you're technically taking over kids spaces and kids dont really have their own spaces anynore. Like same with bluey or disney, these are fandoms primarily made up of adults and it can lead to entitlement that bleeds over irl sometimes. I dont remember if it was bluey but i remember when a character plush merch was being bought up by adults and the kids couldnt even get their hands on them.
That being said tho, when it comes to the internet theres only so much you can do to hide stuff.