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F-list

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| caption = The F-list logo.
| author = [[Bitdash]] (Site Lead)<ref name="f-liststaff">[https://wiki.f-list.net/F-List_Staff F-List Staff]. F-List Wiki. Retrieved November 4, 2025.</ref><br>[[Aniko]] (Lead Advisor)<ref name="f-liststaff" /><br>[[Hexxy]] (Founder)
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'''F-list''' (short for '''Fetish-list''') is a directory of characters, and [[wikipedia:Paraphilia|paraphilias]] associated with them, for the purposes of [[roleplay]]. It allows users that are eighteen or older to list multiple characters for each account, talk in groups relevant to their interests, and chat in real time through the site's chat server for the purpose of roleplay. Founded on July 2, 2009 by [[Hexxy]], F-list has been a central roleplay hub for non-furries since its inception, and many people mistake 'F-list' for 'Furry-List' which it is not, and continues to be a popular spot for roleplay, general conversation, and meeting people with shared interests, both sexual and non-sexual. It is owned by Dragonfruit Ventures, a subsidiary of [[Bad Dragon]].

== Format ==
F-list is formatted as a list-based database of characters. Each member can register multiple characters to their profile,<ref>https://wiki.f-list.net/Getting_started#F-list.2C_what_is_it.3F "Accounts are free to make 'character' pages..."</ref> and each character is assigned its own list of "kinks" divided into four categories: "Fave", "Yes", "Maybe", and "No". Each of these categories represents a different level of how much a character enjoys a certain kink.

Upon creating a character, the user is given an expansive list of "kinks", or paraphilias, to choose from, and is prompted to sort them into one of the four categories for their public profile, or to leave them blank to exclude them altogether. As well as a large number of predetermined kinks available for selection, all members are allotted 500 "custom kinks", which allow for the input of custom interests which may not otherwise be available for selection already.<ref>https://wiki.f-list.net/Getting_started#Filling_Out_a_Profile "Consider creative usage of custom kinks and subfetishes to make your intentions clearer."</ref> Subscribers, or members who donate to the site for its server upkeep and other expenses, are not limited in the amount of custom kinks they may add to their characters' public profiles.<ref>http://f-list.net "... lifting of account limitations (custom kinks...)"</ref>

== Communication ==
Communication between members can either be done through the use of "notes", or through the chat service that F-list provides to its members. "Notes" serve as a method of contacting other members who may not be online, don't use the chat function, or who simply prefer the privacy of snail-mail messaging, and work much like private messaging on forums and other chat-board based services. The chat function of F-list functions like a closed IRC server, and is a more instant method of connecting with others. A number of set and moderated channels exist, as well as user-created channels (called "private rooms") which can be publicly viewed and entered by other users serve as gathering places for multiple characters with the same interests; private messaging, ignoring, and unignoring are also possible.

== Controversy ==
On the February 3, 2011 (08:00 UTC), F-list was compromised by ex-coder/moderator [[Zidonuke|Zidonuke]],<ref>http://www.flayrah.com/3424/rogue-coders-attack-takes-f-list-down</ref> who was removed for abuse of privileges. The compromise resulted in all users being given admin privileges on the site and moderator privileges in the chat. The admins online at the time were banned from the site, as Zidonuke had hidden a backdoor program on the server and hacked the code. F-list was taken offline shortly after, with a broadcast on the chat by the ex-coder that there were no recent backups. It is uncertain whether the site was taken offline as a defensive measure by F-list staff, or by the Zidonuke. As of now, the site remains back up after a server wipe. Private Data consisting of email, IP records, and user logs were available to all users through the "log viewer" page while the site was up, as they were all admins. The users who abused this were timed-out of the site.

== Other services ==
* '''[[F-craft|Minecraft server]]''': minecraft.f-craft.net (No longer officially supported)
* '''IRC''': [irc://irc.furnet.org/f-list #f-list] on [[Furnet]] (No longer officially supported)

==See also==
*[[Furry Sexual Preferences]]
*[[House Eros K-List]]
*[[The Rabbit Hole]]

==References==
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F-list

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FurGather

2026-08-03T23:16:49Z

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| title = FurGather
| image = [[File:FurGather.png|300px]]
| author = [[Miralindo]]
| url = http://www.furgather.net/
| began = September 24, 2014 (original) <br>April 2016 (second edition)
| ended = June, 2019
| genre = Social Network
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[[File:FurGatherLogo.png|right|frame|Original FurGather logo]]
'''FurGather''' was a [[furry]] [[W:social networking|social networking]] website created by [[Sai Kitsune]]. The ownership was then given to [[Miralindo]] in May 2016.

The site went down on September 26, 2015, and the only word from staff upon a quick search was a tweet indicating they had some form of server trouble and would be rebuilding the site anew.<ref>[https://twitter.com/FurGather/status/647946613634166784 "Well, we have to start from scratch on the new system, but since we now have a working server, this shouldn't take too long."] - FurGather, Twitter (26 September 2015)</ref>

In November 2016, the site was relaunched under the ownership of [[Floyd_(fursuiter)|Floyd]].<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1764692830417498&id=1551189575101159 "Furgather is back up and under new ownership, you can check us out at Furgather.net You will have to create a new account as these are different platforms."] - FurGather, Facebook (14 May 2016)</ref>

In June of 2019 the website was shut down with the owners citing costs and a decline in user activity. FurGather continues to maintain groups on both [[w:Telegram Messenger | Telegram]] and [[w:Discord (software) | Discord]].

== References ==
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== External links ==

*[http://www.furgather.net FurGather] - official website
*[https://twitter.com/FurGather FurGather] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://www.facebook.com/FurGather-1551189575101159/?fref=ts FurGather] on [[Facebook]]

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SoFurry

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{{Infobox website
| title = SoFurry
| image = [[File:SoFurry.png|SoFurry]]
| author = '''Owner & Founder:''' [[Toumal]]<ref>''[http://wiki.sofurry.com/wiki/The_SoFurry_Team The SoFurry Team]'' - SoFurry Wiki. Accessed 20 June 2023.</ref>
* '''Co-Owner & Development Lead''': [[Terra]]
* '''Server Admins''': [[Toumal]], [[Carenath]], [[Terra]]
* '''Developers''': [[Terra]]
* '''Designers''': [[Lio]]
* '''Administrators''': [[Daniel Harkness]] (forums), [[Goddy]] (contests/marketplace), [[Graeme]] (moderation), [[Hollud]] (submissions), [[Jake Firetail]] (ambassadors), [[Kokusho]] (chat, users), [[Moonblood]] (user)
| url = https://www.sofurry.com/
* [https://sofurrybeta.com/ SoFurry Beta Preview]
* '''Twitter''': [https://twitter.com/sofurrynews/ SoFurry News], [https://twitter.com/sofurrydev/ SoFurry Development]
| began = December 26, 2009
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'''SoFurry''' is a furry website based on [[Yiffstar]], but expanding to non-[[adult]] content and with emphasis on user communities. The project is led by [[Toumal]], and absorbed the existing Yiffstar database over Christmas 2009.<ref>''[https://sofurry.com/page/109996 Launch Procedures Initiated]'' - [[Toumal]], Journal (25 November 2009)</ref>

The project was announced on March 11, 2009 with talk of community-based features and personalized subdomains.<ref>''[http://forum.yiffstar.com/index.php?topic=68050.0 sofurry.com - Our New Home ]'' - Toumal, Yiffstar forums (11 March 2009)</ref> The site gained 100,000 new users over the course of 18 months, and relaunched itself as SoFurry 2.0 in January 2012. It had over 350,000 registered users and almost 550,000 submissions as of June 2014.

