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Furry Amino

2023-02-09T03:28:31Z

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{{Infobox website | title = Furry Amino | image = [[File:Furry Amino logo.jpg|150px]] | caption = | author = '''Owner''': [[Elle]] '''Founders''': [[Lepus Lied]] and [[Zombyeen]] '''Staff''': See [[#Staff|Staff]] section. | url = http://aminoapps.com/get/furry-amino/| status = Active | slogan = | began = June 10, 2016 (closed) June 15, 2016 (public)| ended = | articlecount = | genre = Social media community | rating = }}
'''Furry Amino''' is a community on the social networking and chat app Amino. It was founded by [[Lepus Lied]] and [[Zombyeen]] on June 10, 2016 and released to the public on June 15, 2016. As of May 2018, it has over 220,000 members.

Furry Amino has a standalone app released for [[:w:iOS|iOS]]<ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/furry-amino-for-furries-furry/id1137359580 Furry Amino] on the [[:w:App_Store_(iOS)|Apple App Store]]. Retrieved November 28, 2016.</ref> and [[:w:Android_(operating_system)|Android]].<ref>[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.narvii.amino.x235196899 Furry Amino] on the [[:w:Google Play|Google Play Store]]. Retrieved November 28, 2016.</ref>

==Services and features==
Furry Amino shares its features with that of any other community hosted on the Amino platform.

Furry Amino allows users to make blog posts, quizzes, polls and share them with the community.<ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amino-communities-for-chat/id1115565187 Amino] on the [[:w:App Store (iOS)|App Store]]. Retrieved February 8, 2017.</ref> Users can follow one another and see the posts of the users they are following directly on their timeline.

Public and private chats are both supported for instant messaging. Sexual content of any kind is disallowed on Furry Amino.<ref>''[http://aminoapps.com/p/hy68f The Rules]'' by [[Erik Ortega]] on Furry Amino. Dated August 15, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017.</ref>

==Staff==
Furry Amino's staff as of June 2018 include:
{|
|valign=top|
;Leaders
* [[Cyclone]]
* [[DeltaPaws]]
* [[Elle]]
* [[EverydayHero]]
* [[HuggleHugBug]]
* [[Illuminus]]
* [[KittyClio]]
* [[SleepyKitty]]
* [[Sun-Dial]]
|valign=top|
;Curators
* [[Andromeda]]
* [[Aundre]]
* [[Cosmox Vire]]
* [[Glitter Teeth]]
* [[Jinxit]]
* [[Johnny Tikitavi]]
* [[LankyLunatic]]
* [[LixxyPaw]]
* [[MUTE]]
|valign=top|

* [[Mango]]
* [[Moonie Dreamer]]
* [[SearchyShina]]
* [[Senpainyan]]
* [[Wolvey]]
|valign=top|
|}
Former staff include [[Alcatraz]], [[Cooper The Cheetah|Cooper]], [[Dear Ambelina]], [[Dirge]], [[Dizzy]], [[Drako Wulf]], [[Egylon]], [[Fluffy (Ireland)|Fluffy]], [[FoxesLoveCake]], [[Hatred]], [[Holt]], [[Kairã]], [[Kaveebi]], [[Lepus Lied]], [[Luna Crescens]], [[Lynn]],
[[Maki (artist)|Maki]], [[Maple the Dutch Dragon]], [[Moka Doggo]], [[Monster]], [[MysticSolstice]], [[Novahurr]], [[Nubtail]], [[OliverJay]], [[Pascow]], [[Ryuu Kurozke]], [[Sammy]], [[SchoolHouse Croc]], [[Sev]], [[Solis Astral]], [[Sprrigs]], [[Starz]], [[WiFi!]] and [[Zombyeen]].

==History==
On June 10, 2016, [[Lepus Lied]] posted the first blog to Furry Amino.<ref>''[http://aminoapps.com/p/wwivp Welcome to Furry Amino]'' - blog post by [[Lepus Lied]] on Furry Amino. Dated June 15, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref> The post was last edited June 15, 2016

In June 2016, the first curator applications were opened.<ref>''[http://aminoapps.com/p/1r2vu Curator Applications]'' - blog post by Lepus Lied on Furry Amino. Dated June 13, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref> On June 21, 2016, nine curators were chosen. [[Dizzy]], [[Sammy]], [[FoxesLoveCake]], [[Erik Ortega]], [[SchoolHouse Croc]], [[SleepyKitty]], [[Novahurr]], [[Lynn]], and early retiree [[Pascow]].<ref>''[http://aminoapps.com/p/m9797 CURATOR SELECTION]'' - blog post by Lepus Lied on Furry Amino. Dated June 21, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017.</ref>

In January 2017, applications to become curator were opened. After receiving over 500 applications<ref>''[http://aminoapps.com/p/kgz8of Thank you!]'' - blog post by Erik Ortega on Furry Amino. Dated January 29, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.</ref> five users were chosen to become curators. The new curators were [[Cooper The Cheetah|Cooper]], [[Cyclone]], [[Maki (artist)|Maki]], [[Sprrigs]] and [[Sun-Dial]].

