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   tom to Sebastian G   
   Re: Where do you choose to congregate wi   
   05 Sep 19 22:37:41   
   
   From: tom@invalid.tld   
      
   On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 21:42:18 +0200   
   Sebastian G  wrote:   
      
   > Am 10.03.19 um 22:33 schrieb Auris Arizalin:   
   > > Hey, all.  Please pardon any technical and formatting   
   > > difficulties.  :')   
   > >    
   > > Where do you prefer to chat, post to, and make fur-friends these   
   > > days outside of Usenet?  There's a large furry presence on Twitter,   
   > > but it seems to serve better as a stream of consciousness platform   
   > > rather than a social platform.  Nobody's really talking there...   
   > > Not many people seem to really communicate on social media   
   > > platforms.  Funny, that!   
   > >    
   > > Telegram and Discord seem popular among furs now as well; Telegram   
   > > in particular.   
   > >    
   > > There are also always some furry-centric website too.   
   > >    
   > > At present, I'm using Discord, Fur Affinity and its forums (less   
   > > often), and...  that's it really.  :')  What about you?  What do   
   > > you recommend?   
   > >    
   > > Does anybody here still cling to older methods on a daily basis?   
   > > Services like IRC, MUCKs, and maybe even BBSes?  Do you have any   
   > > you'd recommend of these in particular?   
   > >    
   > > Thanks for the read.   
   >    
   > Hey,   
   > I'm mostly on Telegram, but also on Furnet-IRC, which sadly seems to   
   > be not too frequently visited anymore. Mostly I prefer IRC over   
   > Telegram, and I don't use Discord ... too centralised and I'm not the   
   > biggest fan of closed-source stuff. >_>   
   > If you want to, you can contact me as "Metalhorn" on Furnet-IRC   
   >    
   > ... also, I just discovered Usenet/this Newsgroup by pure   
   > coincidence. ^^   
      
   Would you be open to adding me on XMPP? Always looking to meet more   
   a.f.f users. I still have IRC but rarely use it anymore compared to   
   XMPP.   
      
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