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<div>[[File:Ref 3.jpeg|largepx|thumbnail|right|SeaWolf's reference sheet as of Sept. 2019, showing traditional attire]]<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He's had a longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered/joined the furry fandom around February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He is an owner of the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, biking, drawing, reading, photography, hunting lionfish, bouldering, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
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'''OC'''<br />
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SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, or 5 years before discovering the furry fandom. The character was originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' in SeaWolf's own ConLang, Novr Aolifdamtiel, is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, diagonal lines running from the muzzle in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's interests in extinct species (esp. from the pleistocene), the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series from his childhood.<br />
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'''Google+'''<br />
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SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name. Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. Being on Google+, SeaWolf was quickly made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm other communities, including anything from a report-spamming to gaining a staff role in a community and destroying it) present there. As one can imagine, furry communities were always a favorite (and often easy) target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by the raiding subculture on Google+, and made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective gained from joining these communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities. He would try to teach users how not to feed trolls, and dispell fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. The userbase of furry communities on G+ was young, so they tended to be more susceptible to trolling. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the end of the "golden age" for raiding. <br />
<br />
SeaWolf found conflict by voicing opposition to "rabid furs," or furries who joined or created "anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders/trolls off the site, typically by using similar methods. As a general rule, anti-troll communities on G+ were ineffective and ended up being a source of entertainment or encouragement to legitimate raid/troll communities. The only thing any community really needed to avoid being raided in any form is an active and competent staff. However, rabbid furs didn't exactly like being told off by other members of the furry community, so SeaWolf was frequently labeled as a raider/troll with accusations such as "he's one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," and "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry." <br />
<br />
SeaWolf made a point of monitoring daily posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. Because of this, the owner and founder of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the largest on G+), [[Snow Fangs]], offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28, 2018, SeaWolf was instated as a moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Outside of Google+'''<br />
<br />
Prior to the impending closure of the site in August 2018, Google+ members scrambled to find a social media platform that could supplant their former home. One of the most popular options was a site called MeWe, which was similar to Google+ in a few technical regards. After a considerable amount of deliberation between the moderators of the ★║FURRIES║★ community on a strategy for preserving part of their member base, creation of a new community on MeWe was ruled out. Despite this, SeaWolf created the "Furry Community of MeWe" in January 2019 as an additional option for members of the greater furry population on Google+, and as an experiment to test the site's features and general activity. After expressing interest in the project, Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie, the owners of the "Furry Fandom" community on G+ were added as moderators to the community, along with a few of their former staff members who had also created MeWe accounts. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 20 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Belize, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/the Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.<br />
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SeaWolf has only attended one furry [[convention]], which was [[BRFF]] in March 2020; the last Pre-Covid furcon</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/Carolina_FurfareCarolina Furfare2021-02-14T00:30:44Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox convention<br />
|name = Blue Ridge Furfare<br />
|logo = [[File:BlueRidgeFurfareBox.png|234px|Blue Ridge Furfare circular logo]]<br />
|location = {{flagdiv|usa|Asheville, North Carolina}}<br />
|url = https://www.blueridgefurfare.com/<br />
|status = ongoing<br />
|first = March 12-15, 2020<br />
|charity = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Blue Ridge Furfare''' ('''BRFF''') is an [[furry]] [[convention]] in [[Wikipedia:Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]], [[Wikipedia:North Carolina|North Carolina]], USA. Its mascots are a grey [[squirrel]] named Aster<ref>[https://twitter.com/CarolinaFurfare/status/1122883835237154816 "We just had to show off some wonderful fan art we received of our mascot, Aster, from @CroweVic!"] - Blue Ridge Furfare, Twitter (April 29, 2019)</ref>, and a Virginia [[opossum]] named Petal<ref>[https://twitter.com/CarolinaFurfare/status/1165638232815656960 "And now, our possum mascot Petal needs a prom date!"] - Blue Ridge Furfare, Twitter (August 25, 2019)</ref>.<br />
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== 2020 ==<br />
'''Blue Ridge Furfare 2020''' "Prom Weekend" took place March 12-15 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Biltmore Village, Asheville, NC,<ref>[https://www.blueridgefurfare.com/hotel Hotel] - Blue Ridge Furfare. Retrieved September 7, 2019.</ref> with [[artist]] [[OrlandoFox]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/CarolinaFurfare/status/1211804584601108482?s=19] Blue Ridge Furfare, Twitter (December 30, 2019)</ref> as [[guest of honor]]. There were 639 attendees, with 198 fursuiters. BRFF is likely the last major furry convention to take place in-person before the [[COVID-19]] pandemic caused mass cancellations or postponements of other furry events in 2020.<br />
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=== Staff ===<br />
*[[Flash (fennec fox)|Flash]] - [[convention chair]]<br />
*[[Snapai]] - Director of Experience<br />
*[[Maxx Cat]]/[[RandomxBlackxCat]] - Director of Business<br />
*[[Riley Best]] - Head of [[Registration]]<br />
*[[Hope Meinhardt]] - [[Charity]] Liaison<br />
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==Organization==<br />
[[File:BRFF_Logo.png|200px|right|Blue Ridge Furfare circular logo]]<br />
Blue Ridge Furfare is operated by '''Western North Carolina Furry Events''' (1809560),<ref>''[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blue-ridge-furfare-2020-prom-weekend-tickets-57852877514 Blue Ridge Furfare 2020: "Prom Weekend"]'' - Eventbrite. Retrieved September 6, 2019.</ref> a North Carolina Limited Liability Company formed 2/22/2019.<ref name="NCSOS">[https://www.sosnc.gov/online_services/search/by_title/_Business_Registration Business Registration search] - North Carolina Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2019.</ref><br />
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=== Board of Directors ===<br />
*[[Flash (fennec fox)|Flash]] (Devin Brady) - chair<ref name="NCSOS" /><br />
*[[Snapai]] (Adrian Winchell) - secretary<ref name="NCSOS" /><br />
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==References==<br />
<references /><br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Contributor|BRFF}}<br />
* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/furfare/ Blue Ridge Furfare] on [[Fur Affinity]]<br />
* [https://twitter.com/CarolinaFurfare Blue Ridge Furfare] ('''CarolinaFurfare''') on [[Twitter]]<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/blueridgefurfare/ Blue Ridge Furfare group] on [[Facebook]]<br />
* [https://www.instagram.com/blue_ridge_furfare/ Blue Ridge Furfare] on [[Instagram]] <br />
* [https://twitter.com/CarolinaFurfare/status/1239395171118219271 Attendance numbers for 2020] on [[twitter]]<br />
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{{Conventions}}<br />
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[[Category:Proposed conventions]]<br />
[[Category:North Carolina]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/Carolina_FurfareCarolina Furfare2021-02-14T00:30:06Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: minor edits to grammar, adding information about Covid-19</p>
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<div>{{Infobox convention<br />
|name = Blue Ridge Furfare<br />
|logo = [[File:BlueRidgeFurfareBox.png|234px|Blue Ridge Furfare circular logo]]<br />
|location = {{flagdiv|usa|Asheville, North Carolina}}<br />
|url = https://www.blueridgefurfare.com/<br />
|status = ongoing<br />
|first = March 12-15, 2020<br />
|charity = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Blue Ridge Furfare''' ('''BRFF''') is an [[furry]] [[convention]] in [[Wikipedia:Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]], [[Wikipedia:North Carolina|North Carolina]], USA. Its mascots are a grey [[squirrel]] named Aster<ref>[https://twitter.com/CarolinaFurfare/status/1122883835237154816 "We just had to show off some wonderful fan art we received of our mascot, Aster, from @CroweVic!"] - Blue Ridge Furfare, Twitter (April 29, 2019)</ref>, and a Virginia [[opossum]] named Petal<ref>[https://twitter.com/CarolinaFurfare/status/1165638232815656960 "And now, our possum mascot Petal needs a prom date!"] - Blue Ridge Furfare, Twitter (August 25, 2019)</ref>.<br />
