Fur Affinity/Furocity Joining Forces

[Dragoneer]

Fur Affinity and Furocity are joining forces! Our two communities are coming together and pooling our resources to provide the largest, most in-depth online Furry community on the internet!

Along with additional coding expertise, Furocity is bringing improved administrative structure and coordination to Fur Affinity's vast wealth of users.

Dragoneer (FA) and Daemonshyai (Furocity) will share responsibilities of the sites as equals (co-owners). We'll be working together to expand the community and offer a long-term, structured plan to improve the sites, re-aligning our responsibilities and improving end-user support.

It's been a long time coming, but together we feel we will be able to reinvigorate the Furry communities and bring much needed improvement all around, allowing us to grow and share in ways that were previously unimagined.

We're sorry that we had to be so secretive of things up until now; we've been in talks for over a year, but we had to make sure that all sides were ready, willing, and able before we announced anything to the public. We know that many of you have been asking for (and demanding) change -- it was quite difficult to keep this under our respective hats!

More details are coming soon regarding our announcement. Stay tuned!

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There are currently no plans to physically merge the FurAffinity.net and Furocity.com sites, and the two will remain functioning independently of each other. User accounts and submissions on one site will not carry over to the other site, and rules for submissions will be unchanged. Staff will be coming over and sharing resources, however.

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[Toraneko]

I have no idea what Furocity is. Should I be happy or afraid, or both?

[LizardKing]

So what's actually changing that we'll notice? Are any sites merging? User bases coming together? Is one switching hosting? Just a sharing of talent but the sites remain separated? There's a lot of words but I don't understand what is actually happening.

[Dragoneer]

So what's actually changing that we'll notice? Are any sites merging? User bases coming together? Is one switching hosting? Just a sharing of talent but the sites remain separated? There's a lot of words but I don't understand what is actually happening.

We're still hammering out some of the finer details, but we will be sharing and posting them once we're 100% on how things are going to go.

In the mean time you'll be seeing new admins and staff coming on board, revised, improved rules and policies and more.

[Eske]

Well this is quite the announcement. I didn't expect to read this. Not sure if I should be pleased or nervous, yet. Thanks for letting us know, either way. Please keep the info coming, as this is something that seems like it will affect everyone quite a bit.

Actually, I'm interested in seeing how the merger will affect everyone, especially those with accounts on both sites (and even more curiously, those who are banned on one website and not the other).

[gunnersquad]

is this having an impact on the summer update? because we still haven't really heard much about that beyond the announcement and the screenshots

[Dragoneer]

is this having an impact on the summer update? because we still haven't really heard much about that beyond the announcement and the screenshots

We'll have some further news on that soonish. I don't have an ETA on that. We're getting some feedback/suggestions on the design to improve it.

[thebeast76]

Not sure if want.

[Kelpie]

Do not want.

[Sekhmet_Pyralis]

Very cool. I am also with Eske. I wonder how this will effect accounts/user names?

[Honey King]

There's a reason I joined FA and not Furocity. Definitely do not want.

[Clayton]

There's a reason I joined FA and not Furocity. Definitely do not want.

I don't think it's going to turn FA into Furocity.

Dragoneer, are there going to be any rules dragged over from Furocity to here?

[Thaily]

Furocity is a site that predates FA, lot of people have RP profiles there.

Not sure if want, for Furocity's sake.
I like their "no bestiality" rule.

[Shikaro]

however i do want! merging is always good as long as the relations remain calm.
i have to ask however!! if for example there are names in furocity that are already in FA, how will it be fixed? will you guys put an atherisk [*] on their names? thats what usually happens on MMO's at least

[Dragoneer]

I don't think it's going to turn FA into Furocity.

Dragoneer, are there going to be any rules dragged over from Furocity to here?

Some may, but for the most part the rules will stay the same. If you created it... you can post it. Human art will continue to be posted. Some things may be tightened down, some may be loosened, but some of those changes we had planned on our own reviewing how the community works over time.

[Clayton]

Some may, but for the most part the rules will stay the same. If you created it... you can post it. Human art will continue to be posted. Some things may be tightened down, some may be loosened, but some of those changes we had planned on our own reviewing how the community works over time.

Alright, thanks.

Another question.
Are you guys just sending mods/admins over to each site? Is FA's upcoming UI going to be affected by this?

[Rhazafax]

Please tell me the "no cub-porn" rule stays.

[Fauz]

How about their no "bestiality" rule that would ban large portion of the artwork on FA, I assume this is being trashed...

[Syntex]

This, is one big surprise to me, don't know if want or do not want, more leaning towards do not want >.>

[Larry]

There's a reason I joined FA and not Furocity. Definitely do not want.

What's wrong with Furocity? (Never heard of the site)

[Clayton]

How about their no "bestiality" rule that would ban large portion of the artwork on FA, I assume this is being trashed...

I do hope you realize.... that... Furocity is a furry site, and I'm pretty sure they allow furry porn.

"No bestiality" [IIRC.. it's been a long while since I've been on Furocity] refers to human + feral animal.

And I, for one, welcome our new Furocity overlords.

[Thaily]

Please tell me the "no cub-porn" rule stays.

Furocity never allowed cub porn.

What's wrong with Furocity? (Never heard of the site)

Some of the people (mostly roleplayers) are kinda dumb and so there's some art reposting as well.
But for the most part it's a fairly quiet site.

[Kelpie]

Honestly I hate when websites merge, they're two different things and should remain that way. I think the question about usernames is a valid one and it'd be nice if it got answered. I don't think it's exactly right at all for people to be able to have the same username as others but maybe with a little asterisk or period or something to set them apart so it'd be cool to get an answer on at LEAST what the thoughts are about usernames.

Also when will this even happen? We've been hearing about the UI forever, so is that going to get pushed back or is all this crap already being implemented into it? And way to even hint or ask FA members about it. What if the overwhelming majourity of the website is against this merge? Then what. Whoops?

Sigh. Oh well.

[Prisma_Lin]

Potential down times for the merge? More admins? More mods? what will the new userface look like? Is fender outta the job as the site mascot? or did he just gain a companion?

Either way, here is to the new companionship of these fur communities being pulled together into one conglomeration.


also new website name?

[Syntex]

I don't care for cub porn, or beastiality, is what sites like e621 exist for you know, if you want it that bad.

I just don't see why or how this is gonna affect FA or Furocity in any way, are you really planning on merging the both sites?