==Features==
In addition to stories, artwork, music and journals, SoFurry has a number of distinct additional features.

===Collaboration===
The site features a complete user community system which is used as a kind of collaborative filter. Users are encouraged to found or join "groups" that cover particular subject matters. These groups can have fully integrated forums and even web chatrooms. Users can still use established features like personal watchlists to find new content, but they can also build a collaborative set of favorites within groups, thus allowing people who join groups to instantly be able to browse a human-maintained gallery of content specifically matching the group's topic. Groups are user-created and user-moderated.

In addition to the forums and chats within groups, the site also features global forums and chatrooms that are maintained by the site moderators. Site functions like the web-chat are also available via [[#Third party applications|third-party applications]], and several chat applications (written in Java for the desktop, one [[Wikipedia:Android (operating system)|Android]] app, and a chat client written in [[Wikipedia:Python (programming language)|Python]]) have been developed already. The site offers a one-time-pad authentication system for secure authentication over insecure networks as well as an API for application developers.

===Content===
Another major feature is a complete [[commission]] management and purchase system, in which users and artists can manage their list of in-progress commissions, and also sell and buy commission services. SoFurry does not handle payments or retain any percentages from commissions, the system is free to use for anyone.

Users can personalize their galleries with their own site banners, which are shown whenever someone views or browses their submissions.

Submissions can be personally grouped into sub-gallery folders to which other users can subscribe for updates of newer submissions. Stories can be downloaded in [[wikipedia:ePub|.epub]] format, and folders containing stories can be downloaded as chaptered ePub files.

===Email===
Every user was able to use a free email forward in the form of username@isfurry.com, @isscaly.com, @iswinged.com, @isfluffy.com, @isrubbery.com or @isfeathery.com; these forwards can be disabled by the user in their site preferences in case of spam. This service appears to have been discontinued as of June 2017. <ref>Email Services - SoFurry - https://wiki.sofurry.com/index.php?title=Email_Services&oldid=2472 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170809021516/https://wiki.sofurry.com/wiki/Email_Services archive.org link])</ref>

==Differences from Yiffstar==

SoFurry uses a "post-submission review" process, like most other furry art sites. This is in contrast to the "pre-approval" process used in Yiffstar, which resulted in wait times of up to a day before submissions were approved for online viewing. Several functions like the search have been expanded to not only cover titles and authors in addition to tags, but also to honor tag hierarches so searches for "Canine" (for example) will find all canine-tags like "Dog", "Wolf", etc.
It is also the first furry art and story site with its own [https://play.google.com/store/search?q=sofurry&so=1&c=apps mobile apps for Android], using a public API.

==Hosting and funding==

SoFurry is hosted on a cluster of at least six web servers,<ref>''[https://www.sofurry.com/siteupdate/view?id=51 Recent update - Server Move Update (Phase II Complete)]'' - [[DrXeno]], SoFurry (13 January 2014)</ref> running database replication and DNS load-balancing, and located in the USA and the EU. A commercial-grade [[Wikipedia:Content delivery network|CDN]] backs most of the actual content via several datacenters in the US, Europe and Asia. As of May 2013, SoFurry had access to 2 Gbytes of bandwidth and 20 IP addresses, with primary and secondary database/filesystem servers hosting 400Gb using a mix of [[Wikipedia:RAID 5|RAID 5]] and [[Wikipedia:RAID 0|0]], a "[[Wikipedia:Private cloud|private cloud]]" of scalable web servers, and chat and game servers, all running on [[Wikipedia:FreeBSD|FreeBSD]] and [[Wikipedia:Linux|Linux]].<ref>''[https://www.sofurry.com/view/542304 How Sofurry Works!]'' - [[DrXeno]], SoFurry (23 May 2013)</ref>

While SoFurry solicits donations and advertising,<ref>''[https://wiki.sofurry.com/wiki/Advertising_on_SoFurry Advertising on SoFurry]'' - SoFurry Wiki. Accessed 22 June 2014.</ref> it is primarily funded by [[Toumal]].<ref>[https://wiki.sofurry.com/index.php?title=Donate&oldid=1699#All_of_2011 Donations for 2011 and 2012] - SoFurry Wiki</ref> Operation costs were in excess of US$550 per month as of May 2012.<ref>''[https://wiki.sofurry.com/index.php?title=Donate&oldid=1608 Donate]'' - SoFurry Wiki (10 May 2012)</ref>

==SoFurry 2.0==

Development on SoFurry 2.0 began in April 2010, with the goal of revamping the design, navigation and code based on user feedback. The new site is powered by a rewritten backend based on the Yii Framework, and features a streamlined and minimalistic user interface. Additional features include a new photo section, multiple characters per account, friends system, private submission sharing, customizable UI, one-step upload process and other enhancements. New features are added regularly, with upcoming items including a story collaboration system and a "friend activity feed" similar to the "Blotter" in Steam. Beginning December 1, 2011, SoFurry 2.0 users can subscribe to folders for folder-exclusive updates (i.e., series, comics), as an additional alternative to watching users' galleries.

The private beta for SF 2.0 started in March 2011. A public beta period was held from July to January 2011, running alongside the current site. During this time all stories, images, user accounts, comments etc. (except for notifications and commission offers) were shared between the two sites.

SoFurry 2.0 went live on January 23rd, 2012. SoFurry 1.0 is scheduled to be phased out during Q1 2012, after the SoFurry 2.0 Chat and additional site themes become available.

==SoFurry Next==

Development on the next version of SoFurry was initiated under the name "SoFurry X". Around 2022, this project became known as "SoFurry Next". In 2024 and 2025, a preview version of SoFurry Next was available on sofurrybeta.com, while SoFurry 2.0 continued as the main production site on sofurry.com.