On February 25, 2017, Team Amino banned [[Fluffy (Ireland)|Fluffy]] from Amino, who was at the time a leader of Furry Amino. As a result of this, the entire community was placed on probation.<ref>''[http://aminoapps.com/p/zny040 About Fluffy]'' - blog post by Erik Ortega on Furry Amino. Dated February 25, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.</ref>

On February 28, 2017, Furry Amino reached 100,000 users.<ref>''[http://aminoapps.com/p/hdv7u 🎉100.000!🎉]'' - blog post by Erik Ortega on Furry Amino. Dated February 28, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.</ref>

On March 4, 2017, curator applications were opened with the intention of promoting six new curators.<ref name="curatorsmarch">''[http://aminoapps.com/p/qx5d5f Curators needed! - Update]'' - post by Erik Ortega on Furry Amino. Retrieved March 20, 2017.</ref> On March 20, the six new curators were made part of the team.<ref name="curatorsmarch"/> The chosen curators were [[Dirge]], [[Dear Ambelina]], [[Holt]], [[Nubtail]], [[Starz]] and [[HuggleHugBug]].

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BARQ!

2023-02-09T03:26:09Z

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{{Infobox website
| title = barq
| image = [[File:Barq_logo.png|center|200px]]
| caption = barq logo
| author = '''Owner:''' [[Woutske]]
| url = https://barq.social/
| status = Online
| began = October 25, 2021 (open beta)<ref>{{cite tweet |user=barqOfficial |number=1452540061883437062 |title=Open Beta is live 🎉 Join and let us know what you think. The beta includes browsing and creating profiles, chat, events, communities, after dark content and much more! |date=2021-10-25 |author=barq |access-date=2022-07-01}}</ref>
| ended =
| genre = Social network
| rating = [[File:Censor G button.png]]
}}
'''barq''' is a [[furry]] social networking mobile app created by [[Woutske]]. Features include profiles with support for multiple [[fursona]]s, community groups, events, and "[[Convention]] Mode"—which lets users view fellow attendees and organize [[room party|room parties]].

Originally announced as '''FAPP''' (short for FurryAPP) in January 2021<ref>{{cite tweet |user=barqOfficial |number=1353821954143346689 |title=Our Twitter is now live :D Hello World! |date=2021-01-25 |author=barq |access-date=2022-01-07}}</ref>, the name was changed as a result of a public vote in November of that year.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=barqOfficial |number=1461374325974577159 |title=FurryApp (fapp) has been our working name since the start of the development, but we think it's time for something new. Which one do you prefer? |date=2021-11-18 |author=barq |access-date=2022-01-07}}</ref>

Users must be over 16 years of age to register. New users are currently being limited until their registration has been approved by a member of staff. <ref> {{cite web |url=https://blog.barq.app/state-of-barq-sept-2022#spam-reduction |title=spam reduction |access-date=2022-10-04}}</ref>

Explicit artwork is allowed, but is only permitted within certain areas of the app and only viewable when "<abbr title="After Dark">AD</abbr> Mode" is enabled and the user is over the age of 18.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://barq.social/terms |title=barq Terms & Conditions |access-date=2022-01-07}}</ref>

The app is currently available for '''iOS''' and '''Android'''. A webversion is currently in development.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://barq.social/ Official website]
* [https://twitter.com/barqOfficial barqOfficial] on [[Twitter]]

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Murrtube

2023-02-09T03:24:24Z

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[[File:MurrtubeLogo.png|thumbnail|Murrtube Logo]]
'''Murrtube''' is an adult video sharing platform dedicated to [[murrsuit]] and [[pup play]] content.

== Release ==
The website was made available for beta testing on October 21, 2018.

As of December 2021, Murrtube counts over 9500 registered users<ref name="user-count">[https://twitter.com/murrtube/status/1472158568979783685]</ref> and over 2000 videos uploaded<ref name="video-count">[https://twitter.com/murrtube/status/1472158568979783685]</ref>.

== Development ==

The front-end of the website is made with [[W:React_(JavaScript)|React]], while the back-end is [[W:Ruby_on_Rails|Ruby on Rails]].
It was developed by the same team that released [[Howlr]].

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [http://murrtube.net Murrtube] official website
* [http://www.twitter.com/Murrtube Murrtube] on [[Twitter]]

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FurriesXtreme

2023-02-09T03:21:12Z

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{{Infobox website
| title = FurriesXtreme
| image = [[File:FXLogo.png]]
| caption =
| author = Shy Matsi Lupine
| url = http://www.furriesxtreme.org
| status = Online
| began = November 2008
| ended =
| genre = Social network service
| rating = {{Rating-nc17-button}}
}}
'''FurriesXtreme''', also known as '''FX''', is a [[furry]]-themed [[adult]]-rated [[W:Social networking service|social networking site]]. Its sister site, [[Furry 4 Life]], is G-rated. [[Shy Matsi Lupine]] created the site using the [[W:Open-source software|open-source]] [[W:Dolphin (file manager|Dolphin platform]].

