Fur Affinity/Furocity Joining Forces

[Xenke]

1) Trust me, people would leave if something like this would happen.

Past events, userbase trends, and most of the posts in this thread indicate otherwise.

2) FA isn't a business and neer relies on donations, without users there's no donations, without donations there's no FA

FA is a business. It just doesn't work for profit. The point about donations is moot, read the point above this.

3) I know it's not merging, i'm just saying if it "were" merging, and no, again, this would be a very bad choice for FA, not a "good step forward".

But it's not merging, why are you bringing a hypothetical into a thread about a real event? It's stupid.

And I sincerely hope you're not saying that a more experienced coding team and a better-run administration are "not a good step forward".

[Eske]

Gotta love being ganged up on for opinions..
Never said I demanded I be listened to (though that would be great, being a user, but one among thousands)

It's my, again, opinion, that I don't like the site. Great thing is, like you said, I don't have to listen

Give us our right to choose.

No one is ganging up on you for having an opinion. Don't be so dramatic, please.

I don't believe I said that you were demanding anything, I said you thought you had a right to make decisions on behalf of FA (see above quote). Which I disagreed with.

You're free to have an opinion based on absolutely nothing at all, but that isn't very helpful in this situation. I just wanted to know your reasoning behind hating something you checked out five minutes ago, that is all.

[dopy]

I love how this is the first news of this and that there was no voting or asking of anykind


This just sounds like a Dying site (Furocity) is just trying to hang on by joing forces with a much more successful site.

Cant wait for the Flood of pissed off people to flood my journal box
thank god for a nuke button!

IMO the only thing this will bring to the table is more rules and more personal conflict between admins and more down time for the website!

You're an idiot, learn to read a thread.

[Ozriel]

I am chill, it's everybody else flipping on people like me for giving their opinions like they are. Yea, I know its by mail, it wasn't before though. I don't need to be attacked by a bunch of raging furries posting their opinions attcking me for posting mine. You guys are acting up as much as I am.

You are not being attacked. people are stating their opinions. If you do not like their opinions, then ignore their posts and move on. There is no need to flip a lid (or table) because a lot of people are replying to your post. Not everyone will agree, and people will state why they do not.

[Eske]

I suppose I really should throw my hat in the ring here, just to clear up as much as I possibly can.

First, the sites themselves are staying completely separate. What we are doing is combining our respective resources. FA will still be FA. Furocity will still be Furocity.

FA is gaining a group of excellent administrators, which will bring fair, impartial, and timely moderation. FA is also gaining a new programming staff, intent on finding and fixing problems, as well as working on a true update (read: recode) for FA, including many of the features that everyone has been clamoring for (journal favoriting, commission tracking, and more).

No one on FA or Furocity will have to change their usernames. The only real change that users will most likely see (at least until the real coding begins) is an decreased turnaround time when they have problems.

Hopefully this will assuage a few of your fears.

Thank you very much for the clarification. This leads me to one question, however: policy changes have been hinted at, earlier in the thread. If this is pretty much strictly a staff merging, why would that be necessary?

[dopy]

And I sincerely hope you're not saying that a more experienced coding team and a better-run administration are "not a good step forward".

....They don't have a better experienced coding team.....nothing they have is coded by them.

[Sciggles]

have you sucked up enough? I don't give a crap about your hurt ego because I said something RESPECTABLY SMART about your boyfriend. Get off you're high horse and stop reading my posts as attacking. But yea, I have AND noticed its ADS. Not entirely his pocket.

My ego isn't hurt. I just see what goes into FA and he has paid a lot out of his own pocket, and I was saying this long before we were a couple. I'm saying he hasn't gotten any/a lot of donations lately

[Zercompf-Sanika]

So, basically, this isn't a merger at all.
You're just going to be sharing mods.

Way to use such a serious a buzzword incorrectly.

[Ozriel]

My ego isn't hurt. I just see what goes into FA and he has paid a lot out of his own pocket, and I was saying this long before we were a couple. I'm saying he hasn't gotten any/a lot of donations lately

if people got to sit behind the scenes to see how it is run, then people would change their tune. For now, people will complain that the site is not running by "their standards". :V

[Dragoneer]

You know what I have yet to see? What furocity gaining from this.

A better question would be what is the furry community gaining from this.

