Its kind of fascinating to see the most recent intersection of not only Reddit and Tumblr, but of TikTok and Tumblr. There are people on Tumblr who are only just getting the chance to interact with John Green as more than a legend of a darker time in Tumblr's history. And while John was only a legend here,, he has been one of the hearts of multiple TikTok communities for years, and its great to see them learn who John Green really is.
There are people who have never read his books who will be exposed to them now.They get to find out about Tuberculosis and Socks and Coffee, and how genuine of a person John is. How he'll delete his posts if they make him too anxious and how we support him in that.
In some ways for me John's previous experience on Tumblr serves as one of the most visible reminders that everyone we interact with on the hellscape that is the internet is a person first and foremost, and anonymity and humor are no excuse to treat people badly.