A cutover to SoFurry Next was planned for fall 2025. However, in early July, 2025, SoFurry's ISP notified them of a large price increase that would take effect in August 2025. In response, the SoFurry admins took SoFurry 2.0 offline on July 7, 2025. They stated they intended to buy a new server, host that server at a new ISP, transfer data from the SoFurry 2.0 server to the new server, and bring the site back online, running the SoFurry Next software. As of January 10, 2026, the new server is online as sofurry.com, running the SoFurry Next software.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sofurry.com/news/arn9v1D9|title=We're so back|date=10 January 2026}}</ref>

==Reviews and criticism==

===SoFurry 1.0===
The user interface was met with mixed reviews. Many users praised details like the single-page uploader, while others complained about incompatibilities, questionable design decisions and the perceived complexity of the site navigation. The move to a fixed-width page layout was also the target of complaints. Another major issue were numerous bugs present at launch, a fact acknowledged by the staff who spent over a year fixing the various issues and deploying improvements. Despite the criticism, the site gained more users in the twelve months of operation than its predecessor [[Yiffstar]] did over the course of 7 years. Ultimately it was decided to rewrite the site from scratch however.

[[Watts Martin]] noted a marked improvement of the user experience in comparison to SoFurry 1.0 in his November 2011 ''[[Flayrah]]'' review of various heavily-trafficked furry story archives, while criticizing some aspects of the new authorship tools and the limitation of content search to "keyword matching", relating the latter directly to the website's adult-oriented heritage.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.flayrah.com/3734/survey-furry-story-sites|title = A survey of furry story sites|author = Chipotle (Watts Martin)|date =13 November 2011|publisher = Flayrah}}</ref>

===SoFurry 2.0===
Many artists and writers who left or stopped posting on SoFurry during the days of Version 1.0 have returned.{{cn}} Most users expressed positive opinions about the improved performance, while some complained about the bright color scheme. Additional themes and color options have been promised for the coming months.

==Third party applications==

Several applications have been written for SoFurry, among them:
* [http://code.google.com/p/artsync/ Artsync], a gallery synchronization application that allows artists to synchronize their [[Fur Affinity]] gallery with SoFurry automatically.
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sofurry.favorites&feature=search_result Live Wallpaper] for Android
* [https://sofurry.anthro.fr SoFurry Search Engine], a website allowing full-text searches of stories

== Minecraft server ==

SoFurry has a Minecraft server at minecraft.sofurry.com.<ref>[http://minecraft.sofurry.com/ Sofurry Minecraft Server] webpage. Retrieved 2013 July 1.</ref>

== See also ==
* [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136932028 SoFurry] on [[W:Wikidata|Wikidata]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://x.com/sofurrynews SoFurry] on [[Twitter|X]]
* [https://meow.social/@sofurry SoFurry] on [[Mastodon]]
* [https://discord.gg/0hLnbdYXs2BIv0rJ SoFurry] on [[Discord]]

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Weasyl

2026-08-03T23:09:21Z

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{{Infobox website
| title = Weasyl
| image = [[File:Weasyl-home-04-26-2020-505px.jpg|center|200px]]Weasyl's home page
| author = '''Owner''': [[Inaki|Ikani]]
* '''Directors''': Ikani
* '''Administrators''': [[Charmander]]
* '''Moderators''': [[CosmoSnowmew]], [[Zilchfox]]
* '''Techs''': [[Keet (orca)|Keet]]
* '''Developers''': Charmander, [[Kyra]], [[Sl1]]
| url = https://www.weasyl.com
* '''Status''': https://status.weasyl.com
* '''Statistics''': https://graphs.weasyl.com/static
* '''Projects''': https://projects.weasyl.com
| status = Active
| genre = Social art community
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'''Weasyl''' is a social [[furry art|art]] gallery website that serves both the [[furry fandom]] and the broader online artistic community; it is "designed for artists, writers, musicians, and more to share their work with other artists and fans."<ref>''[https://www.weasyl.com/help/about About Weasyl]'' Retrieved March 16, 2013</ref> Its primary features are media submissions, character profiles, and journal entries. Since its launch in September 2012, Weasyl has added a commission marketplace,<ref>''[https://www.weasyl.com/site-updates/148 Site Update: Marketplace Returns!]'' - [[Hendikins]], Weasyl (January 15, 2017)</ref> redesigned its thumbnail system to support larger images,<ref>''[https://www.weasyl.com/site-updates/106 Thumbnail Deployment]'' - [[Tiger (person)|Tiger]], Weasyl (July 6, 2015)</ref> and released its source code as [[W:Open-source software|open-source software]].<ref>''[https://www.weasyl.com/site-updates/144 Weasyl goes open source]'' - [[Skylerbunny]], Weasyl (May 29, 2016)</ref>

As of May 2014, with some 69,000 registered users, Weasyl hosted over 600,000 submissions, 36,000 characters, and 51,000 journals.<ref>[https://twitter.com/weasyl/status/465249176406601728 "We have just recently passed 600000 submissions! (Plus 36000 characters, 51000 journals, and 69000 registered users!)"] - Weasyl, Twitter (May 10, 2014)</ref> By June 2015, the site had grown to over 1,000,000 submissions.<ref>''[https://www.weasyl.com/site-updates/104 1,000,000 Submissions / Community and Ratings Guideline Changes]'' - Fiz, Weasyl (June 26, 2015)</ref>

== History ==

=== Founding ===

Development on what would later become Weasyl began in 2011 as an educational hobby project. On September 7, [[Kihari]] began posting submissions to [[Fur Affinity]] describing Fergal, his "ha-ha-only-serious project to design a functional artsite", including screenshots of its user interface.<ref>''[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/6456452 Fergal Project: User Page 1]'' - Kihari, Fur Affinity (September 7, 2011) [https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Fergal-Project-User-Page-1-by-Kihari.png Screenshot]</ref> Within days of the first submission, [[Taw]] contacted Kihari to offer his assistance as a graphic designer; together they built a second prototype website,<ref>[https://twitter.com/_a_bat/status/1069079205919580161 "We also remade the first working version in Oct 2011, then got a team together near the end of the year and collaborated and rebranded it as Weasyl"] - Taw, Twitter (December 1, 2018)</ref> discarding the first attempt in order to change programming languages and database software.

On October 28, Fergal was made available as a demo to users who were interested in bug testing and suggesting new features.<ref>''[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2858019 Fergal Project: Pre-Beta 1 Demo ONLINE]'' - Kihari, Fur Affinity (October 28, 2011) [https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Fergal-Project-Pre-Beta-1-Demo-ONLINE.png Screenshot]</ref> This version of the site was hosted entirely on an Acer Aspire One [[W:Netbook|netbook]]. Users had to be preapproved in order to register; by the end of the year, 16 such accounts had been created, including those belonging to [[Brenda Banks|Ben]] and [[Fay V]], who also volunteered to join the project as staff members.

The rest of the original staff joined on during the early weeks of 2012; by mid-February, [[Aden]], [[Fiz]], [[Xenke|Judicant]], [[Juste]], [[Kaycee]], [[Pencil Lion]], [[Prawst]], [[PunkJax]], [[RabidRaccoon (artist)|RabidRaccoon]], [[Stereo]], and [[Takun]] had come forward to help shape and promote the new website while it was being developed.

