Perhaps it's just something that's always been there, and I'm just now noticing it as a spectator on the sidelines, but as I go through journals, submissions, and things that I see posted from littlefurs across the spectrum of ages, interests, etc.... everyone seems to be getting meaner. It's as if what I once saw in this community, a kindness and unity that stood above everything else, has sort of fallen into obscurity.

Naturally this account hasn't been as popular as any of my older ones (I only have one anthro OC now and older cubs have never really been anyone's bag around here) but this is coming from observations of what people with proper fursonas are saying and doing amongst themselves. Artists who were once kind have become more angry and aloof, newer entrants to various artistic mediums aren't any different. People that are having problems in their personal lives are attacked and mocked because they put themselves out there seeking support, and individuals are picking apart every word that someone says as a basis to try to destroy or demean them in some fashion.

The Internet has never been a kind place, I think that much can be agreed on, but when my avatar to the world was a small lop eared rabbit I remember seeing a lot more kindness and geniality on FA. Now it's just... become a very dark and heartless place. It's almost reached a level of toxicity that I'm not comfortable with anymore.

At any rate, just thought I'd throw these thoughts out there and see if anyone else had noticed the same trend. I do hope I'm wrong, and that maybe I'm just watching some invisibly connected string of compatriots in anger. Maybe I just missed it and the anger that surrounds the Internet as a whole has always been here. Anyway, feel free to comment and say your piece if you'd like.