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{{Quotation|The “anti” problem arose because Tumblr has no functional [[Fannish Community|community]] structure, meaning people started using the tags themselves to replace the communities from back on [[LJ]]. In that context, tagging a negative post with the tags that apply was making the posts show up in the only viable community structure, which was a violation of LJ etiquette (where communities were self-selecting and moderated). This was exacerbated by the lack of functional cut tags, so everything was all completely visible, and you had to scroll past every post in its entirety. The culture of “don’t post anti in the tag” was a social concept developed to deal with Tumblr’s non-functionality for fandom purposes.<ref>wrangletangle. [http://wrangletangle.tumblr.com/post/150977136026/yes-you-can-tag-your-dark-or-triggery-work-on-ao3 Yes, you can tag your dark or triggery work on AO3 with the characters and ships that are in it], [https://web.archive.org/web/20161020023133/http://wrangletangle.tumblr.com/post/150977136026/yes-you-can-tag-your-dark-or-triggery-work-on-ao3/mobile archived], posted to Tumblr 26 September 2016. 1,829 notes as of 19 October 2016.</ref>}}

{{Quotation|The “anti” problem arose because Tumblr has no functional [[Fannish Community|community]] structure, meaning people started using the tags themselves to replace the communities from back on [[LJ]]. In that context, tagging a negative post with the tags that apply was making the posts show up in the only viable community structure, which was a violation of LJ etiquette (where communities were self-selecting and moderated). This was exacerbated by the lack of functional cut tags, so everything was all completely visible, and you had to scroll past every post in its entirety. The culture of “don’t post anti in the tag” was a social concept developed to deal with Tumblr’s non-functionality for fandom purposes.<ref>wrangletangle. [http://wrangletangle.tumblr.com/post/150977136026/yes-you-can-tag-your-dark-or-triggery-work-on-ao3 Yes, you can tag your dark or triggery work on AO3 with the characters and ships that are in it], [https://web.archive.org/web/20161020023133/http://wrangletangle.tumblr.com/post/150977136026/yes-you-can-tag-your-dark-or-triggery-work-on-ao3/mobile archived], posted to Tumblr 26 September 2016. 1,829 notes as of 19 October 2016.</ref>}}

In March 2017 an anon on [[Fail_Fandomanon]] elaborated on this origin story, explaining that the antishippers were told go to their own anti[ship] tag, which they did, and where they only interacted with like-minded people and therefore ended up radicalizing each other.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/245921.html?thread=1374104481#cmt1374104481 | title = 2017-03-07 comment }}</ref>

In March 2017 an anon on [[Fail_Fandomanon]] elaborated on this origin story, explaining that the antishippers were told go to their own anti[ship] tag, which they did, and where they only interacted with like-minded people and therefore ended up radicalizing each other.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/245921.html?thread=1374104481#cmt1374104481 | title = 2017-03-07 comment | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210314125719/https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/245921.html?thread=1374104481 | archivedate = 2021-03-14 }}</ref>

In February 2018 tumblr user and [[anti-antishipper]] [[freedom-of-fanfic]] argued that ''anti'' is a self-designation. A reblogger commented, "I’ve seen people describe themselves as 'an anti' in the meaning 'I am against pedophilic/incestuous ships and I will actively argue against their right to exist on the internet'."<ref>{{source| url = http://into-september.tumblr.com/post/170918624433/psa-antis-named-themselves-please-stop | title = PSA: ‘antis’ named themselves. please stop accusing everyone else of naming them. | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210004/http://into-september.tumblr.com/post/170918624433/psa-antis-named-themselves-please-stop | archivedate = 2018-02-18 }} reblogged by into-september, Feb 15th, 2018</ref>

In February 2018 tumblr user and [[anti-antishipper]] [[freedom-of-fanfic]] argued that ''anti'' is a self-designation. A reblogger commented, "I’ve seen people describe themselves as 'an anti' in the meaning 'I am against pedophilic/incestuous ships and I will actively argue against their right to exist on the internet'."<ref>{{source| url = http://into-september.tumblr.com/post/170918624433/psa-antis-named-themselves-please-stop | title = PSA: ‘antis’ named themselves. please stop accusing everyone else of naming them. | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210004/http://into-september.tumblr.com/post/170918624433/psa-antis-named-themselves-please-stop | archivedate = 2018-02-18 }} reblogged by into-september, Feb 15th, 2018</ref>

* [http://tobermoriansass.tumblr.com/post/149451372175/vastderp-lizardlicks-vastderp/mobile tumblr thread started by buckyballbearing] - "prioritizing fictional characters over the needs of real women" (August 2016) (see [[I See A Lot Of Posts Going Around (Suppressing Women's Sexuality)]])<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160827174136/http://tobermoriansass.tumblr.com/post/149451372175/vastderp-lizardlicks-vastderp/mobile archived], with 9,516 notes as of 27 August 2016</ref>

* [http://tobermoriansass.tumblr.com/post/149451372175/vastderp-lizardlicks-vastderp/mobile tumblr thread started by buckyballbearing] - "prioritizing fictional characters over the needs of real women" (August 2016) (see [[I See A Lot Of Posts Going Around (Suppressing Women's Sexuality)]])<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160827174136/http://tobermoriansass.tumblr.com/post/149451372175/vastderp-lizardlicks-vastderp/mobile archived], with 9,516 notes as of 27 August 2016</ref>

* {{source| url = https://reysistantis.tumblr.com/post/152571948009/what-she-says-i-hate-antis-what-she-really | title = What she says: I hate antis; What she really means...}} by [[reysistantis]] (October 31, 2016)

* {{source| url = https://reysistantis.tumblr.com/post/152571948009/what-she-says-i-hate-antis-what-she-really | title = What she says: I hate antis; What she really means...| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190607140600/https://reysistantis.tumblr.com/post/152571948009/what-she-says-i-hate-antis-what-she-really| archivedate = 2019-06-07}} by [[reysistantis]] (October 31, 2016)

*[[Towards a working definition of “anti”]] {{source| url = https://shinelikethunder.tumblr.com/post/154454617111/towards-a-working-definition-of-anti | title = Towards a working definition of “anti” | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20181208165212/https://shinelikethunder.tumblr.com/post/154454617111/towards-a-working-definition-of-anti| archivedate =2018-12-08}} by [[shinelikethunder]] (December 14, 2016)

*[[Towards a working definition of “anti”]] {{source| url = https://shinelikethunder.tumblr.com/post/154454617111/towards-a-working-definition-of-anti | title = Towards a working definition of “anti” | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20181208165212/https://shinelikethunder.tumblr.com/post/154454617111/towards-a-working-definition-of-anti| archivedate =2018-12-08}} by [[shinelikethunder]] (December 14, 2016)