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   Message 38,488 of 38,514   
   Dan Skunk to John   
   Re: Communication Platforms   
   06 May 25 11:06:53   
   
   From: danskunk@hotmail.com   
      
   On 05/05/2025 4:12 p.m., John wrote:   
   > On 5/5/2025 5:35 PM, Dan Skunk wrote:   
   >> On 28/04/2025 1:56 p.m., Brian W. Antoine wrote:   
   >>> 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. :)   
   >> I'm still on an active IRC channel.   
   > You should tell the audience which is it   
      
   #SoftPaws on irc.furnet.org   
      
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