They are trying to turn into IB with the new updates they want to implement as well, don't forget that/

what do you mean?

They are taking a few UI ideas from IB, and these have beeb basic settings on IB since its conception

* Improvements to FA+ to make supporting the site more rewarding and giving more value (inkbunny already did this FA stole the idea recently)

* Higher resolution and larger file support (IB has been supporting high res and large images for years now)

* Trending sections for popular submissions and work by up-and-coming creators (another thing IB has had for years and years now)

* Account renaming (another thing IB has been doing since its creation almost)

* Additional UI improvements and tweaks (we are about to get DDOS'd once they start fucking with the code again watch and see)

* Submissions filters for Browse and Search (again IB already has something like this that works better than FA)

* Video upload and support (IB already has this as well)

* Improved block and privacy settings (another IB basic setting)

* Improvements to writing and poetry (this one is an i dont know who is better IB or FA but IB has some pretty good layouts for stories sooo ???? Idk up to interpretation)

Hahaha I thought you meant something else entirely by changing it into Inkbunny

UI changes that bring it a bit closer to modernity would be nice. Given the glacial pace at which the site updates, I assume these new features will be added around the time I'm eligible for AARP.

Oh no, the great CP ban of 2010 will always be the main reason i vastly prefer FA to IB

Are they finally putting in blacklist by keyword?

Derp read my thing up above to hear the break down of the new changes

Please do make it into IB. Seriously, that site's features are great and the sole reason so many people refuse to touch it is the fact that they were the only ones willing to wave the flag of 'we'll host this taboo content' when FA dropped it like a lead brick. FA can keep that ban; people here don't want it.

I want multiple pics in one submission. I want to have a site-wide tag blacklist. I want the ability to let people suggest tags I didn't think about. I want more discoverability (if they can implement algorithms that don't just spread all the popufur smut harder, and actually gives lesser-known users a fair shake). I want the ability to put up full-res art and not have it blow up to either 5x your screen size or a box too small for 720p. And I don't want to have to re-upload it to prevent the art getting compressed to MS Paint levels and 1200x1200 maximum.

FA is a chore to upload into and it's no wonder people have been fleeing left and right for Twitter. I don't see how trying to make it more functional can possibly be seen as a bad thing.

I fucking LOVE inkbunny's UI, I HATE the cubporn, but due to Inkbunny's UI I can block cubporn and thanks to its mandatory need fory keywords and keyword suggestions I can avoid it all together.

I would love for this site to be more like IB I just know its going to fail miserably and who ever is in charge of the shit spaghetti code of this janky POS site is going to fuck it up hardcore. Lest we forget IB only went down for 2-3 days during the massive furry art site DDOS attacks meanwhile FA was down for a month, hence why everyone jumped ship to other better sites, and why Weasyl and SoFurry got a start.

This site hasn't been very good since about 2011-2012, when shit really started to hit the fan with constant DDOS attacks, mods and admins taking sides in petty squabbles, and the main staff being made of incompetent children who are more focused on their own petty bullshit to actually put in an effort to care.

Not to mention the amount of favouritism shown to people's ads and such.

Its a shitehole, only reason I don't like IB is because if you're not a raging pedophile who LOOOOOOOVES drawing underage people getting raped then you're not worth anyone's time over there :/

I just came back here and I have no idea whats going on. I didnt even know the site changed owners. I guess we’ll see what happens though.

LOL

Amazing. Why am I not surprised the whole thing is yet another clusterfuck?

Well, technically everything is just going back to the way things were years ago. FA hasn't changed much over the last decade.

Whether that's good or bad depends on your perspective.

I just shake my head RUEfully... :P

Thanks for the follow MMM. It’s mostly stuff you wouldn’t be interested in but if you need anything it’s a good way to contact me.

Righto! :)

Hahahahhahaha

Oh wait youre serious, Let me laugh even harder!

HAHAHAHHAHA

Btw im laughing at dragoneer not you

I appreciate you updating us here and on Twitter. This is new info to me but I think it's important to know, and I trust your judgment in these things.

Thanks. I just know this info won't be shared on the site officially.

I wanna bop him 'cause he's done this back when he was preyfar XP he lets his passions about something or a greater goal overlap his short term or important goals at times. Aaa dangit.

And thanks for not making it out as a negative post, just an informative one. :3

Okay...so someone tryed to buy it or had but then tryed to inkbunny it? And SERIOUSLY that even mu parents would kill me if I tryed that

Bro it means you'll be able to filter out tags.

Ah. Well, I misunderstood then. Prior comment redacted.

Blacklisting things means you can tune out things like scat and gore tagged content so it doesn't pop surprise in your inbox or on the browsing tab.

And each time I see someone say "That's the nail in this site's coffin" I giggle. They said that when dragoneer gained the site over a decade ago, they said it when they banned certain taboo content, they said that when some admins were removed, they said that when furry network became a thing. Y'all don't understand. This site will be fine because no one wants to let it die. People who want it to die or expect it to... are usually the minority who feel they're not being catered to or are disappointed in something. Doesn't work that way, sadly. Now if the majority is upset? yeah, they'll take that in account. Because at the end of the day, it's a business :)

Ok... That's different than what I perceived the "blacklist" to be. I'm always wary of site changes; still hate the interface for DA.