=== Rebranding as Weasyl ===

During a discussion on January 10 regarding the project's name, Ben proposed rebranding it as Weasyl, a deliberately misspelled reference to the art- and animal-related words ''easel'' and ''weasel''. The site's domain name was registered the same day.

Fay V designed [[Weasyl#Mascot|Wesley]], the project's mascot. Most of the official artwork featuring Wesley that was used for site promotion and news posts was drawn by Fay V, Fiz, and Stereo.

PunkJax designed Weasyl's logo, which features a red beret containing the letter ''W'' in white font, optionally followed by the rest of the name.

Weasyl LLC was formed on March 5, 2012,<ref>[https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx Entry for Weasyl LLC, file number 5118693] - Delaware Secretary of State Corporation and Business Entity Search; Retrieved July 26, 2021 [https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Weasyl-LLC-entity-details.png Screenshot]</ref> becoming the website's operating organization. At the time of its founding, Ben and Kihari each held 50% ownership interest in the company.

=== Fundraiser and promotion ===

[[File:Weasyl-comingsoon.jpg|left|thumb|190px|Illustration by [[Stereo]], used to convey that the site was still a work in progress.]]
On June 1, the staff launched a two-month-long donation drive on [[W:Indiegogo|Indiegogo]] to cover the project's startup costs, with a target goal of $5,000. Donations of $5 or more promised the donor an invitation to the site's closed beta release, which would allow the donor to create an account on the site and invite others to do so as well.<ref name="FlayrahProfile">''[https://www.flayrah.com/4183/profile-upcoming-art-site-weasyl-seeks-5000-july-31 Profile: Upcoming art site Weasyl seeks $5000 by July 31]'' - [[GreenReaper]], [[Flayrah]] (July 28, 2012)</ref> The fundraiser came to a close on August 1, with over 200 donors contributing a total of $6,015.<ref>''[https://www.indiegogo.com/Weasyl Weasyl: A Community For Artists of All Sorts]'' - Weasyl, IndieGoGo (August 1, 2012) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120909192351/https://www.indiegogo.com/Weasyl Archived]</ref> Proceeds from the donation drive were used, among other expenses, to pay for hosting on [[W:Amazon Web Services|Amazon Web Services]]' cloud computing platform.

Aden, Ben, and Fay V presented a panel at [[Anthrocon]] on June 15 during which they discussed the project's goals and unveiled the new user interface that Aden, the team's front-end developer, had designed and created for the site.<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYqo8xvuqSU 2012 Weasyl Anthrocon Panel]'' - Weasyl, YouTube (June 20, 2012)</ref> The panelists also answered questions from attendees and viewers of the panel's live video stream.

Weasyl Forums opened on July 26<ref>[https://twitter.com/weasyl/status/226155431918186496 "A first look at our forums, available on the 26th!"] - Weasyl, Twitter (July 19, 2012)</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/weasyl/status/228646775194542080 "Announcing The Opening of Our Forums!"] - Weasyl, Twitter (July 26, 2012)</ref> and served as an official source for project announcements, as well as a means for staff and future users to interact with one another. Although the site had originally been scheduled to open to the public during the summer of 2012, the launch was delayed as development continued though the summer and into autumn; the forums, in the meantime, became the central hub of Weasyl's community. On September 16, the staff announced that the site would launch on the last day of that month.<ref>[https://twitter.com/weasyl/status/247463721218224129 "The Official Launch Date of Weasyl!"] - Weasyl, Twitter (September 16, 2012)</ref>

=== Launch ===

On September 29, a landscaping crew severed the telephone line that provided Internet access to Kihari's home; because the problem could not be fixed until the following week, he would have to travel elsewhere to orchestrate Weasyl's launch. Despite the setback, the staff decided that they could still proceed with opening the site.

While final preparations were being made, members of [[Vivisector (website)|Vivisector]]'s IRC channel revealed that they had been able to access the website's private keys<ref>[https://twitter.com/VivisectorCrew/status/252516058110513152 <nowiki>"[16:08:58] <_habnabit> cool i snarfed all of their private keys (API and otherwise) [16:09:50] <Conan|2> and we're off</nowiki>"] - Vivisector Crew, Twitter (September 30, 2012)</ref> and an internal email account password due to a server misconfiguration that exposed portions of the source code. The problem was corrected and the compromised secrets were changed without further incident.

Weasyl launched into closed beta on the afternoon of September 30,<ref>[https://twitter.com/weasyl/status/252592679844737024 "Oh hey, Weasyl is finally here! Come check it out!"] - Weasyl, Twitter (September 30, 2012)</ref> and began sending invitation emails to fundraiser donors that same evening. As users began registering accounts and submitting content, many problems with the site became apparent; some users noted that web pages were responding very slowly,<ref>[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?628-Upcoming-Beta-Invitations&p=8809&viewfull=1#post8809 Comment to ''Upcoming Beta Invitations''] - [[Taasla]], Weasyl Forums (September 30, 2012) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150109154748/https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?628-Upcoming-Beta-Invitations/page12 Archived]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/weasyl/status/252602264563351554 "The site's experiencing slowdowns due to the invites being sent out. We're currently looking into increasing our resources to fix the issue."] - Weasyl, Twitter (September 30, 2012)</ref> while others experienced software bugs, unintuitive behavior, and error messages, as dozens of threads in the support section of Weasyl Forums documented. Although the speed issues were assuaged by increasing the server's compute resources,<ref>[https://twitter.com/weasyl/status/252651988800663552 "We're briefly taking the site offline to make changes that will resolve speed issues. Should take no more than 30 minutes."] - Weasyl, Twitter (Septamber 30, 2012)</ref> the staff determined that the site was not acceptable in its current state, and the following day it was taken offline so that the problems could be addressed.<ref>[https://twitter.com/weasyl/status/252882364781436929 "In order to deal with some of the bugs that were found, we'll be taking the site offline for a while to deal with some of them."] - Weasyl, Twitter (October 1, 2012)</ref><ref>''[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?728-Site-Maintenance Site Maintenance]'' - Kihari, Weasyl Forums (October 1, 2012) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150109131157/https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?728-Site-Maintenance Archived]</ref>

One user claimed to have discovered a security vulnerability<ref>''[https://www.flayrah.com/4328/weasyl-goes-then-down-again-over-obvious-issues Weasyl goes up, then down again over "obvious issues"]'' - GreenReaper, Flayrah (October 2, 2012)</ref> in the site's password reset system and discussed the matter privately with Weasyl staff; however, it was concluded that the user had misunderstood how the system worked, and that the suspected vulnerability did not actually exist.