The [[mascot]] of FurriesXtreme is an adult [[husky]] named Boxtor "Boxty" Huskie.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150509150444/http://www.furriesxtreme.org/page/mascot Mascot] webpage at FurriesXtreme website. Retrieved 2016 March 12.</ref>

== History ==

Shy started the site in November of 2008. FurriesXtreme was originally built using [[W:Ning|Ning]], a service that allows one to create their own social networking site. FurriesXtreme was built to answer the need of users who wanted a social network for adults.

One month later, Ning announced that it was ending support for adult social networks on their platform. In order to keep the community going, Shy moved the site to the SocialGo Platform for adult networks, Zocku, where for over a year, it was thriving.

Due to rising costs of this platform, Shy looked for more solutions and then moved it onto his own server. Using Dolphin, a BoonEx open-source software solution, FurriesXtreme had a new home.

== Traffic==

On early 2011, the site had:
*4,580 members.

On early January 6th 2014, the site had:
* 17,710 Members (15,916 male, 1,209 female, 247 trans, 338 other)
* 591 Member created groups
* 1,334 Blogs
* 24 Events
* 70,252 Photos
* 3,462 Videos
* 524 Sounds and Music files
* 954 Forum posts

== Features and services ==

FurriesXtreme features several different components, including:
*The ability to create and customize your own page, similar to [[Wikipedia:MySpace|MySpace]] or [[MyFursona]]
*An integrated chat room
*An instant messaging feature
*An events page, which lists upcoming [[conventions]] or meets
*An image gallery
*A video gallery of user-uploaded content, similar to [[YouTube]]
*A forum
*A Groups feature, in which users can join or create groups such as Music Furs, West Coast Furs, Furry Space Pirates, and more
*Comment Walls
* Friend Activity Timeline
*Onsite Mailbox, send users private messages
*Furry Spy, an activity tracker
*Locator, find furs near you using the World Map or Zip Code searches
*Sites Listing, users can add their favorite sites
*Sounds Gallery, users can add their own sound galleries and share with the rest of the site

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==

* [http://twitter.com/furriesxtreme/ FurriesXtreme] on [[Twitter]]

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FurrTrax

2023-02-09T03:18:10Z

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{{Infobox website
| title = FurrTrax
| image = [[File:FurrTraxHead.png|300px]]
| caption = 18,234 Members in 3.5 years!
| author = * '''Owner:''' [[DarkXander]]
* '''Administrators''': [[DarkXander]], [[Kovu Rocker]]
* '''Moderators''': [[Tailz]], [[Unicorn]], [[Siris]]
| url = https://www.furrtrax.com/
* '''Mobile''': [https://furrtrax.com/furrtrax/login.php FurrTrax Mobile Site]
* '''Forums''': [https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=forum FurrTrax Forums]
* '''Storys''': [https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=bookshelf FurrTrax Bookshelf]
* '''Gallery''': [https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=gallery FurrTrax Image Gallery]
* '''Classifieds''': [https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=classified FurrTrax Classifieds]
* '''Twitter''': [https://twitter.com/FurrTrax FurrTrax Twitter]
* '''Facebook''': [https://www.facebook.com/groups/furrtrax/ FurrTrax on Facebook]
| status = Online
| began = May 20, 2013
| ended =
| genre = Social network
| rating = {{Rating-pg-button|center}}{{Rating-nc17-button|center}}
}}

'''FurrTrax''' is a [[W:social networking service|social networking]] and [[W:Mass collaboration|collaboration site]] to help members of the [[furry fandom]] organize, plan events, make friends, find other [[furries]] in their local areas, and those with similar interests.

The site is also accessible on [[W:smartphones|smartphones]] and [[W:Tablet computer|tablets]] via its own mobile portal and a dedicated [[W:Android (operating system)|Android]] [[W:Mobile app|app]].

As of 2022, the site's Twitter appears to have been converted to a right-wing American political commentary format, including anti-vaccination arguments<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220901040942/https://twitter.com/FurrTrax/status/1565173479871131648 ''@FurrTrax Twitter post, 1 Sept 22''] retrieved 6 Oct 22 via Internet Archive.</ref> and far-right conspiracy posts<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220711171246/https://twitter.com/FurrTrax/status/1546542640337805312 ''@FurTrax Twitter post, 11 July 22''] retrieved 6 Oct 22 via Internet Archive.</ref>.