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== 2020 ==<br />
'''Blue Ridge Furfare 2020''' "Prom Weekend" took place March 12-15 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Biltmore Village, Asheville, NC,<ref>[https://www.blueridgefurfare.com/hotel Hotel] - Blue Ridge Furfare. Retrieved September 7, 2019.</ref> with [[artist]] [[OrlandoFox]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/CarolinaFurfare/status/1211804584601108482?s=19] Blue Ridge Furfare, Twitter (December 30, 2019)</ref> as [[guest of honor]]. There were 639 attendees, with 198 fursuiters. BRFF is likely the last major furry convention to take place in-person before the [[Covid-19]] pandemic caused mass cancellations or postponements of other furry events in 2020.<br />
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=== Staff ===<br />
*[[Flash (fennec fox)|Flash]] - [[convention chair]]<br />
*[[Snapai]] - Director of Experience<br />
*[[Maxx Cat]]/[[RandomxBlackxCat]] - Director of Business<br />
*[[Riley Best]] - Head of [[Registration]]<br />
*[[Hope Meinhardt]] - [[Charity]] Liaison<br />
<br />
==Organization==<br />
[[File:BRFF_Logo.png|200px|right|Blue Ridge Furfare circular logo]]<br />
Blue Ridge Furfare is operated by '''Western North Carolina Furry Events''' (1809560),<ref>''[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blue-ridge-furfare-2020-prom-weekend-tickets-57852877514 Blue Ridge Furfare 2020: "Prom Weekend"]'' - Eventbrite. Retrieved September 6, 2019.</ref> a North Carolina Limited Liability Company formed 2/22/2019.<ref name="NCSOS">[https://www.sosnc.gov/online_services/search/by_title/_Business_Registration Business Registration search] - North Carolina Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2019.</ref><br />
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=== Board of Directors ===<br />
*[[Flash (fennec fox)|Flash]] (Devin Brady) - chair<ref name="NCSOS" /><br />
*[[Snapai]] (Adrian Winchell) - secretary<ref name="NCSOS" /><br />
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==References==<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
{{Contributor|BRFF}}<br />
* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/furfare/ Blue Ridge Furfare] on [[Fur Affinity]]<br />
* [https://twitter.com/CarolinaFurfare Blue Ridge Furfare] ('''CarolinaFurfare''') on [[Twitter]]<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/blueridgefurfare/ Blue Ridge Furfare group] on [[Facebook]]<br />
* [https://www.instagram.com/blue_ridge_furfare/ Blue Ridge Furfare] on [[Instagram]] <br />
* [https://twitter.com/CarolinaFurfare/status/1239395171118219271 Attendance numbers for 2020] on [[twitter]]<br />
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{{Conventions}}<br />
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[[Category:Proposed conventions]]<br />
[[Category:North Carolina]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12020-07-15T23:04:43Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: Adding, clearing up language</p>
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<div>[[File:Ref 3.jpeg|largepx|thumbnail|right|SeaWolf's reference sheet as of Sept. 2019, showing traditional attire]]<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered/joined the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He is an owner of the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, biking, drawing, reading, photography, hunting lionfish, bouldering, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''OC'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, about 5 years before he knew of the furry fandom. He was originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, diagonal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's interests in extinct species (esp. from the pleistocene), longstanding with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series from his childhood.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Google+ History'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name. Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. Being on Google+, SeaWolf was quickly made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm other communities, including anything from a report-spamming to gaining a staff role in a community and destroying it) present there. As one can imagine, furry communities were always a favorite (and often easy) target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by the raiding subculture on Google+, and made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained from joining these communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the end of the "golden age" for raiding. <br />
<br />
SeaWolf found himself in frequent conflict with "rabid furs" (furries who joined or created "anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders/trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods) because he would frequently voice opposition to them. As a general rule, all anti-troll communities were completely ineffective and ended up being a source of entertainment or encouragement to legitimate raid/troll communities. SeaWolf would try explaining that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those perceived to be weaker, and that the only thing any community really needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and competent staff. However, rabbid furs didn't exactly like being told off by other members of the furry community, so SeaWolf was frequently labeled as a raider/troll, with accusations such as "he's one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," and "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry." <br />
<br />
SeaWolf made a point of monitoring daily posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two) his efforts didn't go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Outside of Google+'''<br />
<br />
Prior to the impending closure of the site in August 2018, Google+ members scrambled to find a social media platform that could supplant their former home. One of the most popular options was a site called MeWe, which was similar to Google+ in a few technical regards. After a considerable amount of deliberation between the moderators of the ★║FURRIES║★ community on a strategy for preserving part of their member base, creation of a new community on MeWe was ruled out. Despite this, SeaWolf created the "Furry Community of MeWe" in January 2019 as an additional option for members of the greater furry population on Google+, and as an experiment to test the site's features and general activity. After expressing interest in the project, Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie, the owners of the Furry Fandom community on G+ were added as moderators to the community, along with a few of their former staff members who had also created MeWe accounts. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 20 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/the Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-09-11T01:25:06Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: trying to change photo size</p>
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<div>[[File:Ref 3.jpeg|largepx|thumbnail|right|SeaWolf's reference sheet as of Sept. 2019, showing traditional attire]]<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''OC'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Google+ History'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
<br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
<br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Outside of Google+'''<br />
<br />
Prior to the impending closure of the site in August 2018, Google+ members scrambled to find a social media platform that could supplant their former home. One of the most popular options was a site called MeWe, which was similar to Google+ in numerous regards. After a considerable amount of deliberation between the moderators of the ★║FURRIES║★ community on a strategy for preserving part of their member base, creation of a new community on MeWe was ruled out. Despite this, SeaWolf created the "Furry Community of MeWe" in January 2019 as an additional option for members of the greater furry population on Google+, and as an experiment to test the site's features and general activity. After expressing interest in the project, Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie, the owners of the Furry Fandom community on G+ were added as moderators to the community, along with a few of their former staff members who had also created MeWe accounts. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos islands, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-09-11T01:23:01Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
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'''OC'''<br />
[[File:Ref_3.jpeg|thumbnail|right|SeaWolf's reference sheet as of Sept. 2019, showing traditional attire]]<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
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'''Google+ History'''<br />
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SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
<br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
<br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Outside of Google+'''<br />
<br />
Prior to the impending closure of the site in August 2018, Google+ members scrambled to find a social media platform that could supplant their former home. One of the most popular options was a site called MeWe, which was similar to Google+ in numerous regards. After a considerable amount of deliberation between the moderators of the ★║FURRIES║★ community on a strategy for preserving part of their member base, creation of a new community on MeWe was ruled out. Despite this, SeaWolf created the "Furry Community of MeWe" in January 2019 as an additional option for members of the greater furry population on Google+, and as an experiment to test the site's features and general activity. After expressing interest in the project, Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie, the owners of the Furry Fandom community on G+ were added as moderators to the community, along with a few of their former staff members who had also created MeWe accounts. <br />