Public access to the site was restored on the evening of October 7 after a number of issues had been fixed.<ref>[https://twitter.com/weasyl/status/255142798272122880 "Weasyl is Back Online! - After a week of hard work, the site is finally back online!"] - Weasyl, Twitter (October 7, 2012)</ref> Several members of [[AnthroChat]]'s #[[hackerfurs]] IRC channel assisted with changes to the code and server configuration that greatly improved the speed and stability of the site. Over the weekend of October 13, the site was once again taken offline in order to migrate from AWS to a server hosted by AYK Solutions;<ref>''[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?963-Weekend-Downtime-Reminder&p=10826&viewfull=1#post10826 Weekend Downtime Reminder]'' - Fay V, Weasyl Forums (October 12, 2012) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150109131200/https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?963-Weekend-Downtime-Reminder Archived]</ref> additional bugfixes were also made during the downtime.<ref>''[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?985-Weasyl-is-Back-Online!&p=11010&viewfull=1#post11010 Weasyl is Back Online!]'' - Judicant, Weasyl Forums (October 14, 2012) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150109131206/https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?985-Weasyl-is-Back-Online! Archived]</ref>

=== Open beta ===

By mid-November, some 5,000 users had created accounts on Weasyl, and as the community continued to grow, the need for additional technical staff became clear. [[Inaki|Ikani]] joined the project around this time, serving as its [[W:System administrator|system administrator]]. Several more volunteers came forward over the following weeks, including [[Catalepsy]], [[Kauko]], [[Struguri]], [[Weykent]], and [[Zygen]]. The new technical staff were able to take over the responsibility of coding and maintaining the site, and development on Weasyl continued at a steady pace.

On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2013, the site transitioned to open beta, enabling any user to create an account without an invitation.<ref>[https://twitter.com/weasyl/status/302144092018708481 "Happy Valentine's Day from Weasyl! Open Beta Announced!"] - Weasyl, Twitter (February 14, 2013)</ref> Weasyl remained in open beta until January 29, 2016, when the staff removed the beta designation from the site's header logo,<ref>''[https://www.weasyl.com/site-updates/142 We're Out of Beta, New SFW Mode, and More!]'' - Tiger, Weasyl (January 29, 2016)</ref> suggesting that the team considered the site to be usable and complete by that time.

=== Ownership changes ===

On March 1, 2013, Ben announced that he would be stepping away from his role at Weasyl LLC<ref>''[http://waitwaitfixate.com/post/44329492803/stepping-down-from-weasyl Stepping Down From Weasyl]'' - Ben, WaitWaitFixate (March 1, 2013)</ref> amid accusations that he had [[W:Sock puppet account|sockpuppeted]] on Fur Affinity's [https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4383428/ donation drive journal], suggesting that users should donate to other organizations instead.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Anpumon/status/307579752380768256 "Is it true what I heard about Weasyl staff catching one of the founders sockpuppeting?"] - [[Anpumon]], Twitter (March 1, 2013)</ref> In a blog post on June 6, Ben stated that the accusation was "just a rumour" and suggested that without "actual physical evidence of a claim like that, don't believe everything you read."<ref>[http://waitwaitfixate.com/post/52341125373/is-it-true-that-you-sockpuppeted-on-furaffinity-back-in "Q: is it true that you sockpuppeted on Furaffinity back in march telling people to donate to Weasyl instead of FA?"] - Anonymous, WaitWaitFixate (June 6, 2013) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150323201745/http://waitwaitfixate.com/post/52341125373/is-it-true-that-you-sockpuppeted-on-furaffinity#_=_ Archived]</ref> Ben officially submitted his resignation on December 27 and relinquished his ownership interest in Weasyl LLC shortly thereafter.

In a staff-only forum post on November 16, 2014, Kihari announced his "retirement as the manager of Weasyl LLC" and stated that he would be transferring control of the company to Ikani;<ref>''[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?6668-LLC-Retirement-and-the-Future-of-Weasyl LLC Retirement and the Future of Weasyl]'' - Kihari, Weasyl Forums (November 16, 2014) [https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:LLC-Retirement-and-the-Future-of-Weasyl.png Screenshot]</ref> the transfer of ownership interest was completed on November 22. Kihari remained on staff as a moderator and email support agent until his resignation on April 12, 2016.

== Special features ==

Weasyl users can upload reference sheets of their original characters and [[fursona|fursonas]] by using character submissions; these are distinct from other submission types in that they specifically index biographical information and a physical description of the character.

Submissions can optionally be organized into user-defined folders; a special root folder is the default location.

If a user wishes to display artwork created by another person on their own profile page, a feature known as collections allows the user to post a link to the original submission in their own gallery. The purpose of this feature is to reduce duplicate submissions and give due credit to the artist, while still providing a means for other users (for example, those whose characters are depicted in the artwork) to direct their own followers to view the work.<ref>''[https://www.weasyl.com/help/collections What Are Collections?]'' Retrieved August 30, 2020</ref>

Artists who broadcast themselves composing artwork using a live video feed can send streaming notifications to their Weasyl followers, including a content description and link to the stream page; these notifications can be set to expire automatically after a specified amount of time. The user's streaming status is also visible on their profile page.

Users can designate one another as friends, a relationship distinct from followers that allows them to share friends-only submissions with their chosen acquaintances.

== Mascot ==

Weasyl's mascot is Wesley, an [[ermine]] dressed in a beret and vest. His [[tail]] is sometimes depicted as being tipped in wet paint, as if he had used it as a paintbrush. Wesley's markings change with the seasons; during the summer his fur consists of brown and tan colors, whereas during the winter it is white. Fay V designed the mascot with input from the rest of Weasyl's staff, and also created the original drawing of him.<ref>''[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/7326421 Wesley design draft]'' - Fay V, Fur Affinity (February 1, 2012)</ref> Since the character's inception, [[fan art]] of Wesley has been drawn by many different artists.

<gallery>
File:Wesley-1.png | Drawn by [[Fay V]].
File:Mp3playwes.png | Drawn by [[Fiz]].
File:Wesley-Snoozl.png | Drawn by [[Stereo]].
File:Ponykingwesley.png | Drawn by [[Ponyking]].
File:StudioTRUE_Wesley.png | Drawn by [[StudioTRUE]].
File:Verona_wesley.jpg | Drawn by [[Verona]].
</gallery>

== Server configuration ==

Weasyl is partitioned into several units, most of which seem to be [[W:Virtual machine|virtual machines]] using [[W:VMWare ESXi|VMware ESXi]]<ref>''[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?5517-Post-Mortem-on-Site-Outage Post-Mortem on Site Outage]'' - [[Term]], Weasyl Forums (April 18, 2014) [https://web.archive.org/web/20180505215157/https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?5517-Post-Mortem-on-Site-Outage Archived]</ref>, providing what appear to be the following services:

