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Hi guys, I started a little experiment approximately 1 month ago to figure out just how many fake accounts there are on FurFling, and finding out how to tell the difference between real people and fake accounts.

Basically when you sign up for a free account on this website they require you to maintain a ridiculously priced subscription to READ messages, you may still send messages to other members however. They abuse this fact by having both Bots and real, actual human customer service reps creating accounts and sending free members message after message to bait out a subscription.

Here is a treat from their Terms of Service: "FurFling creates user profiles for use by our customer support representatives for the support, marketing and improvement of the Services. FurFling's customer support representatives are encouraged to speak to members and also stimulate conversation between members by making introductions and recommendations. They may, from time to time, send electronic communications to ask how their members are using certain aspects of the Services."

Now, there ARE a few real, actual Furries on this site. Most have their Skype username in their profile. Did I mention this site also censors the words Skype, Cell and Yahoo? There are 3 methods to figuring out real people from fake.

1: Reverse Image Search, they steal photos from pretty much everywhere and use them for their fake profiles.

2: Link their profile to a person in another state, fake profiles tend to change their location depending on who looks at them and where.

3: Go to the profile of one of the suspected bots "Hookups" and click the actual "Hookups" tab in that persons profile, It will list all of that persons Hookups and whatever location they appear to be to that person. Here is an example:

http://i.imgur.com/Yp5nfyh.png < Their profile

http://i.imgur.com/qnAxZce.png < Their "Hookup" page

^ Both images are completely SFW by the way.

Anyway...It seems like 70% of the Female profiles on this site are absolutely fake, there is a small amount that are real and will list another method of contact in their profile.

TL;DR Avoid this site, do not give them any money. They are attempting to cash in on the growth of the Furry Fandom and take advantage of people.

See also: BronyMate.

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(c/o Patch Packrat on Flayrah)



Dated February 11, Inside Edition tells us "What Really Goes On At a Furries Convention" (in this case, Further Confusion 2015):

http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/9697-what-really-goes-on-at-a-furries-convention

(Apparently, Inside Information were denied permission to film by FC's organisers, but went ahead and did it anyway.)


It's a convention for people who are anything but conventional.

They call themselves “furries,” and they gather by the hundreds wearing cartoon-animal costumes.

A photo was taken at a convention in Pittsburgh called “Anthrocon,” and can you believe more than 1,300 people showed up wearing furry costumes.

A YouTube video showed the hot new trend at furry conventions called “The Dance-Off.”

So, what's it like inside a furries convention?

INSIDE EDITION producer Nicole Kumar went in posing as a furry at the gathering in San Jose, California.

She said, “Just now, I was approached by someone who said I had to put a dollar on her antler and the beast would save my soul.”

Many of the furries posed for professional photos, like any family portrait, only a lot weirder.

Hotel guests could hardly believe what was going on around her.

Furries are triggering fierce criticism from some.

"Fur suits creep me out," is one of the milder comments on YouTube.

Others call furries "weird" and "losers."

Morgan Smejkal is a furry. She says, "To be a furry is to be an enthusiast of cartoon comics and art."

At her home in Iowa, she showed us some of her outfits. There was a giant pair of feet, a little padding on the hips and butt, and a zipper up the front. Then came the big finish, the headpiece, to complete a character she created which was a red panda named Katana Rose.

The price tag of her costume was $2,500.

She said, "I can breathe just fine. I can even get a drink of water of I want to, the mouth hole is right there."

It's not for everyone but it suits them.

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Hello,

I'm going to get to the point pretty quickly. I am in a relationship with another guy and I love him. But I'm starting to think he isn't "the one" since we hardly have anything in common besides the furry fandom and gaming. Plus I am the huge nerd (sorry if it doesn't seem like it since I lack grammar and organization skills) and he sometimes is a dimwit. I truly do love him but I'm always paranoid that we aren't perfect for each other. But he's also my best friend and if I broke up with him, I still would want him to be there for me. So to shorten this whole paragraph, Should I break up with him? And also, how do I break up with him and still stay friends? (I'm not sure if this would affect breaking up with him, but just in case, I have slept with him before).

