From: briana@nas-kan.org   
      
   On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:28:31 -0000 (UTC), Stone Fox  wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   YiffNet has been on Discord for years, and even IRC until nobody was using   
   it.  Not the busiest of channels, unless you trigger some memory in one of   
   the old farts. :)   
      
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