{| class="wikitable"
! Hostname !! Services !! Comments
|-
| bach
|| Development / configuration testing
|| Single-core CPU; configured with 1GB, then 2GB, then 8GB, then 1GB RAM in 2014
|-
| chopin
|| [[W:PostgreSQL|PostgreSQL]] database
|| Quad-core CPU; about 8GB RAM; about 160GB HDD
|-
| db2
|| Secondary / [[W:Failover|failover]] database
|| Quad-core CPU; about 8GB RAM; entered service May 2014
|-
| edge1 / 2
|| Routing external connections, [[W:Nginx|Nginx]], [[W:Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]]
|| Single-core CPU; 1GB RAM; entered service May 2014
|-
| eisler
|| Backups, bug-tracking, test site, [[W:Pastebin|pastebin]], miscellaneous projects
|| Upgraded single- to dual-core CPU, 1GB to 4GB RAM in February 2014
|-
| fuchs
|| [[W:Munin (software)|Munin]] status monitoring, former Apache server
|| Octa-core CPU; 1GB RAM
|-
| gluster1 / 2
|| [[W:GlusterFS|GlusterFS]] network-attached storage
|| Single-core CPU; 2GB RAM; entered service May 2014
|-
| graphite
|| [http://graphite.wikidot.com Graphite] status monitoring
|| Single-core CPU; 1GB RAM; entered service May 2014
|-
| mcd1 / 2
|| [[W:Memcached|Memcached]] cache
|| Single-core CPU; entered service January or May 2014
|-
| web1 / 2 / 3
|| Web application servers
|| Upgraded 1GB to 2GB RAM in October 2014; entered service May 2014; web3 appears held in reserve
|}

Retired units include:

{| class="wikitable"
! Hostname !! Services !! Comments
|-
| amadeus
|| Development server
|| Single-core CPU; 1GB RAM; served Fergal demo from 2011 to early 2012
|-
| davaux
|| Front-end application / forums server
|| Quad-core CPU; 3 Nginx worker processes; downgraded 16GB to 8GB RAM in December 2013; left service September or October 2014
|-
| piwik
|| [[W:Piwik|Piwik]] visitor analytics
|| Single-core CPU; 1GB RAM; in service May 2014 to October 2014
|}

The names ''effigy'', ''eisler'', and ''median'' are mentioned in the context of handling requests, as were ''carlotta'' (to early January 2014) and ''saturn'' (to mid-April 2014).

The site has been hosted by EGIHosting, a [[W:Hurricane Electric|Hurricane Electric]] reseller, since mid-December 2013.<ref>''[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?3116-Weasyl-Server-Migration Weasyl Server Migration]'' - Fiz, Weasyl Forums (December 17, 2013) [https://web.archive.org/web/20140916143414/https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?3116-Weasyl-Server-Migration Archived]</ref>

In October 2014, Weasyl acquired a 32TB 12Gb/s [[W:Serial-attached SCSI|SAS]] disk array with SSD cache and an additional dual 1Gb/s network card.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Keetorca/status/523021882262446080 "Shiny new server to install this weekend, 32TB Array and SSD cache. More room for all your art!"] - [[Keet (orca)|Keet]], Twitter (October 17, 2014)</ref><ref>''[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?6549-Site-Updates-DDoS-Information Site Updates / DDoS Information]'' - Fiz, Weasyl Forums (October 21, 2014) [https://web.archive.org/web/20180505215033/https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?6549-Site-Updates-DDoS-Information Archived]</ref><ref>''[https://www.weasyl.com/submission/770103/new-storage-box New Storage Box]'' - Keet, Weasyl (November 2, 2014)</ref> The announcement came as current submission storage reached 75% of capacity and coincided with a series of [[W:Denial-of-service attack|DDoS attacks]] on major furry art sites, resulting in a burst of Weasyl users that may have hastened the need for the upgrade.

== Controversies ==

=== FenderBender ===

Shortly after Weasyl's launch, [[Dr Dos|Dr. Dos]] created a software tool called [https://projects.weasyl.com/fenderbender/ FenderBender] that assisted in copying one's Fur Affinity watch list to Weasyl; although not developed by Weasyl itself, the tool was promoted by the staff as a [[W:Third-party software component|third-party project]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/dosmeow/status/411163706790129664 "Don't forget the fender bender tool to make an attempt of converting your FA watchlist to Weasyl"] - Dr. Dos, Twitter (December 12, 2013)</ref> The tool's name was a reference to [[Fender]], Fur Affinity's mascot, and also alluded to the damage caused by a minor automobile accident. In December 2013, Fur Affinity spent several days in read-only mode due to a database issue, resulting in increased traffic for other furry art sites.<ref>''[https://www.flayrah.com/5488/fans-fret-fur-affinity-nears-fifth-day-read-only-mode Fans fret as Fur Affinity nears fifth day of read-only mode]'' - GreenReaper, Flayrah (December 14, 2013)</ref> [[Dragoneer]], the owner of Fur Affinity at the time, rebuked Weasyl for the existence and name of the tool, accusing the staff of "trying to kick us while we're down with this insultingly named script."<ref>[https://twitter.com/Dragoneer/status/411199706035798016 "Really appreciate you trying to kick us while we're down with this insultingly named script. Classy."] - Dragoneer, Twitter (December 12, 2013)</ref> Both Dr. Dos and Weasyl defended the software, stating that it had been released several months prior and that no offense had been intended.<ref>[https://twitter.com/dosmeow/status/411201713198997506 "I made it probably like a week after Weasyl's launch. At a time when both sites were up and running!"] - Dr. Dos, Twitter (December 12, 2013)</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/WeasylDev/status/411202051259899904 "no offense intended! it was contributed by a weasyl user, and has been around for many months now."] - Weasyl, Twitter (December 12, 2013)</ref> Nonetheless, the project was soon renamed to SOFT, or Simple Ottermatic Follower Transfer.<ref>''[https://github.com/Weasyl/SOFT/commit/7eaf89bc9f1e22181c3023ea976ac6ab20a5ec13 Rename the project (again).]'' - [[Weykent]], GitHub (December 13, 2013)</ref>

=== Staff chat log leak ===

On November 29, 2014, a private staff chat log concerning the moderation of a journal entry was compromised via a Weasyl moderator's account and made available to the public. The journal contained links to rape accusations and was in violation of the site's policy against [[W:Online shaming|callouts]], but the author had refused to modify it as suggested by the staff in order to bring it in line with the rules; this provoked the discussion in question, during which a response was planned and some staff members frankly expressed their frustration over the matter.<ref>''[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?6727-A-Few-Words-on-Our-Callout-Guidelines&p=75340 A Few Words on Our Callout Guidelines]'' - Term, Weasyl Forums (November 30, 2014) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150109104620/https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?6727-A-Few-Words-on-Our-Callout-Guidelines&p=75340 Archived]</ref> By the time Weasyl staff publicly addressed the incident, they were "virtually certain" that the owner of the account through which the logs had been leaked "was acting of their own accord."<ref>[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?6727-A-Few-Words-on-Our-Callout-Guidelines&p=75347&viewfull=1#post75347 Comment to ''A Few Words on Our Callout Guidelines''] - Fay V, Weasyl Forums (November 30, 2014) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150109104620/https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?6727-A-Few-Words-on-Our-Callout-Guidelines&p=75340 Archived]</ref> While the account's owner was not named, [[Wag (person)|Wag]] had been removed from the staff page the previous week.<ref>[https://forums.vivisector.org/index.php?topic=813.msg8538#msg8538 Comment to '' Leaked weasyl staff chatlog re rape allegation accusation journal''] - [[KaylaLa]], Vivisector Forums (November 30, 2014) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150325154308/https://forums.vivisector.org/index.php?topic=813.0 Archived]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Weasyl&diff=441051&oldid=438919 Edits to WikiFur article ''Weasyl''] - GreenReaper (October 28 to November 30, 2014)</ref> On December 16, Wag confirmed in a Twitter post that he had been removed as a result of the leak, but claimed that he was not responsible. He also claimed that Weasyl had found a security issue that might have allowed his account to be compromised, despite the staff's statement claiming otherwise.<ref>[https://twitter.com/wagtehdog/status/544928201798320128 "If you use Weasyl and think the site is secure or the admins are transparent, you NEED to read this"] - Wag, Twitter (December 16, 2014)</ref>