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'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos islands, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-09-11T01:18:12Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: still trying with the image</p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
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'''OC'''<br />
[[File:Reference3|frameless|right|SeaWolf's reference sheet as of Sept. 2019, showing traditional attire]]<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
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<br />
'''Google+ History'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
<br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
<br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Outside of Google+'''<br />
<br />
Prior to the impending closure of the site in August 2018, Google+ members scrambled to find a social media platform that could supplant their former home. One of the most popular options was a site called MeWe, which was similar to Google+ in numerous regards. After a considerable amount of deliberation between the moderators of the ★║FURRIES║★ community on a strategy for preserving part of their member base, creation of a new community on MeWe was ruled out. Despite this, SeaWolf created the "Furry Community of MeWe" in January 2019 as an additional option for members of the greater furry population on Google+, and as an experiment to test the site's features and general activity. After expressing interest in the project, Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie, the owners of the Furry Fandom community on G+ were added as moderators to the community, along with a few of their former staff members who had also created MeWe accounts. <br />
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<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos islands, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-09-11T01:16:45Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
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<br />
'''OC'''<br />
[[File:Ref 3.jpg|thumbnail|right|SeaWolf's reference sheet as of Sept. 2019, showing traditional attire]]<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Google+ History'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
<br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
<br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Outside of Google+'''<br />
<br />
Prior to the impending closure of the site in August 2018, Google+ members scrambled to find a social media platform that could supplant their former home. One of the most popular options was a site called MeWe, which was similar to Google+ in numerous regards. After a considerable amount of deliberation between the moderators of the ★║FURRIES║★ community on a strategy for preserving part of their member base, creation of a new community on MeWe was ruled out. Despite this, SeaWolf created the "Furry Community of MeWe" in January 2019 as an additional option for members of the greater furry population on Google+, and as an experiment to test the site's features and general activity. After expressing interest in the project, Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie, the owners of the Furry Fandom community on G+ were added as moderators to the community, along with a few of their former staff members who had also created MeWe accounts. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos islands, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-09-11T01:16:27Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: trying to get image to work</p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''OC'''<br />
[[File:Ref_3.jpg|thumbnail|right|SeaWolf's reference sheet as of Sept. 2019, showing traditional attire]]<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Google+ History'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
<br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
<br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Outside of Google+'''<br />
<br />
Prior to the impending closure of the site in August 2018, Google+ members scrambled to find a social media platform that could supplant their former home. One of the most popular options was a site called MeWe, which was similar to Google+ in numerous regards. After a considerable amount of deliberation between the moderators of the ★║FURRIES║★ community on a strategy for preserving part of their member base, creation of a new community on MeWe was ruled out. Despite this, SeaWolf created the "Furry Community of MeWe" in January 2019 as an additional option for members of the greater furry population on Google+, and as an experiment to test the site's features and general activity. After expressing interest in the project, Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie, the owners of the Furry Fandom community on G+ were added as moderators to the community, along with a few of their former staff members who had also created MeWe accounts. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos islands, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-09-11T01:14:45Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
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'''OC'''<br />
[[File:Ref 3|thumbnail|right|SeaWolf's reference sheet as of Sept. 2019, showing traditional attire]]<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
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'''Google+ History'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
<br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
<br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Outside of Google+'''<br />
<br />
Prior to the impending closure of the site in August 2018, Google+ members scrambled to find a social media platform that could supplant their former home. One of the most popular options was a site called MeWe, which was similar to Google+ in numerous regards. After a considerable amount of deliberation between the moderators of the ★║FURRIES║★ community on a strategy for preserving part of their member base, creation of a new community on MeWe was ruled out. Despite this, SeaWolf created the "Furry Community of MeWe" in January 2019 as an additional option for members of the greater furry population on Google+, and as an experiment to test the site's features and general activity. After expressing interest in the project, Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie, the owners of the Furry Fandom community on G+ were added as moderators to the community, along with a few of their former staff members who had also created MeWe accounts. <br />
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<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos islands, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-09-11T01:14:22Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
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'''OC'''<br />
[[File:Ref_3|thumbnail|right|SeaWolf's reference sheet as of Sept. 2019, showing traditional attire]]<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
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<br />
'''Google+ History'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
<br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
<br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Outside of Google+'''<br />
<br />
Prior to the impending closure of the site in August 2018, Google+ members scrambled to find a social media platform that could supplant their former home. One of the most popular options was a site called MeWe, which was similar to Google+ in numerous regards. After a considerable amount of deliberation between the moderators of the ★║FURRIES║★ community on a strategy for preserving part of their member base, creation of a new community on MeWe was ruled out. Despite this, SeaWolf created the "Furry Community of MeWe" in January 2019 as an additional option for members of the greater furry population on Google+, and as an experiment to test the site's features and general activity. After expressing interest in the project, Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie, the owners of the Furry Fandom community on G+ were added as moderators to the community, along with a few of their former staff members who had also created MeWe accounts. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos islands, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Ref_3.jpegFile:Ref 3.jpeg2019-09-10T20:47:30Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
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<div></div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-09-10T20:46:10Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''OC'''<br />
[[File:Ref 3|thumbnail|right|SeaWolf's reference sheet as of Sept. 2019, showing traditional attire]]<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Google+ History'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
<br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
<br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Outside of Google+'''<br />
<br />
