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submitted by Verok_the_Dragon
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I know this is a bit unrelated but hey, why not? Wish me luck.

submitted by MonoDragon
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I need to practice my watercolours and I might do some as warm up exercises. My work: https://www.weasyl.com/~thaily Some NSFW http://thailydrawsthings.tumblr.com/

Few rules:

• I reserve all rights to the work. What does that mean in short? I don't want my work reposted to sites that allow cub porn, I don't allow commercial use (reselling if you sell the character design, Patreon banners etc.) or editing. I don't mind if people upload it to their Imgur or Weasyl or use it as an icon somewhere. If in doubt, please ask. I sound strict, but I just don't want people doing things that might make me regret doing freebies. I've already been burned a few times, be nice :(

• Written description is fine, no adult reference. Preferably linked in a way I don't have to log in anywhere, in case I check this thread on my phone while AFK. That also means I can't read any private messages, so please post it in the thread. I'm probably mostly going to do head shots, so again, no NSFW reference.

• It's not first come, first serve. I pick and choose. I'll do at least 2, might do more. Don't message me later on and ask me where "your" art is. I like it when people say "please" and "thank you". There's no cut-off point. I like unusual characters and races. For watercolours I prefer colourful characters. Please, only volunteer characters you own. If I do a watercolour, I might send out the original if you pay for shipping (from the EU).

• Don't complain about the rules.

Alright, have a good weekend.

submitted by Stumblecat
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I personally think it's an interesting idea on paper, but any self-absorbed teenager and their sister can wander in and say "HEY! I'M A DRAGON, JUST LIKE ALL THESE OTHER FOLKS!"

It's like psychics. You can't tell the real ones from the fake ones unless you are one. Or the faker is obvious.

What about you guys? I thought it'd make an interesting discussion topic. (INB4 "THEY'RE ALL CRAY-CRAY")

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submitted by Verok_the_Dragon
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I recently found an old sketch I did of some ferals in a group and wanted to repurpose it into something more furry! I've decided to try again at a group pic with strangers (my last one failed miserably (tl;dr I ragequit after losing the files)) and seeing how I don't really know anyone on DA with either wolves or gryphon characters, and I don't have a FA, /r/furry is my next choice! So basically I need like 4 volunteers. Depending on the character designs (nothing too complex or over-the-top please) I'll either go with wolves/similar large canines or gryphons/very similar mythical cats. Feel free to post for both groups. If there are a lot of good designs for both, I might make 2 pictures!

This will be feral. If you only have anthro references, it's cool, I can just feralize that. No set completion date, although I aim for under or around a week, possibly less because I already have the basic outlines.

EDIT: To give people time because not everyone browses constantly, I'll give this until, let's say, Saturday afternoonish before I decide on who is in.

submitted by Greypuppy
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I'm SUPER bored and thought it would be a good idea to chat with you guys. Ask me a question, tell me something about your day, stuff like that :D

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submitted by TheVloginator
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I've edited this post to add a list of sources and links to possible helper tools to support my ideas.

Everyone talks about leaving FA but nobody takes action. Personally I haven't actively used the site for months. At this point when someone posts an FA link I'm hesitant to even open it lest I give the site more traffic.

I propose we start finding any images we like on the artists' other sites, if possible, then linking those instead. That way we are still giving them views and credit, but not giving FA the traffic and ad revenue.

Chances are if they're a popular artist they're on one of the 4+ different FA alternatives, and most artists I'm sure have at least one other site.

I don't condone linking imgur pages with art unless they're albums with commented sources, but I'd still rather give imgur traffic than FA. Note that this is just my opinion and it only means that I'll go out of my way to find an alternative site for the artist. If you simply can't find another place it's posted, then post the FA link.

I am reposting this same topic with a list of sources and tools that can be used to make a transition easier. I will also post an easily searchable custom Google search page so that people can make very minimal effort to find artists' other pages.

First off, a short few sources on why we should stop supporting FurAffinity:

A very good and concise summary of basically everything I wish to convey with my own post can be found here.

To add to this list, I would also like to mention that in the past there have been several scandals that have involved things ranging from a distrusted user being brought back under a pseudonym all the way to an accused rapist being put on staff. Note I will not be adding links to those topics here because by doing so I believe I will be providing personal information on those involved, however if you wish to know more about these topics merely Google "Furaffinity Scandals" and the first page of links will provide more information. The point of me mentioning all of this here is that there is clearly no to very little filtering of staff members, resulting in bias and conflict in a team that should have anything but.

I would also like to bring to light the very recent post by /u/Raptros, a former staff member for FA, that highlighted much of the shortcomings of the staff of FurAffinity, as well as, in my opinion, some of the rather unfortunate internal politics involving working for the site.

I shouldn't have to even mention it, but there's also the recent IMVU acquisition and its accompanying downfalls, to include grossly increased irrelevant advertising and seriously, a furry site owned by IMVU.

I feel at this point I've provided enough reasons for many people to protest with their migrations (as opposed to protesting with your wallets), so to speak, but if it's really considered that much of a circlejerk to say "FA is bad mkay" then I can go all out and find even more sources and information on why FA is not a business we should support.

Somewhat of a live edit, as I forgot to mention it: Although most furries don't really post anything about their RL selves online in conjunction with their furry selves, it is important to note that FurAffinity has many security holes and bugs as mentioned in this thread by a former staff member and easily supported by looking through web posts about it. As a Cryptography enthusiast (read: aspiring cryptographer by trade) this kinda frightens me. All it would take for someone to steal emails of every user on FA is to find one of those bugs and get into the database. I don't know if they've properly hashed passwords, but if not then that same someone could also steal all of the passwords. Edit again: I've been told that FA does in fact hash their passwords, but they are not salted. Basically, they are obscuring the passwords to the layman, but a dedicated hacker could discover the passwords quite easily using what is called a Rainbow Table.

I'm not going to make it more complicated than it needs to be here, but the short version is Furaffinity is very insecure, and you should not only be using a unique password for it, but also keep as much personal information as possible off the site.

As for making it easier to migrate,

Here are multiple tools that should make it easier for nearly anyone to make the move, as well as some that will make it easy to find your favorite artists on other sites.

FA Exodus helper - literally as easy as it gets, folks.

A tool to post your art to multiple sites at once - now you don't even have to put in effort to have your fanbase on FA and build it on other sites.

Simple transfer tool for moving from FA to Weasyl - exactly what it sounds like.

And finally, it's not perfect but a simple custom search to find your favorite artists on various websites. It might be easier sometimes to just do a full Google search, though.

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