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Considering the sheer level of pony porn being created in spaces that were near adjacent to a children's show meant for little children, I don't think they get to pull the "chill guy" card.
Some were for sure unfairly maligned just for liking a kid's show, but there reputation for being creeps became pretty self-fulfilling pretty fast with how their "fandom" evolved. And not "a few extreme wierdos" problem, but seemingly an overwhelming majority of them were either for it or tolerant of it.
Bronies transcended this level and were far beyond any other simple "rule 34 space."
They were creating pony porn right next to regular pony art that was in official channels, flooding Youtube with so much questionable material that children would be watching, and had the actual ear of the company itself working to their whims. Shit they still have their own fucking board on 4chan that is one of the most active on the site, despite the show ending years ago.
Its why they not only have a name onto themselves, whereas most porny fandoms do not, but its a well known one at that. Because they were special in many ways, and few of them were positive.
So, uh. What were you searching for to do that to your algorithm?
Funny that that's the only sexual issue you provide too. Going by the rest of your post, it seems like you're complaining that bronies were influential and visible moreso than that they were sexual.
I was on the internet. This was pre-algorithm where things just existed alongside everything else. I know, shocking idea that there was a time when Google didn't control what you considered reality. I hung out on 4chan, where they were so bad they had to get banished from /b/. I played WoW where they were a menace that would ERP in any chat channel they could.
Also he dismissed them as "unrepresentative of the majority" so I responded by saying they how were visible and thereby the rest of his musings on "weird underground r34 culture" weren't relevant to them.
Do I need to repeat the original comment inside each reply to help you keep up?
To be fair that's the furries that exist in EVERY community, if it has fur or hooves, they'll make porn of it...
True, but most furries don't have a subculture onto themselves for specific properties that is massive enough that it changes industry standards and marketing.
Like as a whole they might, but they Zootopia fandom isn't literally shaping discourse and internet culture like bronies did.
The show ran for like 10 years. The people that started watching it as kids grew up and became adults with adult interests. And the show was still going.