Prior to the impending closure of the site in August 2018, Google+ members scrambled to find a social media platform that could supplant their former home. One of the most popular options was a site called MeWe, which was similar to Google+ in numerous regards. After a considerable amount of deliberation between the moderators of the ★║FURRIES║★ community on a strategy for preserving part of their member base, creation of a new community on MeWe was ruled out. Despite this, SeaWolf created the "Furry Community of MeWe" in January 2019 as an additional option for members of the greater furry population on Google+, and as an experiment to test the site's features and general activity. After expressing interest in the project, Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie, the owners of the Furry Fandom community on G+ were added as moderators to the community, along with a few of their former staff members who had also created MeWe accounts. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos islands, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-09-10T20:42:55Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: Adding image and another section</p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''OC'''<br />
[[File:Ref 3.0|thumbnail|right|SeaWolf's reference sheet as of Sept. 2019, showing traditional attire]]<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Google+ History'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
<br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
<br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Outside of Google+'''<br />
<br />
Prior to the impending closure of the site in August 2018, Google+ members scrambled to find a social media platform that could supplant their former home. One of the most popular options was a site called MeWe, which was similar to Google+ in numerous regards. After a considerable amount of deliberation between the moderators of the ★║FURRIES║★ community on a strategy for preserving part of their member base, creation of a new community on MeWe was ruled out. Despite this, SeaWolf created the "Furry Community of MeWe" in January 2019 as an additional option for members of the greater furry population on Google+, and as an experiment to test the site's features and general activity. After expressing interest in the project, Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie, the owners of the Furry Fandom community on G+ were added as moderators to the community, along with a few of their former staff members who had also created MeWe accounts. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos islands, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-08-21T15:36:35Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
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'''OC'''<br />
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SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
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'''Google+ History'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
<br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
<br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
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'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-08-21T15:19:03Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: formatting</p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
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<br />
'''OC'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Google+ History'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it]) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
<br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
<br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-08-21T06:49:36Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: Adding section about Google+</p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, student of marine biology, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''OC'''<br />
SeaWolf's singular OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-en ow-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his (then) recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Google+ History'''<br />
SeaWolf_LA1 made his first foray into furry-centered social media in August 2016, when he began activity on [[Google+]] and its two main furry communities. SeaWolf used what was then called a "brand account" to circumvent Google's requirement/limitation that all usernames be comprised of a first and last name, but this in turn limited SeaWolf's ability to use other google services under the same name, such as Google Hangouts (the private messaging system). Initially, SeaWolf made few posts of his own and even fewer that were actually visible on his profile; most activity was limited to interacting with other users through commenting on other posts. As with (almost) all users on Google+, it wasn't long before SeaWolf was made aware of the extensive community of trolls and raiders (users who participate in actions intended to harm "enemy" communities, including anything from a report-spamming to complex plots for gaining a staff role in a community, and then destroying it]) present there; as one can probably imagine without too much trouble, furry communities were always a favorite target. However, unlike most furry users on Google+ who would often respond in shock, panic, or fear when directly or indirectly threatened by such communities, SeaWolf was fascinated by this sadistic and absurd subculture, and actually made a point of joining many raid communities. With the perspective he gained into the mindset + operations of raid/troll communities, and the system akin to natural selection they created within Google+'s communities, SeaWolf found somewhat of a purpose within the site's two main furry communities of educating spooked users on dealing with trolls (the userbase of these communities was quite young, so many members there genuinely did not know how), and dispelling fears many members had of large-scale organized raids. This was especially prevalent in 2016, which was considered (among raiders) the back end of their "golden age" of activity, but decreased in frequency throughout the next 3 years. <br />
Despite seemingly good intentions, SeaWolf's efforts were occasionally met with hostility from what were known in raid communities as "rabid furs" - furries who joined or created "Anti-troll" communities intended to drive raiders and trolls off the site, typically by using their own methods (destroying communities, doxxing, etc.). As a general rule, such communities were about as effective as bringing a golfcart to a tank battle, and were a source of entertainment and even ''encouragement'' in legitimate raid/troll communities. Even so, SeaWolf found himself in frequent arguments with "rabid furs" after stating the simple truth that trolls are fed by impulsive emotional responses directed back at them by those they perceive to be weaker than themselves (for example, the actions and existence of anti-troll communities), and that the only thing any community ''really'' needs to avoid being raided in any form is an active and ''moderately'' competent staff. This led to some hilarious accusations that SeaWolf "was one of them," "helps raiders infiltrate furry communities," "staged arguments with trolls to make [himself] look like a real furry," and other such ridiculousness. <br />
In reality, SeaWolf made a point of daily going through all posts made in the two largest furry communities, and reported any instances of hostile trolling or drama gone out of hand to each community's respective moderators. To the owners of the ★║FURRIES║★ community (the larger of the two), this did not go unnoticed, and in January 2018, the owner and original creator of the community [[Snow Fangs]] offered SeaWolf a moderator position after further screening and testing. On March 28 of 2018, SeaWolf was officially instated as a junior moderator of ★║FURRIES║★ along with Prince of Wolfdom and Michael Berretta, and served until the end of Google+ itself on April 2nd, 2019.<br />
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<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-08-18T05:28:56Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: Adding section for OC</p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, marine biologist, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
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<br />
'''OC'''<br />
SeaWolf's one OC/fursona was created likely some time between 2010-2011, approximately five years before being aware of the furry fandom, originally as a small sketch that was cut out and taped onto a lego piece. Lyza'an Aolif (lie-zAy-an ao-lif), which translates literally to ''Sea Wolf'' or ''Orca,'' is a Dire Wolf (''C. dirus'') with a generic gray coat, lighter gradient coloration on the lower torso, mask pattern facial coloration, blue eyes, a black tail tip, and two black, parallel, horizontal lines running from the muzzle just in front of the eyes down to the jawline. He was originally conceived out of SeaWolf's real life interests in extinct species (esp. from the ice ages), longstanding infatuation with the La Brea tar pits, and to a lesser extent his recent discovery of the [[Redwall (series)|RedWall]] book series.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Travel'''<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/Google%2BGoogle+2019-08-18T04:38:52Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: Adding information</p>
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<div>'''Google Plus (Google+)''' is an extinct social media platform operated by the tech giant [http://Google.com Google] from June 28, 2011 to April 2, 2019. Although exact figures are impossible to determine, Google+ had a considerable user base belonging to the furry fandom, with its two largest furry communities harboring roughly 29000 and 16000 members, respectively, at their peak. <br />
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'''Features'''<br />
In its later versions, Google+ was attractive to some users due to some of its unique features and intended uses. Most notably, Google+ was one of few large social media platforms designed for users to connect with total strangers based on shared interests, which helped it to gather a large user-base involved in various online [[fandom|fandoms]], including [[furry]]. The communities feature on Google+ was the main method by which users found and connected with others, either by joining a preexisting community or by creating their own. Users could also follow others' individual accounts, or exclusively a certain compilation of posts from another user grouped into a "collection."<br />