== Charity ==
=== Fundraising for Jenn Service Dog ===
FurrTrax has donated advertising space to the Charity for Jenn, to raise money for a [[W:service dog|service dog]] to assist her with her [[W:Epilepsy|epilepsy]] and seizure conditions. As of January 2017, she has her service dog, as her funding needs were met.<ref>[https://furrtrax.com/slides/paws4jenn.png ''Ad Banner for Paws4Jenn.com Fundraiser''] posted by DarkXander March 29, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=139 ''Jenn Emergency Heart Surgery Tommorrow''] posted by DarkXander June 02, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://paws4jenn.com ''Paws 4 Jenn, Service Dog for Jennifer''] posted by DarkXander March 29, 2015.</ref>

=== Web Hosting ===
FurrTrax also offers free web hosting to furries wishing to host their own small sites, projects, and art pages and even includes free CloudFlare Pro protection to any who opt to use a subdomain provided by FurrTrax. There is also a paid option with more features.

FurrTrax also offered free web hosting to Furry Social Networking Site [[Furnation]] in hopes to help the site stay online, but the offer was politely declined by SYSTEM of Furnation and it was decided that they would not continue to run the site.<ref>[https://www.flayrah.com/6331/offer-help-furnation-furrtrax ''An offer of help to FurNation from FurrTrax''] posted by DarkXander December 02, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://www.flayrah.com/6344/after-20-years-furry-website-furnation-shuts-down ''After 20 years, furry website FurNation shuts down''] posted by [[Sonious]] December 13, 2015.</ref>

== History ==

For a long time the furry community had been very scattered,{{clarify}} and attempts by similar projects such as [[YiFFr]]<ref name="Yiffr fails">[https://twitter.com/Yiffr/status/314157169106898945 YiFFR Discontinued]</ref>, while good intentioned, failed due to lack of maintenance, upkeep, etc.

When the strongest of the remaining projects ('''YiFFr''') went down permanently, it became clear another option was necessary and fast. Two weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the very first core program and associated [[W:MySQL|MySQL]] backend for the FurrTrax project were born. First starting out as a mobile website only, which still exists today. With the second revision of the core program and database schema chatrooms were added, customizable user profile pages were added, and a bunch of minor [[W:XSS|XSS]] and MySQL injection flaws were fixed up with the help of several members for security testing efforts.

Three weeks after the failure of YiFFr, the [[W:Alpha (programming language)|alpha]] version of the FurrTrax android app was released, which was little more then a browser launcher that opened the Mobile site. At the second month of operations, a more functional app version was released which while still relying on the mobile website, was not a launcher. It was in of itself a separate browser program just for FurrTrax. The app also was given the ability to submit [[W:GPS|GPS]] location data to determine the distance between the site's users, and helping members locate nearby potential friends.

