Yes, those things were mostly settled in my mind before the Internet came around, and all of them were settled before social media did.
Don't get me wrong, I've continued to refine and add nuance to all of them since, partly due to online discussion (eg. Land Value Tax is something I picked up that way) but the core of "politically conservative — socially liberal — Christian Universalist — Stoic" hasn't changed in the last twenty-five years, even though I didn't know all of the correct words to describe my views back then.
Back when I was actively moderating one of the larger subreddits, erroneous or malicious reports were basically blips. They happened, but no one mod had to deal with a deluge of them so it was pretty easy to just dismiss the report and move on.
It was on the smaller, more political sub that I saw the report system abused as a super-downvote. But again, easy enough to reapprove the targeted comment and move on. Since reports were anonymous on reddit, there was rarely a chance to chide the offenders, unless they bragged about it.
I personally find the children's poems of Maurice Sendak creepy, but I think that's intentional. To my mind, it's Carol King singing "Chicken Soup with Rice" all cheerful that's misreading the vibe.
Yes, those things were mostly settled in my mind before the Internet came around, and all of them were settled before social media did.
Don't get me wrong, I've continued to refine and add nuance to all of them since, partly due to online discussion (eg. Land Value Tax is something I picked up that way) but the core of "politically conservative — socially liberal — Christian Universalist — Stoic" hasn't changed in the last twenty-five years, even though I didn't know all of the correct words to describe my views back then.