== See also ==
* [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136930491 Weasyl] on [[W:Wikidata|Wikidata]]

== References ==

{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
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* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/weasyl Weasyl] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://www.twitter.com/weasyl Weasyl] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/WeasylVideo Weasyl] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://bsky.app/profile/weasyl.com Weasyl] on [[Bluesky]]
* [https://sunny.garden/@weasyl Weasyl] on [[Mastodon]]

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Furry Network (art archive)

2026-08-03T22:42:58Z

Alqittasefid: Link pt

:''This article is about Furry Network, the website created and operated by Bad Dragon. For the defunct 2011 Furry Network news site, see [[Furry Network (news)]]''.
{{Infobox website
| title = Furry Network
| image =
| caption = An artistic, creative furry community unlike any other
| url = https://furrynetwork.com/
| author = '''Administrator:''' [[Varka]]
| status = Active
| began = August 16, 2015 (closed beta)<br/>February 14, 2019 (left beta)
| genre = Social media community
| rating = {{Rating-pg-button|center}}{{Rating-nc17-button|right}}
}}
'''Furry Network''' is an online community focused on the promotion of [[art]] and creative works within the [[furry fandom]].

== History ==
{{Flayrah|node1=6299|title1=New art site, Furry Network, sees traffic growth following FA Forum incident|node2=6899|title2=Furry Network's commission system - bringing the dealer's den home}}
Furry Network was created in 2015 by [[Varka]] and the [[Bad Dragon]] team in response to the sale of [[Fur Affinity]] to [[IMVU]].<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/furry/comments/2znmj0/in_response_to_the_furaffinity_buyout_varka_bad/ ''In response to the FurAffinity buyout...''] - post on [[Reddit|Reddit.com]]'s /r/furry subreddit. Dated March 20, 2015. Retrieved ?.</ref><ref>''[https://bad-dragon.com/artsite.html Bad Dragon Project Announcement''] - post on the Furry Network's website. Retrieved November 18, 2015.</ref> Varka Enterprises attempted to purchase FurAffinity in 2011, but Dragoneer declined. By late 2015, the project was a closed beta, by invite only.<ref>[http://blog.furrynetwork.com/2015/08/18/furry-network-beta-is-live/ ''Furry Network Beta is Live!''] - post on the Furry Network's website. Dated August 18 2015. Retrieved ?.</ref>

On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2019, Furry Network announced on Twitter that the site has developed enough to leave beta, becoming officially established on that date and removing the beta prefix from their URL.<ref>{{cite web|author=Furry Network|title=I should also mention, with these changes we feel we are sufficiently along enough to pull the site out of beta. So we're officially a thing now :D|url=https://twitter.com/FurryNetwork/status/1096052167788584961|website=Twitter|date=February 14, 2019|accessdate=August 13, 2019}}</ref>

As of 2025, the last entry on the Furry Network blog was in October 2018<ref>{{cite web |author=devildoge |date=October 5, 2018 |title=A Small Step Back |url=https://blog.furrynetwork.com/ |access-date=August 18, 2025}}</ref>, and the last response by an admin on the Furry Network support forum was in January 2020<ref>{{cite web |author=Magnus |date=December 31, 2019 |title=Import Data not responding with new FA 12/31/19 update |url=https://support.furrynetwork.com/communities/1/topics/1756-import-data-not-responding-with-new-fa-123119-update |access-date=August 18, 2025}}</ref>.

On July 4th, 2025, Furry Network stopped accepting new artwork submissions<ref>{{cite web |author=spe |date=August 2, 2025 |url=https://support.furrynetwork.com/communities/1/topics/1971-cant-login-or-upload-through-electron-browser-in-postybirb |title=Can't login or upload through Electron browser in PostyBirb |access-date= August 18, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Phas |date=August 1, 2025 |url=https://support.furrynetwork.com/communities/1/topics/1970-things-wont-upload |title=Things won't upload|access-date= August 18, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=phantom the primagen |date=August 21, 2025 |url=https://support.furrynetwork.com/communities/1/topics/1974-no-one-can-post-anything-whats-going-on |title=no one can post anything what's going on |access-date=September 5, 2025}}</ref>. On September 4, new artwork submissions were accepted again<ref>{{cite web |date=September 4, 2025 |url=https://furrynetwork.com/artwork/fresh/ |title=FN - Artwork - Fresh |access-date=September 5, 2025}}</ref>. No explanation for the outage has yet been provided.

==Features==

* The site allows for users to "promote" and/or "favorite" submissions. "Promoting" a submission results in the selected submission being shown publicly on the promoting user's profile, while "favoriting" adds the submission to a gallery private to the favoriting user's account.
* The site also allows for one to import submissions, avatars and watches from one's [[Fur Affinity]] account.
* The site allows a user to create multiple "character" profiles under one account.
* Users can group their submissions under folders, but they currently don't allow for subscriptions.

== Statistics ==

* 143,594 Submissions as of November 7, 2015.<ref>[http://blog.furrynetwork.com/2015/11/07/november-update-tweaks-bug-fixes/ ''November Update: Tweaks & Bug Fixes''] - post on the Furry Network's website. Dated November 7, 2015. Retrieved ?.</ref>

==Controversy==

The site faced controversy for allowing erotic [[cub]] imagery. On May 26, a feature request thread was opened by [[Tartii]] requesting that "cub pornography" be removed from the site, citing that it made many users uncomfortable.<ref>[https://support.furrynetwork.com/topics/870-remove-allowing-cub-pornography-on-the-website/ ''Remove allowing Cub Pornography on the website.''] - post on Furry Network's support page. Dated May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016.</ref> By the afternoon the thread received a total of 1389 votes in favor and 620 votes against before voting and comments were locked. The validity of the votes were however questioned when it was discovered that users could vote unlimited times by exploiting proxy services.<ref>[https://support.furrynetwork.com/topics/958-voting-prone-to-anonymous-tor-abuse/ ''Voting prone to anonymous tor abuse''] - post on Furry Network's support page. Dated May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.</ref> Varka acknowledged the exploit on the same day and changed the software to require account logins. Users on both sides called for a re-vote, but the compromised vote tallies remained unchanged.