* June 11, 2013 - FurrTrax was hit with its first internet based attack originating from Japan, from several IP Ranges.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=7 ''Trend Micro attempts to access FurrTrax Server.''] post by DarkXander on [[FurrTrax]]. Posted June 11, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> The IP Ranges were soon traced back to [http://www.trendmicro.com/us/index.html Trend Micro]'s Japanese datacenter. While the exact intent for the attack remains a mystery, they were attempting to access the chat log files stored in a secondary directory which was protected from outside access. This however did not stop them from continuing to try to guess URLs inside the folder for a number of hours until DarkXander was able to find a working telephone number for the Japanese branch of Trend Micro and question them why they were attempting to gain access to a protected section of the FurrTrax server. After a threat of legal action by DarkXander(owner), Trend Micro Japan confirmed their servers were the source of the attack, but claimed no knowledge of why it was happening, and hinted it was probably some sort of malfunction. It has now come to light that these unauthorized access attempts were a security test being conducted by Trend Micro without authorization of FurrTrax, for their SiteSafety Product<ref>[http://global.sitesafety.trendmicro.com/result.php?urlname=http://furrtrax.com ''Trend Micro Result of Un-Authorized Security Test of FurrTrax.com''] Discovered by DarkXander October 24, 2014</ref>
* June 20, 2013 - FurrTrax.com was launched with 75% of the working functionality of the mobile app, but missing a main site logo.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=9 ''FurrTrax Website Launched''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted June 20, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> This made the service usable from both mobile devices and standard computers.
* July 17, 2013 -FurrTrax steadily keeps increasing its user base, caping at 2000 members in a month and a half.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=12 ''2000 Members''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted July 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> By then it became increasingly clear that the systems own popularity may eventually lead to a overload on the server, to combat this, all MySQL transactions were optimized and streamlined and many queries were combined to save [[W:CPU|CPU]] cycles. At the same time another round of security testing was carried out,y and many small and medium sized vulnerabilities in the system were corrected.
* August 17, 2013 - Datacenter upgrades were completed for the FurrTrax server,<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=16 ''SpeedTest Result after Datacenter Upgrades''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted August 17, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> including a massive increase in bandwidth to support higher membership levels, the following is a speedtest.net result taken from the actual FurrTrax server from inside the datacenter.
* September 12, 2013 - FurrTrax had its first unplanned downtime when the emergency system shutdown was tripped due to a cooling system failure.<ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=22 ''Site Downtime Earlier today''] post by DarkXander on FurrTrax. Posted September 12, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.</ref> All systems shut down before any heat problems could occur, and all systems came back up about an hour later once the faulty cooling system in the rack was replaced.
* May 20, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/7777.png ''FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours''] Screenshot by DarkXander on May 20, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax hits 7777 Members in early morning hours.
* October 15, 2014 - <ref name="securityflaw">[http://furrtrax.com/uploads/1/furrtraxsecurityauditcensored.PNG ''FurrTrax Security minorly compromised, Chatrooms Flooded''] Screenshot by DarkXander on Sept 30, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax Security recently compromised resulting in the flooding of chatrooms with random posts by unknown assailant, No data was stolen but chatrooms were mildly defaced. A independent security audit Conducted by [http://www.beyondsecurity.com/ ''Beyond Security''] found some underlying Security Flaws<ref name="securityflaw" />. All medium and high level security flaws were fixed by the end of the same day by DarkXander<ref name="securityfixed">[http://furrtrax.com/uploads/1/furrtraxsecurityauditsecured.PNG ''FurrTrax Security Scores 100% after Fixes by DarkXander''] Screenshot by DarkXander on Sept 30, 2014.</ref>. FurrTrax Security is now tested frequently to ensure safe use for all members<ref name="securitydaily">[http://www.beyondsecurity.com/vulnerability-scanner-verification/furrtrax.com ''FurrTrax Daily Security Report'']</ref>.
* October 16, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=90 ''FurrTrax finishes Member Groups functions in Website and Mobile''] Post by DarkXander on Oct 14, 2014.</ref>Members can now create Member Group pages somewhat simular to Facebook to discuss and promote their topics of interest and promote discussion of such.
* October 24, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=95 ''FurrTrax adds CloudFlare Pro Site Protection''] Post by DarkXander on Oct 24, 2014.</ref>To better protect the site from DDoS and other attacks FurrTrax has adopted CloudFlare Pro Site Protection.
* November 19, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=98 ''FurrTrax hits 10,000 Site Members Milestone''] Post by DarkXander on Nov 19, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax has 10,000 Members, We would like to thank our members for their continued support, and for helping us become one of the fastest growing furry sites.
* November 30, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=100 ''FurrTrax adds Video Chat''] Post by DarkXander on Nov 30, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax adds basic video chat capabilities to see how much interest there is in it.
* December 03, 2014 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=101 ''FurrTrax has Server SSD Failure''] Post by DarkXander on Dec 03, 2014.</ref>FurrTrax was down for a short time, but is back on on its backup server, outage was caused by an SSD Disk Failure, All Data was backed up and is safe.
* March 27, 2015 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=128 ''FurrTrax opens Staff Nominations for the first time''] Post by DarkXander on Mar 27, 2015.</ref>FurrTrax opens staff nominations to the membership for the first time giving our members a voice.
* Apr 02, 2015 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=130 ''FurrTrax begins Charity work for Paws4jenn.com''] Post by DarkXander on Apr 02, 2015.</ref>FurrTrax offers Donator Perks to anyone who donates to the charity for Jenns Service Dog to give back to the community.
* May 14, 2015 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=133 ''FurrTrax discontinues PHPBB Forums, Builds Own Forums''] Post by DarkXander on May 14, 2015.</ref>FurrTrax has discontinued the use of the old PHPBB based forums and released our own integrated forums.
* June 29, 2015 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=140 ''FurrTrax begins Bug Bounty Program''] Post by DarkXander on June 29, 2015.</ref>In a further effort to increase site security and functionality, FurrTrax now offers our own bug bounty program.
* July 20, 2015 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=98 ''FurrTrax owner is Layed off due to Company Sellout''] Post by DarkXander on July 20, 2015.</ref>DarkXander has been layed off as part of his companies restructuring after being purchased by Alaskan Investors.
* August 31, 2015 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=151 ''FurrTrax Server is AMD Turbocharged''] Post by DarkXander on Aug 31, 2015.</ref>FurrTrax Server is upgraded from the old quad core to its new eight core processor, and from its old 16GB of RAM to 28GB of RAM, as well as VMware and Firewall Upgrades.
* September 17, 2015 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=154 ''FurrTrax Authentication Protocols are Upgraded''] Post by DarkXander on Sept 17, 2015.</ref>FurrTrax has added an extra level of encryption to protect users authentication information on the site.
* October 08, 2015 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=158 ''FurrTrax hits 14,000 Site Members Milestone''] Post by DarkXander on Oct 08, 2015.</ref>FurrTrax Hits 14,000 Members, We would like to thank our members for their continued support, and for helping us become one of the fastest growing furry sites.
* October 23, 2015 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=161 ''FurrTrax switches to SSL ONLY''] Post by DarkXander on Oct 23, 2015.</ref>FurrTrax switches to requiring SSL Only mode for all users, We are all a little safer for it.
* December 11, 2015 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=172 ''FurrTrax Gets a new Server, Codenamed Spartan''] Post by DarkXander on Dec 11, 2015.</ref>FurrTrax upgrades today to their new Dual Xeon I7 quad core, Dell PowerEDGE R710, with 96 GB of RAM, Codenamed Spartan.
* December 24, 2015 - <ref>[http://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=180 ''FurrTrax hits 15,000 members on Christmas Eve 2015''] Post by DarkXander on Dec 24, 2015.</ref>FurrTrax has achieved membership of 15,000 users on Christmas Eve 2015.
* February 19, 2016 - <ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=197 ''FurrTrax downtime to add 6 RAM Sticks''] Post by DarkXander on Feb 19, 2016.</ref>FurrTrax now has 144GB of RAM.
* March 04, 2016 - <ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=200 ''BETA Instant Messaging Released''] Post by DarkXander on Feb 19, 2016.</ref>FurrTrax now has Instant Messaging Capabilities.
* April 09, 2016 - <ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=208 ''FurrTrax hits 16,000 Members''] Post by DarkXander on Apr 09, 2016.</ref>FurrTrax hits 16,000 Members.
* May 11, 2016 - <ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=212 ''FurrTrax Virtual OpenSim World goes online''] Post by DarkXander on May 11, 2016.</ref>FurrTrax Virtual OpenSim World goes online.
* June 07, 2016 - <ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=217 ''FurrTrax overcomes 12 TB DDoS Attack''] Post by DarkXander on June 07, 2016.</ref>FurrTrax hit with 12 TB DDoS Attack and survives.
* June 17, 2016 - <ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=220 ''FurrTrax and FurNation make peace.''] Post by DarkXander on June 17, 2016.</ref>FurrTrax and FurNation agree to end hostilities and make peace and collaboration agreement.
* June 23, 2016 - <ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=222 ''FurrTrax now Supports Native IPv6''] Post by DarkXander on June 23, 2016.</ref>FurrTrax now supports IPv6 fully.
* June 26, 2016 - <ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=223 ''FurrTrax Partners with FurGather''] Post by DarkXander on June 26, 2016.</ref>FurrTrax partners with FurGather to collaborate on future projects.

