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3 weeks ago
I spend a lot of time looking at furry porn. There is very little gay furry TF art that I do not know about. I have FurAffinity, I examine every new piece on e621 matching the tags “tf -female -breasts”, I have a BlueSky feed, and I’m in a few TF discord servers (one of which I check religiously, the others I rarely check).
All that, and sometimes I find myself seeking more. When I get to this point, my favorite thing to do is to look at the profiles of my recent watchers and favorites. I check both their galleries and their favorites.
I have to say, some of you have very good tastes.
I don’t know about you, but I use my favorite gallery as a collection of pieces that I could jerk off to at any given moment. Each one of them is great in my eyes. (Granted, it’s been a while since I’ve gone through and manually ensured each one still meets this standard for me.)
I’m not sure if everyone has their favorites gallery the same way. One thing I notice quite often in people’s favorites is how frequently they favorite things. Sometimes, pressing the next page shows pieces favorited six months ago. Other times, it’s two weeks ago. And sometimes, it’s only the previous day. Because of this, I can only assume that some people use favorites to simply say they like the piece, similar to the single reaction button available on a lot of social media networks.
Another thing I’ve noticed is that people who favorite my works have varying tastes. Some of them align quite closely with mine, which I have appreciated as great sources of previously unknown-to-me pieces. Some of them are a mixed bag, usually by adding a fetish I’m not into or being into body types I’m not into, mostly female presenting ones.
Yet others are baffling to me. They have no explicit art favorited, but they watch me. They have no transformation art, but they favorite some of my transformation pieces. It’s strange.
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Regardless, there were three questions I want to hear people‘s thoughts on.
First, when someone posts a sequence of images, which one do you favorite, and why? I personally always favorite the first image in the set, and, assuming that the rest are well-linked to the first image, that’s the only one I’ll favorite. I find that not visiting a sequence for a while can make it very hot again, but if I view the end of a sequence early, it can spoil that freshness.
Second, why hide your favorites? Some people like to keep their favorites gallery hidden, meaning that if you navigate to their profile page, it will show there are no submissions to list.
Third, why the weird account names? I’m not talking about things like Shrekswetfarts or thisismymagicalthrowaway95. I’m talking about things like QZ153LJB, ones that look more like serial numbers than real names (and no, they aren’t drone fetishists). How do you even remember those account names? Did you swap the username and password fields on accident?
All that, and sometimes I find myself seeking more. When I get to this point, my favorite thing to do is to look at the profiles of my recent watchers and favorites. I check both their galleries and their favorites.
I have to say, some of you have very good tastes.
I don’t know about you, but I use my favorite gallery as a collection of pieces that I could jerk off to at any given moment. Each one of them is great in my eyes. (Granted, it’s been a while since I’ve gone through and manually ensured each one still meets this standard for me.)
I’m not sure if everyone has their favorites gallery the same way. One thing I notice quite often in people’s favorites is how frequently they favorite things. Sometimes, pressing the next page shows pieces favorited six months ago. Other times, it’s two weeks ago. And sometimes, it’s only the previous day. Because of this, I can only assume that some people use favorites to simply say they like the piece, similar to the single reaction button available on a lot of social media networks.
Another thing I’ve noticed is that people who favorite my works have varying tastes. Some of them align quite closely with mine, which I have appreciated as great sources of previously unknown-to-me pieces. Some of them are a mixed bag, usually by adding a fetish I’m not into or being into body types I’m not into, mostly female presenting ones.
Yet others are baffling to me. They have no explicit art favorited, but they watch me. They have no transformation art, but they favorite some of my transformation pieces. It’s strange.
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Regardless, there were three questions I want to hear people‘s thoughts on.
First, when someone posts a sequence of images, which one do you favorite, and why? I personally always favorite the first image in the set, and, assuming that the rest are well-linked to the first image, that’s the only one I’ll favorite. I find that not visiting a sequence for a while can make it very hot again, but if I view the end of a sequence early, it can spoil that freshness.
Second, why hide your favorites? Some people like to keep their favorites gallery hidden, meaning that if you navigate to their profile page, it will show there are no submissions to list.
Third, why the weird account names? I’m not talking about things like Shrekswetfarts or thisismymagicalthrowaway95. I’m talking about things like QZ153LJB, ones that look more like serial numbers than real names (and no, they aren’t drone fetishists). How do you even remember those account names? Did you swap the username and password fields on accident?
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For faving sequences, I fav all the panels that I like. Its easy enough to glance over the ending and if you've read it its not entirely going to be a surprise anyways. Especially where the first panels are different or have little to do with the juicy parts its easy to forget which is which as you remember the parts you like and not the set up. Also allows me to save specific portions when the start is nice but moves into a fetish Im not into. This isn't great with very long sequences tho. Faving all the post of a on running sequence is a good idea tho as it shows the artist that people are still liking and viewing their piece and allows you to find it later. Personally I would prefer there to be a 'like' and 'save' sections but limitations of the sight I guess.
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I don't do this but can speculate. I think some people are not that open with sharing their personal taste with others, especially if it is business/commission page. I feel some people like the confidence in showing appreciation for a spicy or any artwork with the protection of some anonymity.
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Just speculating here too but I think it is also anonymity too, I believe that not everyone wants to be involved in the furry community, just wants a personal space to indulge and dont care about account name. Kind of like Redit throw away accounts.
2. I can get that, but when it's a nameless, faceless account already it feels weird. Still, I guess I can understand some people being so in the closet that any layer of separation between them and the stuff they like is desirable.
Not saying that my approach is better, that's just what I do.
I enjoy stories, but I rarely have the patience/motivation required to get into one. Most authors can't write very well (grammar and clarity are my big must-haves). Fortunately, the ideas they present are often hot, albeit some interpretation may be required.
Pics I mainly use to just send to friends. But stories are my usual go to for a good sesh. Gabriel moon being one of the absolute GOATs. I also concur with your point on grammar. Big factor for me.
Yeah. Bad grammar often goes beyond “I just want everything to be correct” and into “I don’t understand what you’re trying to say.”
I think I’ve read a few Gabriel Moon stories. I really like Fakeman, myself.
I concur. There’s like…one story on my favorites list that just has pretty rough pacing on its writing and the grammar is O O F. but it’s got TF lol.
Gabe has done a story for me that I really like. Won in his raffle. I think you’d like it, features a super gay TF into my Lion sona :3
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56822690/