Tetrachroma
"nEw UsEr"
One of my favorite fandom-related hobbies is scouring the web for old archives of furry content from 1990-ish to around 2010. I've only been in the fandom since 2016, but I'm so enthralled by this stuff - it's fascinating to peer into the world of furry when it was still in its early years. I've even sunken a good few hours into FurryMUCK, which I was astonished to find still has a daily high of ~150 users.
To be honest, I'm a little disheartened by how much these things have been lost to the ages. I realize internet culture moves at lightspeed these days, but it would be cool if all this historic media which helped shape our fandom were discussed a little more to this day.
But that's enough rambling from me, is there anyone else out there who shares the same interest as me? Specifically those of you who weren't part of the fandom back then? I'd like to know I'm not alone in these ventures.
Also if anyone's interested, here's some links to my favorite webpages for old furry schtuff:
To be honest, I'm a little disheartened by how much these things have been lost to the ages. I realize internet culture moves at lightspeed these days, but it would be cool if all this historic media which helped shape our fandom were discussed a little more to this day.
But that's enough rambling from me, is there anyone else out there who shares the same interest as me? Specifically those of you who weren't part of the fandom back then? I'd like to know I'm not alone in these ventures.
Also if anyone's interested, here's some links to my favorite webpages for old furry schtuff:
The VCL - A furry art archive which started in November 1995. (Contains NSFW art, has no content filters)
Yerf archive - Browsable archive of Yerf, an SFW art site which ran from 1996 to around 2006.
Confurence.com - The official webpage of the very first furry convention which hosted from 1989 to 2003. Includes some photos and videos from ConFurence and other cons that existed around that time period.
Sabrina Online - A webcomic that ran from 1997 to 2016. Not written very well in my opinion, though I do appreciate it for its historic value and for just how frickin long it lasted.
Furry Fandom History playlist - My personal YouTube playlist of convention videos recorded before 2010. Very Anthrocon-heavy as that's what I could mostly find.
FurryMUCK - Text-based multi-user dungeon that started in 1990 and still sees a fair amount of activity to this day. I recommend connecting to this server (and any MU* really) using the BeipMU client.
The Fursuit Archive... Archive? - An absolutely enormous database of convention photos and videos. Seriously, they have tons of pics from almost every year of every con there.
Bluefurry (oekaki) - An oekaki art board hosted on what appears to be a furry's personal webpage. Oekaki, as used in the fandom's earlier years, is an art form characterized by simplistic rendering and somewhat pixelated linework - it's the style that I most associated with oldschool furry before diving into this hobby. (Most of this board is SFW but there's a small amount of very NSFW art here as well)
If you've stumbled upon this post from some time far in the future (greetings, traveler!) and any of the above links don't work, check to see if archive.org has any snapshots of these webpages. You might still be able to harvest some goodies that way.
Yerf archive - Browsable archive of Yerf, an SFW art site which ran from 1996 to around 2006.
Confurence.com - The official webpage of the very first furry convention which hosted from 1989 to 2003. Includes some photos and videos from ConFurence and other cons that existed around that time period.
Sabrina Online - A webcomic that ran from 1997 to 2016. Not written very well in my opinion, though I do appreciate it for its historic value and for just how frickin long it lasted.
Furry Fandom History playlist - My personal YouTube playlist of convention videos recorded before 2010. Very Anthrocon-heavy as that's what I could mostly find.
FurryMUCK - Text-based multi-user dungeon that started in 1990 and still sees a fair amount of activity to this day. I recommend connecting to this server (and any MU* really) using the BeipMU client.
The Fursuit Archive... Archive? - An absolutely enormous database of convention photos and videos. Seriously, they have tons of pics from almost every year of every con there.
Bluefurry (oekaki) - An oekaki art board hosted on what appears to be a furry's personal webpage. Oekaki, as used in the fandom's earlier years, is an art form characterized by simplistic rendering and somewhat pixelated linework - it's the style that I most associated with oldschool furry before diving into this hobby. (Most of this board is SFW but there's a small amount of very NSFW art here as well)
If you've stumbled upon this post from some time far in the future (greetings, traveler!) and any of the above links don't work, check to see if archive.org has any snapshots of these webpages. You might still be able to harvest some goodies that way.