== Hardware ==

The upcoming FurrTrax [[W:Server_(computing)|Server]] codenamed Spartan 2.0, a [[W:Google_Search_Appliance|Google Search Appliance G100]] Branded [[W:Dell_PowerEdge|Dell PowerEDGE]] R720XD XL DataBase Engine Dual Socket [[W:Multi-core processor|Hex Core System]] with dual Intel Core I7 Series Xeon Hex Core Processors, [[W:Gigabyte|192GB]] of [[W:Random-access memory|RAM]], 22 x [[W:Solid-state_drive|Solid State Drive]]'s, and 4 x 1TB SAS Drives in RAID 10, retrofitted and Setup by DarkXander. The new server was aquired at a cost of $670(Excluding SSDs) of which $100 was provided by members donations, and features newer remote management systems as well.

The current FurrTrax [[W:Server_(computing)|Server]] codenamed Spartan, a [[W:Dell_PowerEdge|Dell PowerEDGE]] R710 Dual Socket [[W:Multi-core processor|Hex Core System]] with dual Intel Core I7 Series Xeon Hex Core Processors, [[W:Gigabyte|144GB]] of [[W:Random-access memory|RAM]], and a [[W:Terabyte|2.3TB]] total [[W:Solid-state_drive|Solid State Drive]] storage system, retrofitted and Setup by DarkXander. The server was aquired at a cost of $690 of which $280 was provided by members donations, features a builtin remote management system, and improves reliability with its redundant cooling systems, redundant Power Supplies, and redundant network connections. Spartan weighs in roughly five times heavier than X-620, the old FurrTrax Server. Spartan will be decommissioned in late January of 2018 as its successor Spartan 2.0 is finished and takes its place.

The Original FurrTrax Server, internally known as X-620(VMware Hostname), was retired on December 11th, 2015 and the new server known as Spartan took over all of its former operations as the Main FurrTrax Server. X-620 was a custom built 2U size Rackmount server, equipped with a military spec motherboard, an AMD Eight-Core Phenom II CPU, and 28 GB of DDR3 RAM, an array of Solid State Storage, and a 400w non-redundant power supply, on [[W:VMware_vSphere|VMware vSphere]] and [[W:Linux|Linux]] using [[W:PHP|PHP]], [[W:Java_(programming_language)|Java]], and MySQL. All PHP programming was written from scratch in [[W:Gedit|Linux G-Edit]].

FurrTrax was originally Stored on a 2TB [[W:RAID|RAID]] System but the system began to encounter frequent errors, and traffic was approaching the limit of the systems [[W:Input/output|I/O]] speed, so the FurrTrax server was upgraded to All Solid State Drives for their higher reliability and greater I/O Speed Capacity.

