From: briana@nas-kan.org   
      
   On Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:45:18 -0000 (UTC), "Anonkitty"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Brian W. Antoine  wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 3 Dec 2022 17:00:48 -0000 (UTC), "Anonkitty"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Considering how prevalent furries seem to be in STEM, they kind of   
   >>>already do, it's just that their projects resemble large (yet insular)   
   >>>social networks and web apps more than they do some Geocities-style   
   >>>personal page.  Projects like FurAffinity and Barq show that furries   
   >>>build spaces for furries to gather and exchange, not really to express   
   >>>themselves in isolation.   
   >>   
   >> And then there are us old farts. :)   
   >   
   >I am younger than you may think. I'm just using Usenet because I'm a huge   
   >retro UNIX nerd. It may be the type, maybe the lack of users, perhaps even   
   >some way in which their respective UIs and automations shape user behavior,   
   >but retro intercom systems like Usenet or IRC are just way more laid-back   
   >and civil compared to modern mainstream social media.   
      
   Or maybe it doesn't matter how young you are. :)   
      
   I've seen people I met here decades ago, grow up, marry, and now I get   
   to be a bad influence on their kids.   
      
   Welcome to alt.fan.furry :)   
      
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