Migrating to Weasyl + others
11 years ago
I'm not "leaving" FA exactly, I just will be using Weasyl as my primary account going forward.
This has nothing to do with the recent drama, and everything to do with the fact that FA is an unbelievably awful site. It's poorly managed, poorly coded, never updates, never meets ANY promises, and it's ugly as sin.
Weasyl, on the other hand, is pretty, usable, the staff quickly responds to comments and are committed to improvement, it's faster, and its responsive design means I can easily use it on my phone. It also has features such as streaming notifications (YAY no more spam of temporary journals / submissions of streaming) and folders.
I in no way believe the person at the center of all the drama is the monster people make him out to be. I do however, think that the situation on FA surrounding him is a catalyst that the fandom has needed for a long time: Motivation for people to finally move.
As terrible as FA is, it's stuck around because people use it, and have used it forever, and don't want to lose what they've got here. That was never going to change unless FA went down completely, or some major event happened that motivated people.
Anyway, long story short, I'll still be on FA, but everything I do (favorite your art, watch you, post my commissions, etc) I will do on Weasyl first, and then on here if I can't do it there.
Additionally! I finally ramped up my Sofurry and Inkbunny accounts as a "just in case they're kinda cool" thing, as well as created a new Deviantart account (I'd had a DA account since LOONG before I was a furry and it needed to be replaced)
FIND ME EVERYWHERE UNDER THE SAME NAME!
https://www.weasyl.com/~redclawtheotter
http://redclawtheotter.sofurry.com/
https://inkbunny.net/redclawtheotter
http://redclawtheotter.deviantart.com/
I bet you can't guess what my Skype name is.
See you there. Or there. Or over there. Or there. Or even here!
This has nothing to do with the recent drama, and everything to do with the fact that FA is an unbelievably awful site. It's poorly managed, poorly coded, never updates, never meets ANY promises, and it's ugly as sin.
Weasyl, on the other hand, is pretty, usable, the staff quickly responds to comments and are committed to improvement, it's faster, and its responsive design means I can easily use it on my phone. It also has features such as streaming notifications (YAY no more spam of temporary journals / submissions of streaming) and folders.
I in no way believe the person at the center of all the drama is the monster people make him out to be. I do however, think that the situation on FA surrounding him is a catalyst that the fandom has needed for a long time: Motivation for people to finally move.
As terrible as FA is, it's stuck around because people use it, and have used it forever, and don't want to lose what they've got here. That was never going to change unless FA went down completely, or some major event happened that motivated people.
Anyway, long story short, I'll still be on FA, but everything I do (favorite your art, watch you, post my commissions, etc) I will do on Weasyl first, and then on here if I can't do it there.
Additionally! I finally ramped up my Sofurry and Inkbunny accounts as a "just in case they're kinda cool" thing, as well as created a new Deviantart account (I'd had a DA account since LOONG before I was a furry and it needed to be replaced)
FIND ME EVERYWHERE UNDER THE SAME NAME!
https://www.weasyl.com/~redclawtheotter
http://redclawtheotter.sofurry.com/
https://inkbunny.net/redclawtheotter
http://redclawtheotter.deviantart.com/
I bet you can't guess what my Skype name is.
See you there. Or there. Or over there. Or there. Or even here!

HeraLedro
~heraledro
Added you on EVERYTHING xD Except Skype. Already have you there ;3

Scrimno
~scrimno
I'm the same way about my usernames. I'm registered at all those places too, but I'll NEVER update my DeviantArt because of what I found in their TOS: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4454646/

Blackymoon
~blackymoon
Gonna follow you on Weasyl :3