FurrTrax does not use or rely on any third party frameworks, [[W:Content_management_system|CMS systems]], or [[W:Library (computing)|libraries]]. As all the code was written from scratch, and not publicly released, It provided a added layer of security since no one other then DarkXander knows how the Programming and MySQL systems truly function.

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! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Purpose
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Hardware Notes
! scope="col" | First Used
! scope="col" | Status
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| '''Spartan 2.0''' || Main Server || Google Search Appliance G100 (Dell PowerEDGE R720XD XL, DBE) with Twin Six-core 2.5Ghz [[Wikipedia:Xeon|Xeon E5-2640]] CPUs with 192GB DDR3-1333 RAM, PERC H710P RAID Controller, 22 x SATA Solid State Disks, 4 x 1TB SAS Drives, Quad Gigabit NICs The Server was aquired at a cost of $670 of which $100 was provided by members donations.<ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=253 "FurrTrax getting a new Server."] - FurrTrax News (04 Jan 2018)</ref> || Jan 4, 2018 || Setup in progress...
|-
| '''Spartan''' || Main Server || Dell PowerEDGE R710 with Twin Six-core 2.6Ghz [[Wikipedia:Xeon|Xeon I7 Series]] with 144GB DDR3-1333 RAM, PERC H700 RAID Controller, 6 x SATA Solid State Disks, 2 x 500GB PCI-E Solid State Disks, 2 x 1TB SAS Drives, Quad Gigabit NICs The Server was aquired at a cost of $690 of which $280 was provided by members donations.<ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=169 "FurrTrax Server Upgrades Awsome Deal"] - FurrTrax News (01 Dec 2015)</ref><ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=170 "We have our new Server!"] - FurrTrax News (06 Dec 2015)</ref> || December 11, 2015 || Online Pending Retirement
|-
| '''X-620''' || Main Server || The original FurrTrax server, is a Octa-Core 3.5Ghz Phenom II system with 32GB of RAM. Storage consists of 4x solid state drives. The server was retired and Given to a friend of DarkXander who didnt have a PC. || March 2013 || Removed Dec 11th 2015.<ref>[https://furrtrax.com/indexsub.php?module=newsview&id=172 "We will be going Offline around 6:30 PM Arizona Time"] - FurrTrax News (11 Dec 2015)</ref>
|-
| '''DS9''' || Special Projects || HP Proliant DL360 G7 with Twin Quad-core 2.6Ghz [[Wikipedia:Xeon|Xeon I7 Series]] with 48GB DDR3-1333 RAM, SmartArray P410i RAID Controller, 1 x 60GB Patriot SSD, 7 x Intel X-25 80GB SSDs, Quad Gigabit NICs. The Server was originally aquired to be a backup to Spartan in case of a failure. || March 16, 2016 || Online
|-
| '''Core''' || Core Router || Cisco 7507 Core Router<ref>[http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/routers/7507-router/model.html "Cisco 7507 Specs"] - Cisco 7507</ref> Provided by the DataCenter to interconnect to Fiber. || March 2013 || Online
|-
| '''CDN''' || Static Resource Cloud CDN Server, E-Mail Notification Server || Cloud Virtualized Server on BlueHost<ref>[http://www.bluehost.com "BlueHost"] - BlueHost</ref> || March 2014 || Removed Oct ?? 2016.
|-
| '''CDN''' || Static Resource Cloud CDN Server, E-Mail Notification Server || Cloud Virtualized Server on 1 & 1<ref>[http://www.1and1.com "1 & 1"] - 1 & 1</ref> || October 2016 || Online
|}

=== SpeedTest ===
Speedtest done January 13th, 2016 from onboard Spartan.
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== External Links ==

* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Facebook]]
* [http://twitter.com/furrtrax/ FurrTrax] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_masterxbkc.FurrTraxFull FurrTrax Android app] at [[W:Google Play|Google Play]]

== References ==
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Furry 4 Life

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{{Infobox website
| title = Furry 4 Life
| image = [[File:Furry 4 Life.jpg|300px]] "A network for people who identify as furries and live the lifestyle"
| author = '''Owners:''' [[Shy Matsi Lupine]]
* '''Site Founder:''' Shy Matsi Lupine
* '''Admins''': [[Kai Wulf]], [[Lakota]], [[Lone Wolf]], [[SeiRruf]], [[DracheVonSchwartz]] and [[Nasu The Red Wolf]]
| url = http://furry4life.org/
* GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/furry4life (crowd-funding)
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| began = August 2008–Sept. 25th 2015 early 2016 (beta stage)–present
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| genre = Social network service
| rating = {{Rating-g-button}}
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'''Furry 4 Life''', also known as '''F4L''', is a [[furry]]-themed G-rated [[Wikipedia:social networking|social networking]] site created by Shy Matsi Lupine, aimed at [[furry lifestyler]]s. Furry 4 Life has a sister site, the [[Furries Xtreme]] social networking site, that is adult-rated.

