From: stone@unix.dog   
      
   On 2025-04-14, FrigidFoxtrot  wrote:   
   > On 4/7/2025 9:20 PM, Stone Fox wrote:   
   >> On 2025-04-06, FrigidFoxtrot  wrote:   
   >>> Furry has spread out a lot since the days of IRC, MUCKs, and AFF.   
   >>>   
   >>> Where are you seeing folks congregate nowadays?   
   >>>   
   >>> Here's the landscape as I see it.   
   >>>   
   >>> +--------------+   
   >>> | Chat clients |   
   >>> +--------------+   
   >>> - Discord, but seems to mostly be popular with the gaming-oriented   
   >>> crowd. This makes sense, considering it got started as a superior   
   >>> alternative to teamspeak / mumble.   
   >>> - Telegram, killer feature is the stickers. Killed Skype because it   
   >>> wasn't neglected by its developers. Feels like almost everyone has a   
   >>> telegram nowadays.   
   >>> - Signal. Trying to replace telegram, but adoption rates have been   
   >>> rather slow. The main advantage is the E2E encryption, so the only folks   
   >>> migrating are the ones who care about this in particular.   
   >>>   
   >>> +--------+   
   >>> | Forums |   
   >>> +--------+   
   >>> - Reddit's /r/furry, mostly images. Doesn't seem to have much if any   
   >>> discussion nowadays.   
   >>> - Reddit's /r/furry_irl, mostly memes. Seems more lively than /r/furry.   
   >>> - AFF is, of course, still clinging to life.   
   >>>   
   >>> +------+   
   >>> | MU*s |   
   >>> +------+   
   >>> - FurryMuck still exists. Logged in last summer and saw a few hundred   
   >>> folks online.   
   >>> - Tapestries seems to be lively as well. Saw 500 accounts online when I   
   >>> hopped on this evening.   
   >>> - Secondlife exists, though I only know one person who still logs in.   
   >>> - VRChat is the clear successor in all of this, utterly massive platform   
   >>> with lots to do. Seemed to come into its own when the pandemic forced   
   >>> everyone to get their social energy from the internet.   
   >   
   > Is my client messed up or did your reply get gobbled?   
      
   My client is messed up. I wrote a response, sent it, and then later learned   
   nothing was sent. I abandoned this thread after that in fear my client   
   would mess it up further.   
      
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