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'''Furry Fandom presence'''<br />
Many individual [[furry]] or [[anthro]] centered communities existed on Google+, largely due to the fact that any user could create a community of their own. The vast majority of these communities were, inevitably, small and unsuccessful in maintaining activity for extended periods of time due to numerous reasons (insufficient member count, inactive/incompetent staff, difficulty to find in search, narrow target demographic, being set as "ask to join," raiding, etc.). Despite their content violating Google's terms of service, NSFW furry communities were not difficult to come across on the site, although were often very short lived. Google+'s extremely sub-par reporting system could be abused into suspending or outright deleting NSFW posts, accounts, or communities with relative ease, which was a strategy often used by large, inexperienced raid communities to rid the site of NSFW content. Naturally, even SFW furry communities were prime targets of raiders and trolls for both "report spamming," and legitimate raiding tactics (ex: convincing the owner to give the raider a moderator position, usually on an alt account, and then banning all the users + changing the community name), meaning an often quick and unexpected death for small furry communities started by inexperienced users.<br />
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The larger and more established furry communities on the site were more or less immune to such problems, largely because their survival for such an extended period of time required an active and competent owner/moderator team, and also because larger, older communities may have been favored by Google's mysterious reporting algorithms. <br />
Google+ contained two main furry fandom communities; [[★║FURRIES║★]], with a peak membership of 29000, and Furry Fandom, with a peak membership of 16000.<br />
''Furry Fandom'' was created originally by [[Felix Mischievox|Felix Fox]], and co-owned by user Henry Pailing. Felix Fox, Henry Pailing, and a few of their former moderators abandoned the community towards the end of 2016; neither owners were active on the community leading up to this point. Felix Fox in particular left the community in a shroud of little-known controversy after reportedly telling very young community members that "all furries screw animals," and "(I) couldn't care less about losing or keeping the community." In addition, Felix would often break his own community rules during his occasional periods of activity, which included trolling community members for entertainment and harassing those who confronted him about it, referring to himself as "God." After the previous owners had left, two users by the names of Crimson Steel Moon and Sydney Aussie were appointed as community owners, and remained so until the end of Google+. Shortly after the change in ownership, the staff of ''Furry Fandom'' decided to set the community to "ask to join," meaning that moderators would have to manually accept each individual account attempting to join the community, as a measure to prevent trolls from entering. As a result, the community membership grew very slowly after that point, peaking some time in 2018 at over 16000 members.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-08-17T14:09:05Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: adding link</p>
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<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
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'''★║FURRIES║★''', is [[Google+|Google Plus']] largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
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'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
[[File:Community membership.png|thumbnail|right|Graph of membership change over time]]<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
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Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
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Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
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Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
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Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
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Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
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Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
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Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
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Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
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Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
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Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
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Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
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Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
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Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
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Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
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Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
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Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
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Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
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[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
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'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
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'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
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Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
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Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
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Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
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Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
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Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
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Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
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'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
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Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
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Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
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'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
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Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
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Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
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Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
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Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''[[SeaWolf_LA1]] (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely of approving/disapproving member join requests. The new moderators were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served from early 2015 until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to step down after leaving for bootcamp on January 7th, 2019). Wolfy Blue "Waffles The Dragon" was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
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[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-08-17T14:08:07Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: Undo revision 511881 by 2600:8806:200:7352:78BE:8635:D08:9F88 (talk)</p>
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<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
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'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
[[File:Community membership.png|thumbnail|right|Graph of membership change over time]]<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''[[SeaWolf_LA1]] (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely of approving/disapproving member join requests. The new moderators were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served from early 2015 until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to step down after leaving for bootcamp on January 7th, 2019). Wolfy Blue "Waffles The Dragon" was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-08-17T06:43:37Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, marine biologist, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has had a very longstanding interest in anthropomorphism, but only discovered (and immediately joined) the furry fandom in February 2015. SeaWolf is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
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<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-08-17T06:36:45Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: adding some information</p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, marine biologist, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He has officially been a part of the furry fandom since February 2015, and is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019. He is currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
