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Why Yiff is a problem
a month ago
Hello.
We need to talk about something...
FurAffinity is more than a website, more like the community center for the furry fandom and it has an enormous problem that hardly anyone talks about: public sex content, fetish artworks, and yiff. This isn't harmless goofing off. Children surf on these sites. Adults may be made uncomfortable. Anti-furs patrol and protest. But this issue is not being talked about much...
I speak from experience. Once, I sent here a polite message to someone informing them why NSFW material is a problem, specifically because children can view it. The reaction? A long DM claiming "harassment", threats of reporting, and a block. Nothing changed the fact: discussing this topic is necessary.
NSFW is problematic because:
1. Children are exposed to naked anthro characters.
2. It attracts predators and bad people into the fandom.
3. It makes fetish culture mainstream, writing over creativity, community, and friendship.
4. It stains the reputation of the fandom, making new individuals associate it first for its sexual material and giving anti-furs weaponry to call us "perverted" or threatening.
Yes, NSFW art makes some good money. But SFW art can make good money too, sometimes in safety, without endangering anyone, profit isn't worth endangering children, harming the community, or sending the wrong message to the outside world.
FurAffinity is not the only place this happens, this is happening across the entire fandom. All posts, all posted photos have consequences. Furry adult content doesn't just harm children, it harms adults, newcomers, and the reputation of the fandom as a whole too. It even attracts people that don't belong here...
I don't care about criticism, ridicule, or backlash for telling the truth. I'm not doing it to be cruel. I'm writing reality: public sexualized content hurts the fandom, hurts children, brings predators where they don't belong, and fuels anti-furry hate.
That is all. Think before you post. What you do has consequences. And the main thing - stop acting like this isn't a problem.
We need to talk about something...
FurAffinity is more than a website, more like the community center for the furry fandom and it has an enormous problem that hardly anyone talks about: public sex content, fetish artworks, and yiff. This isn't harmless goofing off. Children surf on these sites. Adults may be made uncomfortable. Anti-furs patrol and protest. But this issue is not being talked about much...
I speak from experience. Once, I sent here a polite message to someone informing them why NSFW material is a problem, specifically because children can view it. The reaction? A long DM claiming "harassment", threats of reporting, and a block. Nothing changed the fact: discussing this topic is necessary.
NSFW is problematic because:
1. Children are exposed to naked anthro characters.
2. It attracts predators and bad people into the fandom.
3. It makes fetish culture mainstream, writing over creativity, community, and friendship.
4. It stains the reputation of the fandom, making new individuals associate it first for its sexual material and giving anti-furs weaponry to call us "perverted" or threatening.
Yes, NSFW art makes some good money. But SFW art can make good money too, sometimes in safety, without endangering anyone, profit isn't worth endangering children, harming the community, or sending the wrong message to the outside world.
FurAffinity is not the only place this happens, this is happening across the entire fandom. All posts, all posted photos have consequences. Furry adult content doesn't just harm children, it harms adults, newcomers, and the reputation of the fandom as a whole too. It even attracts people that don't belong here...
I don't care about criticism, ridicule, or backlash for telling the truth. I'm not doing it to be cruel. I'm writing reality: public sexualized content hurts the fandom, hurts children, brings predators where they don't belong, and fuels anti-furry hate.
That is all. Think before you post. What you do has consequences. And the main thing - stop acting like this isn't a problem.