Anonymous

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Dear Furry Friend,

There is no such thing as a “perfect” mate, so disabuse yourself of that concept, to start off with. The idea of finding “the one” is romanticized bullshit that comes from romance novels, Disney princess films, and Hallmark cards.

When it comes to things in common, there are some things for which it doesn’t matter and others for which it does. The things that do matter are fundamental. For one extreme example, my marriage broke up because I discovered I was gay and she deserved a husband who was straight. Another big difference could be age (if it is extreme, like an 80 year old guy marrying a 20 year old), religion (but only if the people in the relationship are inflexible), family planning (one person wants children but the other doesn’t) or when one is (or both are) selfish jerks. These things are often insurmountable because they delve into the very core of one’s being.

But many other things, such as hobbies and other interests, are no big deal. My ex (with whom I’m still friends) came from a poor family, loved sports and cars, and liked to do crafts such as beading and cross-stitch, while I came from a middle-class home, hated sports, and craft shows made me yawn. But we had other things in common, such as a love of reading, shared political values, enjoyment of travel, and so on. My current mate also is different from me in many ways. He’s nine years older, loves disco music, and his work in radio and TV is both his job and his passion. I really don’t give a damn about the media, am indifferent to disco music (it’s okay, but only for a little while--I know, Yogi, I have blasphemed!), and grew up in a different era when it comes to my gay life (he lived through the first wave of the AIDS crisis, a horror I can barely begin to imagine, and that has really affected him to this day). Yet we have many things in common: love watching live plays and musicals, enjoy working on the home, share political views and a world view, have a similar sense of humor, etc. In both cases of my ex and current mate, I was with people who were kind, loving, caring, compassionate, helpful, and sharing. In other words, I fell in love with their hearts, not their hobbies and family backgrounds.

So, you don’t share everything in common, big deal. You have gaming and the furry fandom, which are probably big parts of your lives that you can share. And for the things that make you different—viva la difference! When two people have everything in common and do everything together, conversation can get a little dull, as in: “What did you do today, dear?” “You should know, you were with me!” Leaves very little to talk about. Differences can be good, because they can help us to see and experience different things that we otherwise might not have, and that helps us to grow.

I can’t advise you on whether or not to break up with your boyfriend, but I can suggest you take a test. Sometime, when he doesn’t know you’re watching him, take a few minutes and just watch him doing something ordinary, some routine thing, and look not with your eyes, but with your heart. If your heart melts inside you, you love him, and you should not break up. If you don’t feel moved in any way, then you probably have a friend there, but not a love. I did this test once with Yogi. He was out in the back yard with Ernie the Wonder Dog (our Shih Tzu). He was standing there in robe and slippers by the pool, hair messy. It was morning, he had a cup of coffee in his hand, and he was taking in the view of Mt. San Jacinto, a contented smile on his face. My heart melted. It was a joy to see that he was happy, and that made me happy, too.

Take the test first. If the result is a fail, write again and we can talk about break-ups.

Hugs,

Papabear

P.S. Whether or not you slept with him is irrelevant, FYI.

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Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. L’Épée d’Ardenois. T. 3/4, Nymelle, by Étienne Willem. Geneva, Switzerland, Éditions Paquet, February 2014, hardbound €13,50 (48 pages). This is part of Lex Nakashima’s & my project to bring American furry fans the best of new French-language animalière bandes dessinées. Volumes 1 and 2 of this […]

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How would you design for furries? This week the Wagz crew practices its design and marketing skills on each other. We also discover which of us serves best as a Swiss army knife of sorts. Listen to find out who it is, and leave comments below!

Metadata and Credits WagzTail Season 3 Episode 57

Runtime: 30m

Cast: Crimson X, JWingy, Levi, Wolfin

Editor: Levi

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Podcast image by mailman. Used with permission from RGBStock. How Much For That Brush? - How would you design for furries? This week the Wagz crew practices its design and marketing skills on each other. We also discover which of us serves best as a Swiss army knife of sorts. Listen to find out who it is, and leave comments below!