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SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-08-17T06:32:51Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: inserting link</p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, marine biologist, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on [[Google+]], the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/Google%2BGoogle+2019-08-17T06:26:50Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: Creation of the page - more to come later</p>
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<div>'''Google Plus (Google+)''' is an extinct social media platform operated by the tech giant [http://Google.com Google] from June 28, 2011 to April 2, 2019. Although exact figures are impossible to determine, Google+ had a considerable user base belonging to the furry fandom, with its two largest furry communities harboring roughly 29000 and 16000 members, respectively, at their peak. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Features'''<br />
In its later versions, Google+ was attractive to some users due to some of its unique features and intended uses. Most notably, Google+ was one of few large social media platforms designed for users to connect with total strangers based on shared interests, which helped it to gather a large user-base involved in various online [[fandom|fandoms]], including [[furry]]. The communities feature on Google+ was the main method by which users found and connected with others, either by joining a preexisting community or by creating their own. Users could also follow others' individual accounts, or exclusively a certain compilation of posts from another user grouped into a "collection."<br />
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<br />
'''Furry Fandom presence'''<br />
Many individual [[furry]] or [[anthro]] centered communities existed on Google+, largely due to the fact that any user could create a community of their own. The vast majority of these communities were, inevitably, small and unsuccessful in maintaining activity for extended periods of time due to numerous reasons (insufficient member count, inactive/incompetent staff, difficulty to find in search, narrow target demographic, being set as "ask to join," raiding, etc.). Despite their content violating Google's terms of service, NSFW furry communities were not difficult to come across on the site, although were often very short lived. Google+'s extremely sub-par reporting system could be abused into suspending or outright deleting NSFW posts, accounts, or communities with relative ease, which was a strategy often used by large, inexperienced raid communities to rid the site of NSFW content. Naturally, even SFW furry communities were prime targets of raiders and trolls for both "report spamming," and legitimate raiding tactics (ex: convincing the owner to give the raider a moderator position, usually on an alt account, and then banning all the users + changing the community name), meaning an often quick and unexpected death for small furry communities started by inexperienced users.<br />
The larger and more established furry communities on the site were more or less immune to such problems, largely because their survival for such an extended period of time required an active and competent owner/moderator team, and also because larger, older communities may have been favored by Google's mysterious reporting algorithms. <br />
Google+ contained two main furry fandom communities; [[★║FURRIES║★]], with a peak membership of 29000, and Furry Fandom, with a peak membership of 16000.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-08-17T05:07:31Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
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'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
[[File:Community membership.png|thumbnail|right|Graph of membership change over time]]<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''[[SeaWolf_LA1]] (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely of approving/disapproving member join requests. The new moderators were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served from early 2015 until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to step down after leaving for bootcamp on January 7th, 2019). Wolfy Blue "Waffles The Dragon" was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
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[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-08-17T05:06:35Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
[[File:Community membership.png|right|Graph of membership change over time]]<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''[[SeaWolf_LA1]] (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely of approving/disapproving member join requests. The new moderators were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served from early 2015 until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to step down after leaving for bootcamp on January 7th, 2019). Wolfy Blue "Waffles The Dragon" was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Community_membership.pngFile:Community membership.png2019-08-17T05:05:20Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div>== Licensing ==<br />
{{PD-ineligible}}</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-08-17T05:04:30Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''[[SeaWolf_LA1]] (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely of approving/disapproving member join requests. The new moderators were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served from early 2015 until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to step down after leaving for bootcamp on January 7th, 2019). Wolfy Blue "Waffles The Dragon" was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-08-17T04:59:35Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
[[File:Community membership count image|frameless|right|Graph showing community membership over time]]<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''[[SeaWolf_LA1]] (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely of approving/disapproving member join requests. The new moderators were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served from early 2015 until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to step down after leaving for bootcamp on January 7th, 2019). Wolfy Blue "Waffles The Dragon" was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-08-17T04:57:00Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
[[File:Community membership count image|none|right|Graph showing membership change over time]]<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''[[SeaWolf_LA1]] (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely of approving/disapproving member join requests. The new moderators were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served from early 2015 until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to step down after leaving for bootcamp on January 7th, 2019). Wolfy Blue "Waffles The Dragon" was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-08-17T04:52:42Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: adding image</p>
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<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
[[File:Community membership count image|thumbnail|right|Graph showing membership change over time]]<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''[[SeaWolf_LA1]] (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely of approving/disapproving member join requests. The new moderators were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served from early 2015 until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to step down after leaving for bootcamp on January 7th, 2019). Wolfy Blue "Waffles The Dragon" was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-08-16T04:59:26Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: adding link & minor sentence flow editing</p>
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<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
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'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''[[SeaWolf_LA1]] (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely of approving/disapproving member join requests. The new moderators were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served from early 2015 until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to step down after leaving for bootcamp on January 7th, 2019). Wolfy Blue "Waffles The Dragon" was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-08-16T04:55:46Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: SeaWolf LA1 moved page User:SeaWolf LA1 to SeaWolf LA1</p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, marine biologist, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on Google+, the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/User:SeaWolf_LA1User:SeaWolf LA12019-08-16T04:55:46Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: SeaWolf LA1 moved page User:SeaWolf LA1 to SeaWolf LA1</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[SeaWolf LA1]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-08-16T04:50:32Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: editing format a tiny bit</p>
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<div>'''SeaWolf_LA1''' is a furry, marine biologist, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on Google+, the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/SeaWolf_LA1SeaWolf LA12019-08-16T04:45:25Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: Created</p>
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<div>SeaWolf_LA1 is a furry, marine biologist, and professional Dive Master from the eastern United States. He is a former moderator of the [[★║FURRIES║★]] community on Google+, the site's largest furry community up until its closure on April 2nd, 2019, and currently the owner of the [[Furry Community of MeWe]], the largest SFW furry community on [http://MeWe.com MeWe.com] (a small social media platform populated largely by users displaced from Google+). He continues to moderate the ★║FURRIES║★ discord server, a small remnant of the original G+ community, and the [https://www.deviantart.com/traditionalanthroart TraditionalAnthroArt] group on DeviantArt. SeaWolf enjoys scuba diving, sailing, rowing, swimming, free-diving, biking, drawing, reading, conducting scientific research, photography, hunting lionfish, coral restoration, bouldering, playing violin/tuba, sculpting, and Minecraft.<br />