== History ==

As of December 27th, 2015 the site was shut down but restarted up in 2018 however the chat sever has been shut down and is now on discord, with no Estimated time of going back online.

[[Shy Matsi Lupine|Shy]] started the site in August of 2008. Furry 4 Life was built using [[Wikipedia:Ning|Ning]], a service that allows one to create their own social networking site.[[Huskydoge/snowy]] is a donater to the furry4life and updates this wiki.
As of January 6th, 2018:
* 7,121 Member Accounts
* 133 Member created Groups
* 14,873 Photos
* 143 Videos
* 1,000 Songs and other sound files
* 120,560 Forum Topics
* 500 Events
* 100,000 Blogs

In 2016 the Furry4Life website was revamped and brought back online to the public in the beginning of February. The new website now running on the Dolphin framework is hosted on a server, as opposed to the previous years being provided by [[Wikipedia:Ning|Ning]]. Due to complications with information transfer the Member Accounts, Groups, Photo, Videos, Songs, Forums, Events, and Blogs were all lost in the transition leading to a new start for F4L. All members who had previously had accounts with F4L must now create a new account to join the website. As of April 18, 2016 however the site is back online as of 2018:
* 890 Members
* 44 Groups
* 2897 Photos
* 39 Videos
* 2 Polls
* 23 Blog Post
* 73 Forum Posts
In the transition a lot more was lost including a large amount of key features making F4L what it was. Live Chat took a dramatic hit and was hosted on Telegram and still is. In April 2016 Furry4Life published a new Live Chat feature with a large amount of capabilities that previous chat systems did not have. As of now this is the official chat room for F4L.

== Features and services ==

Furry 4 Life features several different components, including:
*The ability to create your own page, similar to [[Wikipedia:MySpace|MySpace]] or [[MyFursona]]
*An integrated chat room
*An instant messaging feature
*An events page, which lists upcoming [[conventions]] or meets
*An image gallery
*A video gallery of user-uploaded content, similar to [[YouTube]]
*A forum
*A Groups feature, in which users can join or create groups such as Music Furs, West Coast Furs, Furry Space Pirates, and more
*A Gadgets page, which features games users can play
*Open Social Applications that users can embed into their profile such as [[BuddyPoke]] allows users on a social network to customize a character and have it interact with other characters in the BuddyPoke world. The character users can customize has generic ear templates, fur textures and a variety of colors so that furs can customize one almost completely to look like their [[fursona]].

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Ferzu

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| title = Ferzu
| image = [[File:Ferzu.jpg|300px]]
| caption =
| author = Grokio, LLC
| url = https://www.ferzu.com/
| status = Online
| slogan = The next generation in social networking for furries and furry fandom.
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'''Ferzu''' is an adults-only [[furry]] [[Wikipedia:Social networking website|social networking website]] and [[Wikipedia:Online dating service|dating service]], launched June 2016.

Ferzu is to be subscription-funded at the end of its beta period, with regular users to be limited in their daily usage of photo views, uploads and notes.<ref name=About>''[https://www.ferzu.com/Home/About Ferzu - About Us]'', retrieved June 20, 2016</ref> It is now available as an [[Wikipedia:Android (software)|Android]] and [[Wikipedia:iPhone|iPhone]] app.

The site's name is a [[Wikipedia:Portmanteau|portmanteau]] or the words 'fur' and 'zoo'.<ref name=About /> ''Infurr'' was also considered, with ''infurr.com'' registered in March 2016.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ferzuweb/status/744951707583451136 "We just got the name while we were debating options to keep it as an open possibility!"] - Ferzu, Twitter (June 18, 2016)</ref>

==Organization==
Ferzu is run by '''Grokio''', a [[Wikipedia:Limited liability company|limited liability company]] in established in [[Wikipedia:Delaware|Delaware]]<ref>Delaware Corporation 5059859, established by corporate front The Company Corporation</ref> and operating in [[Wikipedia:New York|New York]]<ref>New York Foreign Corporation 4165036</ref> which runs similar services in other verticals:
* ''Grommr'', a "social network and dating site for [male] gainers, bloaters, encouragers and admirers"
* ''Feabie'', a "social network and dating site for feeders, feedees, fat admirers and BBW/BHM"
* ''Chasabl'', a "hybrid social network and dating/personals site for big men and the men who love them—chubs and chasers, chubby bears and cubs"
Of the three, only Chasabl permits "nude" images.

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==External links==
* [https://twitter.com/ferzuweb Ferzu] (ferzuweb) on [[Twitter]]
* [http://ferzuweb.tumblr.com/ Ferzu] on [[Wikipedia:Tumblr|Tumblr]]
* [http://forums.grokiolabs.com/forums/281889-feedback/category/167262-site-specific-ferzu Ferzu-specific feedback forum] on the Groiko Labs website

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