as a writer who has been on tumblr for quite a while, how do you feel about John Green's recent claims that the entire tumblr community has "changed" and that as a writer he can't interact with the community or his followers without being injustly attacked

Is that the YA guy?

I honestly haven’t been paying attention but this refrain sounds like the same thing everyone has said (including me in the hopefully distant past) when they get called out on something. They’re usually completely wrong and just being defensive.

But I have no idea what he is being ‘attacked’ or ‘slandered’ over, if in fact, that’s a true representation of the situation. I am speaking in complete ignorance of his situation. 

It’s tough, in a way. Creators work hard, they put themselves and their talents out there, and sometimes people CAN be unfair, and if you have a voice at all, you want to defend your work.  But if you treat every criticism like that, you’re not being a stand-up creator, you’re being  an asshole.