<br />
SeaWolf is an avid traveler and has visited 26 countries/territories and 18 US states for purposes of sight-seeing, family, education, service work, competition, and/or scientific research. These include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, and West Virginia, as well as Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador/Galapagos, France, Germany, Guadeloupe/Les Saintes, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevis, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, United States, the United Kingdom, and the US Virgin Islands.</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-04-08T03:47:47Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: grammar editing</p>
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<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1 (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely of approving/disapproving member join requests. The new moderators were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served from early 2015 until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to leave for work related reasons in January of 2019). Wolfy Blue "Waffles The Dragon" was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-04-08T03:44:42Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: adding extra spaces between paragraphs</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1 (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely with approving/disapproving member join requests. They were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served roughly until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to leave for work related reasons in January of 2019). Wolfy "Waffles The Dragon" Blue was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-04-08T03:43:36Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: Updating information, and adding to the new "community history" section</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. On April 2, 2019 the community was shut down, along with the entirety of Google+, after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach in the site (which didn't actually do anything). In September of 2018, Google took the security breach as its long-awaited opportunity to "sunset" the site, which had been in decline for many years.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
<br />
Apr. 2019 - 28,107<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
Dec. 2012 - 1<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Berretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1 (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
'''Community History'''<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to December 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year. When the community reached around 500 members, Snow Fangs decided to change the name to -=[*FURRIES*]=-, to appeal to a wider audience. During 2013 & 2014, Snow Fangs employed a few moderators to assist with running the community, which at that time consisted largely with approving/disapproving member join requests. They were mostly other Google+ members who had befriended Snow Fangs either in the community or via other platforms, with a notable addition being Thomas Galland, who remained active in the community until 2019, despite quitting his role as moderator in May of 2014. Most of the moderators appointed from 2013-2015 did not serve for long; however, the notable exceptions to this trend were Wolfy Blue, Snow Mitt Fluffs, and Deadly Tiger, all of whom served roughly until the community's end in 2019 (Snow Mitts had to leave for work related reasons in January of 2019). Wolfy "Waffles The Dragon" Blue was promoted to community co-owner in March 2015, after befriending Snow Fangs in mid-late 2014 as a fellow South Africa fur. Since then, Snow and Waffles have met up numerous times IRL, and continue their close friendship today.<br />
<br />
'''Community Links'''<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-02-28T04:12:27Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: updating information.</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Active<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = April 2, 2019<br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. In April of 2019, the community is expected to shut down, due to the discontinuation of Google+ after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach (which didn't actually do anything), giving them an excuse to shut down the already declining site.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - Apr. 2, 2019)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Michael Beretta (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1 (Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2, 2019)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year.<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-01-11T02:40:22Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Active<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = <br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. In April of 2019, the community is expected to shut down, due to the discontinuation of Google+ after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach (which didn't actually do anything), giving them an excuse to shut down the declining site.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - present)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
'''[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''Michael Beretta (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1 (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year.<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-01-11T02:38:15Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Active<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = <br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. In April of 2019, the community is expected to shut down, due to the discontinuation of Google+ after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach (which didn't actually do anything), giving them an excuse to shut down the declining site.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - present)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
'''[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''Michael Beretta (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1 (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year.<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Mods.pngFile:Mods.png2019-01-11T02:37:29Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div></div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-01-11T02:37:11Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Active<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = <br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. In April of 2019, the community is expected to shut down, due to the discontinuation of Google+ after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach (which didn't actually do anything), giving them an excuse to shut down the declining site.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - present)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
'''[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''Michael Beretta (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1 (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
[[File:Mods.png|thumbnail|right|Community staff, as of January 2019.]]<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year.<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-01-11T02:34:22Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Active<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = <br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. In April of 2019, the community is expected to shut down, due to the discontinuation of Google+ after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach (which didn't actually do anything), giving them an excuse to shut down the declining site.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|framed|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - present)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
'''[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''Michael Beretta (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1 (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year.<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-01-11T02:32:33Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Active<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = <br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. In April of 2019, the community is expected to shut down, due to the discontinuation of Google+ after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach (which didn't actually do anything), giving them an excuse to shut down the declining site.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - present)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
<br />
[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
<br />
Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
<br />
Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
<br />
'''[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''Michael Beretta (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
'''SeaWolf_LA1 (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:Community cover.png|thumbnail|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
<br />
<br />
The community's history goes back to 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year.<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
<br />
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Social groups]]<br />
