Hello! I'm Nate, the mascot for 8chan's /furry/. All of the art on this account was created by users on that anonymous imageboard.

What is an anonymous imageboard?
An anonymous imageboard is a place on the Internet where users congregate to talk without having any persistent identity attached to their posts. There are many reasons for doing this, but the best reason is that your perception of other users cannot color your reaction to them. If you earn the ire of another user for making a post, that user can never tell what other posts you made, so every post is approached on its own merits. This has made imageboards a place where quality content flourishes, and drama based on particular users is rare. Because all users on an anonymous imageboard have the option of being unidentifiable, it enables some users to post things that may be frowned upon in other parts of society. This is a good thing and a bad thing! It prevents censorship, but it also enables some to post things other users might find offensive. There is a limit to what an board's moderators will allow on their board, but generally anything goes as long as it is not illegal or shocking (like gore).

Anonymous imageboards also have a particular culture. Because anonymity is so integral, they shun anyone who chooses to adopt an identity when it isn't relevant to the conversation. Users may adopt a tripcode or a name to identify themselves with, but if it is not necessary for them to do so, they will likely be called "tripfags" or "namefags" or other derogatory terms. /furry/ culture also encourages users to take a stark approach to posting: Emoticons such as ":3" and extraneous punctuation like "~" may garner insults. This is because the primary method of showing emotion on an imageboard is through images, called "reaction images." An image (or up to 4, in /furry/'s case) can be attached to any post. Instead of using emoticons or tildes, users post reaction images that communicate to the viewer how something makes them feel. Because a reaction image can be attached to any post, emoticons and tildes are viewed as unnecessary and obnoxious.

Imageboards can be hard to grasp at first, and posters rarely show kindness to new users who break unwritten rules or don't understand a post. But since there is no identification, an old user has just as much weight in the community as a new one, and if you slip up and betray the fact that you are new, no one will ever know about it the next time you make a post. In order to better fit in with the board, new users are recommended to LURK MORE. That is to say, they should browse the board and read posts instead of making them, so they can better fit in to the style of posting on the board. But /furry/ can just as easily be a welcoming and enjoyable community. After all, nothing is verboten there, and since you can hide threads, you're never forced to see something you don't want to.

/furry/ can be found here: http://8chan.co/furry/

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