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I'm gonna just put this out here...
4 years ago
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This header requires Fur Affinity Premium to view. Furaffinity is a shit show. It has been for as long as I can remember but the drama here gets less and less entertaining as my standards for the people that run it get lower and lower. I have lower standards for this place than comfort expectations for a run down highway motel. Allow me to enlighten you on the history of my experiences on this site.
The silencing of legitimate victims, boosting of false accusations, and covering up of predators, zoos, and criminals.
The evidence for this is damning, and if I were at the wheel of this site I would be committed to do the right thing and not the easy thing. Avoiding proper action and discourse, this site has spiraled into a echo chamber of those who want to hear what they only want to hear, and their feelings being more important than the truth. Go to any other site that mentions fur affinity and the outlook seems to be almost always negative. The leadership of this site has tarnished so many potential partnerships and relations, it is a miracle that this tainted ground we stand on still holds. The life of this site has slowly been drained into the soulless over commercialized husk of a image hosting platform for furries.
The community is gone.
What's left of it is a void of silent watchers among pockets of echo chambers. The broad and heavy handed act of dividing the community based on politics has destroyed what living breathing environment this platform had. Under the guise of being "alt-right extremist" FA has silently banned many people the leadership did not agree with. This doing is irreversible and has left FA with a far less active social functionality than uses for a Hummer H2. Ripping apart it's own community only for these people to find more successful ventures elsewhere. All because of a minor disagreement. Extremists are all over the spectrum, and when you upset the balance you get what you have today. A pump of YCH shills, bases, and the odd actually decent artist who's growth is further hindered by FA's divisive actions. Subscribing to the mentality that "I'm right and you aren't so you are banned" logic. Hell the banner of this site is years old now, I remember when people would submit banners monthly until "the bronies ruined it."
Legitimate Businesses are Hurting
Along with the dividing of the community, plenty of businesses and service providers on this site have lost a lot of potential income. Believe it or not, there is a silent majority who give little to no fucks about one's political views as they are brought together by common interests and pass times. I can account for myself and many more artists that potential customers and artists alike banned for "wrong think" having more firm conservative views and being labeled a "nazi". Meanwhile the same website is okay with keeping images of fascist like materials with the usual symbols replaced with actually violent groups and outright fraudulent activism groups. Knowing how FA has a narrative to "keep them nazis out", I have yet to see FA actually take proper action against the problems that marginalized groups actually face. In fact, FA has a record of pocketing donation money instead of using it for a declared cause. FA has never seen a single cent from me. Because FA is so insistent that their politics are more important that a healthy community ecosystem. Yes people have disagreements but before all the dividing rhetoric, this site was a community, even with the already established history of drama.
Furaffinity is committed to recognizing and supporting the fight against racism and hate...
By overlaying a rainbow over their stock clip art logo. Because that will definitely scare the straight cis white male boogeyman that everyone here seems to be afraid of while Mr. Homewrecker is nailing their girl in the same house bearing his third child. If this strikes a nerve and gets me banned, you're only proving the point. I am a native american irish mix, two of the most oppressed people in human history. I don't ask for reparations and I don't think society owes me for what happened in a time where I wasn't even alive. I work for my keeps and when I find myself in a time of need I strictly use what I am given for that specific emergency. If I find myself over funded I will gladly donate what I didn't need to people who need it. What the fuck has FA done for people in need? Make a rainbow logo and endorse scam "charities". I will bet money on it that somewhere between June 30, and July 31... FA will go back to ripping Nickelodeon off.
I am not asked to stay here, but while my time may be short I might as well tell my two cents on why this site really fuckin sucks now.
The silencing of legitimate victims, boosting of false accusations, and covering up of predators, zoos, and criminals.
The evidence for this is damning, and if I were at the wheel of this site I would be committed to do the right thing and not the easy thing. Avoiding proper action and discourse, this site has spiraled into a echo chamber of those who want to hear what they only want to hear, and their feelings being more important than the truth. Go to any other site that mentions fur affinity and the outlook seems to be almost always negative. The leadership of this site has tarnished so many potential partnerships and relations, it is a miracle that this tainted ground we stand on still holds. The life of this site has slowly been drained into the soulless over commercialized husk of a image hosting platform for furries.
The community is gone.
What's left of it is a void of silent watchers among pockets of echo chambers. The broad and heavy handed act of dividing the community based on politics has destroyed what living breathing environment this platform had. Under the guise of being "alt-right extremist" FA has silently banned many people the leadership did not agree with. This doing is irreversible and has left FA with a far less active social functionality than uses for a Hummer H2. Ripping apart it's own community only for these people to find more successful ventures elsewhere. All because of a minor disagreement. Extremists are all over the spectrum, and when you upset the balance you get what you have today. A pump of YCH shills, bases, and the odd actually decent artist who's growth is further hindered by FA's divisive actions. Subscribing to the mentality that "I'm right and you aren't so you are banned" logic. Hell the banner of this site is years old now, I remember when people would submit banners monthly until "the bronies ruined it."
Legitimate Businesses are Hurting
Along with the dividing of the community, plenty of businesses and service providers on this site have lost a lot of potential income. Believe it or not, there is a silent majority who give little to no fucks about one's political views as they are brought together by common interests and pass times. I can account for myself and many more artists that potential customers and artists alike banned for "wrong think" having more firm conservative views and being labeled a "nazi". Meanwhile the same website is okay with keeping images of fascist like materials with the usual symbols replaced with actually violent groups and outright fraudulent activism groups. Knowing how FA has a narrative to "keep them nazis out", I have yet to see FA actually take proper action against the problems that marginalized groups actually face. In fact, FA has a record of pocketing donation money instead of using it for a declared cause. FA has never seen a single cent from me. Because FA is so insistent that their politics are more important that a healthy community ecosystem. Yes people have disagreements but before all the dividing rhetoric, this site was a community, even with the already established history of drama.
Furaffinity is committed to recognizing and supporting the fight against racism and hate...
By overlaying a rainbow over their stock clip art logo. Because that will definitely scare the straight cis white male boogeyman that everyone here seems to be afraid of while Mr. Homewrecker is nailing their girl in the same house bearing his third child. If this strikes a nerve and gets me banned, you're only proving the point. I am a native american irish mix, two of the most oppressed people in human history. I don't ask for reparations and I don't think society owes me for what happened in a time where I wasn't even alive. I work for my keeps and when I find myself in a time of need I strictly use what I am given for that specific emergency. If I find myself over funded I will gladly donate what I didn't need to people who need it. What the fuck has FA done for people in need? Make a rainbow logo and endorse scam "charities". I will bet money on it that somewhere between June 30, and July 31... FA will go back to ripping Nickelodeon off.
I am not asked to stay here, but while my time may be short I might as well tell my two cents on why this site really fuckin sucks now.
And that new Deviantart wannabe skin they try to push as "new FA"... don't even get me started...
I joined this site initially in 2006. I, like you, have seen it change for the worse over many years of neglect.