Yeah, the usual term means blacklisting a keyword when it comes to art sites. You can do this on Ink Bunny and E621, FA was behind the times. You get people complaining all the time about content they don't like. Well this fixes that. You can tell them just to black list it ;)

Those IMVU tween chat owners were cutthroat with the sale D:

I got a feeling missing the GME squeeze and Robinhood debauccle at it's start was an influence in this. Either way a person like that should be able to fund the meds he needs off the generosity of his peers. Am I worried for FA? No. 90% of my art revenue never even heard of this place.

Fairly minor in the grand scheme of thing but is anyone else embarrassed by the new banner?

"FurAffinity! It's a Zootopia Fan Site!"

Man I had to adblock that shit. Way too much clutter for my taste.

I hate that I rely on this site so heavily for income because I really want to leave. God I wish the people who follow me here were actually willing to follow me elsewhere so I could without losing the majority of my pay... This place sucks

and it was so nice and quiet without donation begging...so nice and easy going...greatttt back to bullshit as usual. Whyd he buy it????? he cant fucking afford this site.

Words can’t express how livid I still am.

look at the bright side, Pie... at least people here know about you
even while I'm on here people have already forgotten about me, I might as well not exist

Woof... FA is very very very lucky that it's still around by default, because all these bone-headed decisions would've taken this place out years ago. I'm struggling to find work and this dude's buying his site back at a loss. Unbelievable.

The US is gross. You should NOT have to worry about losing access to life-saving medication just because you want to follow your passion. Being treated for illness in one of the wealthiest countries in the world is a right, not a privilege.

dam if you do, dam if you dont~ thats life u u

Choosing fur fame over meds (then no doubt e-begging to make up for it) is the kind of stereotypical choice I’d fully expect from a top-tier furry. Truly the leader we deserve.

Oh yeah there’s no doubt in my mind he publicly mentioned the meds for the purpose of gaining sympathy and money.

Imagine being so desperate to remain relevant amongst furries that you ditch your health insurance for a website you can't afford to own. especially in this current environment. it's fucking lunacy.

I am not too into FA since they banned me, and not giving enought info to say for example: 'yeah, it is fair' or complain... I also got a password lost (old account) they never helped with, soI made this account to save time and efffort... Then I personally don't care about what happen to this site or the managers at all.

But in a more objective way,I guess I can't enjoy other people ( even when I have a bad experience with them) be in a problem, UNLESS, they just want help because bad management or thinking they will never be in a bad situation, and now are struggling to keep their wasteful lives, instead deal with it like regular people, if it is the situation, then yep, deserved a punch of reality in their faces.

Wait a minute, this dude bought Furaffinity back from IMVU!? WTF!?!?

Yeah. -_-

*slow clap*

This just keeps getting better. :T

Pie I love ya darlin' but caring about crap like this isn't good for your health. :c
there's good reason to be upset by the damage the rain causes a thing, but it's still rain. It's still unavoidable stupid in the universe. It's still gonna happen.

Just relax. Avoid the puddles. Bring an umbrella. It is what it is.

I’ll be ok, but I don’t want to be part of the problem anymore. My complacency staying here just helps things, even if it’s just a twig in a huge fire.

This is what I've adopted. I've had to tell some friends the same thing... Glad I'm not alone in sending this message around. <3

Odd, just the other day I was thinking "I wonder what happened to the kind of furries who spend all their money on fandom related stuff and then can't pay their bills? Feel like I haven't seen them since 2011"

And it turns out the answer is nothing. They're still there.

I saw the buy back announcement but that Twitter post is new info to me. I really can only wonder what the thought process was behind it.

Why would he elect to do that only to put himself in financial and medical ruin?

If Dragoneer could figure out how to monetize all the YCH reminders, he'd be a billionaire.

Well.

Today I learned that, besides Dragoneer buying back FA at a loss, he was also married to -- and now divorced from -- his wife Sciggles.

This fuckin' website, though.

He bought it back? Fucking why? Why would he do that? I was surprised anyone else would buy it in the first place.

Shit the only reason I like this place is because it's a fucking relic, like me. I come here and it's kind of just the internet back when I liked it, clunky and full of unmarked nightmares.

But even I know this place is a shithole, why the fuck would he want it back?

Phallic compensation? A desire for some legacy to fall back upon, no matter how unsavory that legacy is? Control over one's "baby" so that there's no need for oversight, even if it means that his bone head decisions will break his bank account?

Thanks for the heads-up on this, the latest chapter in the never-ending drama that is FurAffinity.

QUESTION: what is the next-best place to find your work? I'm late to see this journal.

TL;DR, I haven't been reading on FA very often. Most of my friends already left, I haven't felt safe voicing much of anything to the ones who remain due to the worsening state of the fandom, and in my habits, I hadn't watched artists quicker than they left FA. Trying to find artists who were active via browsing felt like exploring a ghost town. I could probably look at the front-page submissions more often to find activity, but to be fair, I haven't kept up with checking the submission notices I already receive. I mainly see art from a handful of prolific artists now. I've been very slow to try to migrate elsewhere.

I’ve started an art only twitter here: https://mobile.twitter.com/ohtechnicolor

Thankee! I'll try to ultimately work browsing that into my habits off-platform