Users suggested additional bans and/or alternative solutions which were marked as "duplicates", including:
* banning porn involving dog penises, feral and bestiality, My Little Pony, homosexuality, and rape
* banning pornography altogether<ref>[https://support.furrynetwork.com/topics/1124-ban-content-type-here-from-furry-network/ ''Ban (content type here) from Furry Network''] Retrieved May 31, 2016.</ref>
* adding a blacklist opt-in feature for "squicky content"
* adding a clause into the Terms of Service to protect artists from censorship, exclusion or harassment<ref>[https://support.furrynetwork.com/topics/1124-ban-content-type-here-from-furry-network/ ''Ban (content type here) from Furry Network''] Retrieved May 31, 2016.</ref>

The following day, the ban was enacted. In a blog post, Varka thanked those who spoke up "including those who voted on the support request thread."<ref>[https://blog.furrynetwork.com/2016/05/28/content-policy-changes-may-27-2016/ ''Content policy changes – May 27, 2016''] - post on Furry Network's blog page. Dated May 27, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.</ref> The new Acceptable Upload Policy prohibits "Content that contains minors in sexual situations or who are suggestive in appearance" which defines minors as "human or animal characters who are younger than 18 years old, or whose body is prepubescent in appearance."<ref>[https://about.furrynetwork.com/acceptable-upload-policy/ ''Acceptable Upload Policy, Last Updated: May 27, 2016''] - Dated March 27, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.</ref>

Varka stated that since the cub porn ban had already been enacted, the blacklist opt-in feature would be considered for future updates on remaining content.<ref>[https://support.furrynetwork.com/topics/872-default-blacklist-for-squicky-content/ ''Default Blacklist for 'squicky' content''] Retrieved May 31, 2016.</ref> He also stated that an alternative medium would be worked on to encourage and facilitate "policy-type stuff."

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://twitter.com/FurryNetwork Furry Network] on [[Twitter]]

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Micro

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:''This article is about the term. For the ''[[Extinctioners]]'' character, see [[Jacob WhiteEye]].''
[[File:Microvixensdustmeat.jpg|right|280px|thumb|Micro characters. Art by [[Dustmeat]].]]
'''Micro''' (Ancient Greek: μικρός [mikrós], “small”), as a [[W:prefix|prefix]], it denotes [[W:Size|smallness]].

== Terminology ==

As a [[furspeech]] term, it is normally used in the context of '''Microfur''' (or just '''Micros'''), meaning a [[furry]] [[character]] who is smaller than the normal size. It may also refer to characters who are normally sized, but simply small ([[mouse]] vs [[bovine]] character). It is the opposite to [[Macro]], which means '''large'''.

[[Paraphilia]] attraction to micros is called [[microphilia]].

== See also ==

* [[Macro]]
* [[Sizeplay]]

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Macro

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[[File:Richter64.jpg|right|thumb|225px|A common Macrofur. Art by Doug Winger]]
[[File:Macro_furry_37_by_marck333.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Another macrofur. Art by Chaswari]]
[[File:MACROSL.png|right|thumb|225px|A macro character on [[Second Life]].]]
'''Macro''' (a Greek [[W:Prefix|prefix]] meaning "''large''" or "''long''"), also known as a '''macro furry'''/'''macro furries''', and (less commonly) as a '''furry giant''', is a [[furspeak]] term used to describe any [[furry character]] who is much larger than a normal sized being.

== Overview ==

Commonly, macros start around anything above 50 feet (15 meters), which means anything from a character larger than a normal [[human]] (8-9 feet = 2.44 to 2.74 meters tall), to [[W:Titan (mythology)|titans]] that dwarf cities, with the most common type of locomotion being either [[bipedal]], [[quadrupedal]] ([[quad]]s or [[taur]]s), or [[pentapedal]]. Intelligence-wise, macros can be either [[feral]] or [[anthro]] (sentient).

Macros occur by various means: Growth methods via pills or a ray of some description (alien abductions normally, or mad doctors), or excessive food consumption ([[Doug Winger]]), birthed as a macro-[[creature]] to begin with (e.g. [[dragon]]s-like beings), mutations (a la [[Hulk Bunny]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>Earth-8311's [[Spider-Ham]] universe<nowiki>]</nowiki>), and/or magic, among others.

Macros are the opposite of [[micro]]s, which are furry characters that are smaller than the normal size.

=== Paraphilia ===

The attraction or [[W:Sexual fantasy|sexual fantasy]] to macro characters is known as [[macrophilia]].

== Sites ==

Originally, one of the best-known older sites dedicated to macro furs was [[Macrophile.com]], while other sites included [[Temdant's Macro Furry and Animal in Media Page]], a website of macro transformations in the media, and [[The Giants' Club]], a hangout and archive of macro stories.

But macros can now be found in most modern archives such as [[DeviantArt]], [[Fur Affinity]], [[InkBunny]], [[SoFurry]], [[Weasyl]], etc. and [[W:Social site|social sites]] like [[Twitter]], [[W:Discord|Discord]], [[W:Telegram (software)|Telegram]], et al.

== Artists ==

Noted [[furry artist]]s and [[writer|story writers]] include people such as [[Kenneth Sample]], [[Lisa Jennings]], [[Wolfkidd]], [[Rogue]], [[Kolt]], [[Gideon Hoss|Gideon]], [[Brahma]], [[Timbawulf]], '''Doug Winger''' (until his passing), [[SusanDeer]], [[Bennie]], [[Jolly Jack]], [[Chaswari]], [[Ducky]], [[Astor]], [[Viggen]], [[Temdant]], and many others.

== See also ==

* [[Micro]]
* [[Sizeplay]]
* [[Macro/Micro (panel)]]
* [[:Category:Macro characters|Macro characters‎]]

== External links ==

* [http://astor.macrophile.com Macrophile.com] - Macrophile's official website
* [https://www.deviantart.com/tag/Macro Macro] search results in [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Macro Macro] search results in [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/macrofurries Macro Furries] group on Fur Affinity
* [http://www.bigfurs.com Bigfurs.com] - Big Furs' official website

=== Macro artists ===

* [http://astor.macrophile.com ''Astor & Viggen''] official website
* [http://bennie.macrophile.com ''Bennie's Page''] - Bennie's official website
* [http://gideon.macrophile.com ''Gideon's Corral''] - Gideon's official website
* [http://rogue.macrophile.com/ ''Introducing: Rogue''] - Rogue's official website
* [http://ermine.macrophile.com ''Kromat Continum''] - Lisa Jennings' official website
* [http://doug.macrophile.com ''Doug's Big Little Page of Macro Stuff''] official website

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