[[Category:2012 births]]</div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Community_cover.pngFile:Community cover.png2019-01-11T02:30:50Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div></div>SeaWolf LA1//en.wikifur.com/wiki/%E2%98%85%E2%95%91FURRIES%E2%95%91%E2%98%85★║FURRIES║★2019-01-11T02:30:02Z<p>SeaWolf LA1: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Active<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = <br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. In April of 2019, the community is expected to shut down, due to the discontinuation of Google+ after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach (which didn't actually do anything), giving them an excuse to shut down the declining site.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
<br />
Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
<br />
Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
<br />
Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
<br />
Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
<br />
Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
<br />
Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
<br />
Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
<br />
Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
<br />
Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
<br />
Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
<br />
Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
<br />
Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
<br />
Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
<br />
'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - present)''' <br />
<br />
Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
<br />
Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
<br />
Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
<br />
'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - present)'''<br />
<br />
Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
<br />
Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
<br />
Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
<br />
Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
<br />
Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
<br />
Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
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[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
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Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
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Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
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'''[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - present)'''<br />
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'''Michael Beretta (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
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'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
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'''SeaWolf_LA1 (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
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[[File:Community cover.png|thumbnail|right|The community cover, as of January 2019]]<br />
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The community's history goes back to 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year.<br />
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
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[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
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<div>{{Infobox website <br />
| title = ★║FURRIES║★<br />
| author = '''Owner:''' Google Plus<br />
* '''Lead admins:''' [[Snow Fangs]] & Wolfy Blue<br />
* '''Founder:''' [[Snow Fangs]]<br />
| url = https://plus.google.com/communities/110061444871616388792<br />
* [https://discordapp.com/invite/0oNj1q9Ma3GWuBWx Discord Channel]<br />
* [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOOGLE-FURRIES Steam Group]<br />
| status = Active<br />
| began = Roughly December 2012<br />
| ended = <br />
| genre = Social media community<br />
}}<br />
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'''★║FURRIES║★''', is Google Plus' largest [[furry fandom]] based online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and [[fursuiting]]. The community reached its peak member count of roughly 28,900 furries as of August 2018. Since June 22, 2016 the community has been completely open to join. In April of 2019, the community is expected to shut down, due to the discontinuation of Google+ after Google discovered a large and undetected data breach (which didn't actually do anything), giving them an excuse to shut down the declining site.<br />
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'''Membership milestones:'''<br />
Jan. 2019 - 28,300<br />
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Nov. 2018 - 28,500 < decline, as ancient dead accounts get deleted, and G+ lacks sufficient new members to replace them<br />
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Aug. 2018 - 28,900<br />
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Nov. 2017 - 28,000<br />
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Apr. 2017 - 25,000<br />
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Jan. 2017 - 22,000<br />
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Nov. 2016 - 18,000 <br />
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Jun. 2016 - community set to "open" here, 2000+ members gained within a few hours<br />
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Mar. 2016 - 9,000<br />
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Dec. 2015 - 7,500<br />
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Aug. 2015 - 6,666<br />
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Jun. 2015 - 6,000<br />
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Apr. 2015 - 5,000<br />
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Mar. 2015 - 4,000<br />
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Nov. 2013 - 500<br />
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Feb. 2013 - 100<br />
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'''Moderators Serving (? = rough estimates due to holes in records):'''<br />
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'''[[Snow Fangs]] (Owner) (Dec. 2012 - present)''' <br />
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Lone Wolf (Jan. 2013 - MIA Sep. 2013?)<br />
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Collin Mitchell (Apr. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
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Thomas Galland (Sep. 2013 - May. 2014)<br />
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Jeffrey Chang (Jan. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
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Naomi Fandozzi (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
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Republic TuaniOne (May. 2014 - May. 2015?)<br />
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'''[[Wolfy Blue]] "Waffles the Dragon" (Owner) (Mar. 2015 - present)'''<br />
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Stella Starr (Mar. 2015 - May. 2015?)<br />
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Snow Mitt Fluffs (May. 2015 - Jan. 2019)<br />
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'''Deadly Tiger (May. 2015 - present)'''<br />
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Jace The Thylacine (May. 2015 - Jul. 2015?)<br />
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Grave yerdx (Jun. 2015 - ? 2016)<br />
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Johnathan Davis (Dec. 2015 - very dishonorable discharge, Mar. 2016)<br />
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Jude Wolfite (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2018)<br />
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Soul Reaper (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016)<br />
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Max Flight (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)<br />
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[[Fruxuyup Artist]] (Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2017)<br />
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Jakova Vladof (Mar. 2016 - Nov. 2017)<br />
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Octopi (Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2018)<br />
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'''[[AttackOnWholock]] (Nov. 2016 - present)'''<br />
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'''Michael Beretta (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
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'''Prince of Wolfdom (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
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'''SeaWolf_LA1 (Mar. 2018 - present)'''<br />
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The community's history goes back to 2012, when it was founded by [[Snow Fangs]] (formerly Smirk Tails), as the community -=New Furries=-, intended to focus as a place for never members of the furry fandom, as Snow Fangs had only begun to consider himself a furry earlier that year.<br />
<br />
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeulq5EHiGCrR0g8d_Ocwj6xvGq7aJLs-ljssMl6TvoC1Jy73y8kDena8fKFZYnmZ8J7v45Tf1uRlg/pubhtml# Ban Tracker] - Official community Ban Tracker, made public in November, 2016. The ban tracker gives information on all banned users (except some petty trolls and bots) including when they were banned, why they were banned, which moderator was on duty, explanations of the situation, and links to relevant posts. Older data (pre Nov. 23, 2016) does not include all of this information.<br />
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[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFtwDWA7_vSxQkkebU6Zj0lqqGLDnyci/view Official Community Rules] - Final version edited in March 2018 by all current moderators.<br />
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