From: danskunk@hotmail.com   
      
   Hmm.... We should have some conversations here that aren't about how dead   
   the group is some time. :3 :3   
      
   "KaiAdin"  wrote in message   
   news:8469932f-aa9d-40e3-aef7-e3ecaf59b689@googlegroups.com...   
      
   On Monday, 16 April 2012 02:48:46 UTC+10, Farry  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > My own "furry" interest is anthropomorphic comics, and there's more of   
   >   
   > those active than ever before, but of course every popular furry webcomic   
   >   
   > has its own web-forum.  And there's the whole bunch of websites related to   
   >   
   > furry art, all with their own forums.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > I understand that furry convention attendance still increases year-on-year   
   >   
   > (never been to one, myself) so that implies that there's more "furries"   
   >   
   > than ever before, but the nature of the web has fragmented _Internet_   
   >   
   > participation in the fandom.   
      
   You've pretty much nailed it on the head there, and not just web forums, but   
   the rise of social media has further fragmented the fandom, I keep joining   
   things and finding more furs local to me that Ive never seen anywhere else!   
      
   From my own diggings around in the Australian Furry fandom, For a long while   
   the Ozfurry mailing list and the #ozfurs channel on IRC we're the primary   
   means of communication, that eventually shifted to the Furstralia (and   
   other) forum type things, but thesedays the best way to stay in contact is   
   through Furaffintiy, Facebook and twitter (and the numerious sub   
   groups/pages etc they contain) as well as Second life, Steam , the list goes   
   on.   
      
   It's actually kinda interesting seeing the generational breakdown on things   
   this.. IRC and the mailing list are a pretty good way of finding the older   
   guard in the local fandom, but nothing serious is ever really organised or   
   posted there (mostly).   
      
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