Not sure if this is quite applicable as a conversation topic but I'm really confused as to why furries have seemed to stay on reddit. Furries are normally first in line for this sort of activism, especially when it involves cool technology. It feels like furries have stayed behind more than other groups, on average?
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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I would be interested to hear about how their local furry scene is, the variations in meets (if any).
When I was hosting local furry events, it was a bit of a pain to think up activities to do. Looking at other communities helped.
I don't have anything off the top of my head, but this sounds a bit like r/RealFurryHours - maybe you can take some inspiration from some of the topics there
r/RealFurryHours is a weird subreddit because on one hand it's good to have a place to talk about more serious furry things but it really rubs me the wrong way that the subreddit description explicitly welcomes anti-furries
I've never really visited it for more than a few minutes, but I know historically they've tried to have discussions on some of the more controversial issues. As a whole I would guess it's probably a very self-selecting subreddit of smug/holier-than-thou furries and anti-furries. "I'm a furry but I'm not one of THOSE furries!" Discussion is likely not representative of general population.
I use to regularly use it when it first started. It's not as bad as you make it out to be. It was actually very well moderated and had serious discussion where both sides could talk, ask questions, and explain things to one another. The more trollish comments like "Furries Bad", or "kill all furries" were generally removed immediately.
Anti-furries could ask the questions they normally would never have asked when in an anti-fur circle jerk and furries could explain things about the fandom or LGBTQ stuff within the fandom in general to Anti-furs. And even bring up controversial topics like the difference between feral and zoophilia.why do furries have fursona's, why do furries act as weird as they do?
And Furries could ask the serious questions they never want to ask Anti-furs, like "why they hate furries so much? What caused it? Etc."
You even had burned furs participating and talking, explaining the experiences that made them choose to leave the fandom and their problems with the fandom. But that was when it first opened up.
I'm not sure when it happened exactly, but I will only assume it was around the time r/yiffinhell got it's entire moderation staff ousted by the Reddit admins and the new lead moderator put in place, was a furry.
I think it drove much of the Anti-furs that were participating away from wanting to communicate and participate and talk anymore. Very few remained.
From their, it kinda became more about drama in the furry community itself and on reddit. Like how the mod staff of /r/furry were overzealous in their moderation of r/furry or the drama surrounding that necrophilic zoophile YouTuber, Kero something....
I mean, it was still well moderated when I stopped subbing that sub, but it was more about furry drama among furries at that point. Well moderated drama, but still drama. And frankly I don't care enough about furry drama to stick around.
And that is why I left that sub. I still appreciate what it was trying to do early on.
As a whole I would guess it's probably a very self-selecting subreddit of smug/holier-than-thou furries and anti-furries.
Oh god I can only imagine. I'm sure that popped up a lot
I never visited for more than a few minutes either
I have very mixed feeling about /r/RealFurryHours. On one paw it really is the type of community that I'd love replicating here on reddit, on the other paw what I've seen from it was often some sort of echo chamber where differing opinions where downvoted without really fostering real discussion or debate. IMHO, Mastodon is probably a better place to host that type of group / community since it does not have downvotes or even upvotes.
I could very well be mistaken, though, and it would work better on here. I'm not sure I'm fit for moderating it though. Maybe it's something that can be hosted on Pawb?
Yeah I didn't mean to replicate it, but just to skim some of the topics they've talked about for inspiration. I'm not a fan of the whole "asktrumpsupporters" vibe where everyone has an agenda from the outset.
Oh, that's actually not a bad idea. I should skim a few of the top threads to get ideas. Thank you, I hadn't thought of that!
Personally I just like stories and storytelling. I'd love to talk about people's OCs and their original lore and the tales they've created.
I know that 'This is my OC from an underwater lab in space and they have powers to surpass Metal Gear' was a big old 'haha cringe' meme in like, 2011. And that kind of led to the death of people giving their OCs significant story. But it's the sort of thing that I unironically enjoy and love.