Daemonshyai's a solid guy, and I'd vouch for him in a heartbeat. He's worked with us on FA United pretty much since the convention began, and we've been working together for years no. That's back in 2007. The merger will benefit the community, giving more resources and tools and more.

[Draken_The_Dragon]

No one is ganging up on you for having an opinion. Don't be so dramatic, please.

I don't believe I said that you were demanding anything, I said you thought you had a right to make decisions on behalf of FA (see above quote). Which I disagreed with.

You're free to have an opinion based on absolutely nothing at all, but that isn't very helpful in this situation. I just wanted to know your reasoning behind hating something you checked out five minutes ago, that is all.

Dramatic? That's all we can do, honestly. It's furries.

Then disagree, don't belittle and say I don't have a right for a voice, weather it's listened to or not. It's like watching a video of a dog being beaten, you say what you want to extert your opinion even though you know it probably won't do a thing.

It doesn't take long to explore a typical image/text posting website.

[dopy]

A better question would be what is the furry community gaining form this.

Daemonshyai's a solid guy, and I'd vouch for him in a heartbeat. He's worked with us on FA United pretty much since the convention began, and we've been working together for years no. That's back in 2007. The merger will benefit the community, giving more resources and tools and more.

So are you talking about FA's community or Furocity's? Since the "furry community" can't be gaining anything from this if they're not a member on either of the sites.

[marai1234]

Well, apparently some people don't like this.

I've never been to Furocity before today, let alone heard of it. And, judging form past posts of transfering the 'no-beastiality' rule, I thought FA already had that.

[Williamca]

Well that is good to hear 'neer.

[thedarkwolfzearoth]

Plain and simple if the "no bestiality" rule carries over it's going to KILL any artists that draw feral characters or anthro on feral stuff. In the name of God PLEASE don't carry over that rule...

[Rhazafax]

Dramatic? That's all we can do, honestly. It's furries.

Break free of the stereotype pressed upon you.

[T-W]

Again I state, everyone should be cool with this. Just DON'T Change the rules. Art is Art, and shouldn't be censored.

[Ozriel]

Plain and simple if the "no bestiality" rule carries over it's going to KILL any artists that draw feral characters or anthro on feral stuff. In the name of God PLEASE don't carry over that rule...

.....
Wat?

[Draken_The_Dragon]

My ego isn't hurt. I just see what goes into FA and he has paid a lot out of his own pocket, and I was saying this long before we were a couple. I'm saying he hasn't gotten any/a lot of donations lately

I wouldn't doubt that. But what I'm saying is it's still user based, one way or another. Like any other site, once in a while a donation notice is put up and people put out. I respect him for helping out of his own pocket, but it's STILL user based and they need to be included on decisions that affect them sitewide.

[Cyril]

That's funny because they got no programming expertise, they got all their stuff coded by a company, none of what they have is coded by their staff.

...would you mind sharing where you got this information from?

[Ben]

I haven't read any part of this thread yet, I just wanted to let you know that I shit myself upon reading the thread title. Okay.

[Zercompf-Sanika]

A better question would be what is the furry community gaining form this.

Daemonshyai's a solid guy, and I'd vouch for him in a heartbeat. He's worked with us on FA United pretty much since the convention began, and we've been working together for years no. That's back in 2007. The merger will benefit the community, giving more resources and tools and more.

BOY you sure can deflect a question.

Seriously though. What's Furocity getting out of this?
(Also draken can you duke this out somewhere else, you're shitting up the thread thx)

[TsukinoOokami26]

Again I state, everyone should be cool with this. Just DON'T Change the rules. Art is Art, and shouldn't be censored.

True on that for sure! but then again you still get trolls that try to claim some things are not art....

[Stitches74]

RE: So is it a merge or not?
Sent By: dragoneer to Stitches74 On: July 14th, 2011 10:32

We've got a HUGE announcement today (one of the biggest in FA history!). Fur Affinity and Furocity are merging!



Quote Originally Posted by Dragoneer View Post
Both sites will remain indepdent. Staffers will share resources, but as long as your account is in good standing on FA... I see no reason for that to change.



So, um how is that a merge?

merge/mərj/Verb
1. Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity, esp. a commercial organization.
Both. It's going to start as a co-op, but will change later.

[dopy]

...would you mind sharing where you got this information from?

http://www.psumonix.com/ right here.