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Welp, the forum is back

Stargazer Bleu

Stargazer Bleu

2b forgot is worse than death
Hewo again FA forums.
Been forever I last posted here.
Came to check the newly opened forums.

Seems like slight cosmetic looks since last time I was here.
Tho I do miss the looks of the forums when I first initially joined several years ago.
Before it went all white.

Will the link to FA be back for profile icon pic?

Not sure if I will be on it more or not, I usually forgot about this place. XD
 
Grandpriest

Grandpriest

Whatever ...
paroapockinroo said:
I'm aware, that being said though it is still small in comparison to many other fandoms and I think since FA is such an icon it would be important to give a good grounding / starting point for those who are seeking to connect with others and aren't quite sure where to start; why not have a good forum since this is the largest furry exclusive website? I know Weasyl is somewhat active, and there are facebook groups and other communities set up through FA itself but I don't exactly interact with many furries on a regular basis who are actively trying to "reach out" and I think that's due to lack of exposure and a proper means by which to find other like minded furs.
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It's really quite sad.
FA is, indeed, the "iconic" site for the furry fandom, which is why it's a shame that it's in such an outdated state. Just about every other furry-centric site offers wonderful functions and accessibility ... while FA offers lots of Google ads.
 
stablercake

stablercake

a bubblegum pink nose
Grandpriest said:
It's really quite sad.
FA is, indeed, the "iconic" site for the furry fandom, which is why it's a shame that it's in such an outdated state. Just about every other furry-centric site offers wonderful functions and accessibility ... while FA offers lots of Google ads.
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This is true, however it's nice that they offer ads to artists on the site too. I just bought a month myself and it's been super beneficial, which a lot of other sites with ads aren't as direct in being able to purchase an ad (you have to go through 3rd party sites etc) plus I find new artists that way so tbh I kind of...like?? the ads???? who am I
 
Moderator-Gazelle

Moderator-Gazelle

Forum Moderator
Sutekh_the_Destroyer said:
They used to look like this back when vBulletin was used, but the relaunched FAF uses XenForo. Two whole forum sections are gone too (Rants and Raves and Forum Games) which is kinda shit.
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Rants and Raves is actually being considered for making a return once we get all the bugs ironed out of the system! Since there's been so much discussion about it's place in FAF it's really struck a tone with a lot of the forum staff and we're looking into how we can bring it back for everyone while keeping it as far away from a breeding ground for hate as possible D: Because that ain't cool yo.
 
Wither

Wither

Is honestly confused by life.
Moderator-Gazelle said:
we're looking into how we can bring it back for everyone while keeping it as far away from a breeding ground for hate as possible D: Because that ain't cool yo.
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R&R was used a lot more as a place to vent and get things off your chest. Despite how it looked fron the outside, the community was actually supportive of its members most of the time. I can remember so many more threads of one person having a shitty day, complaining about it, and everyone else being kind and supportive than i can think of threads that were "lets hate everything" or "lets argue and bash each other". I mean, yes. We made fun of each other, but most people knew each other enough for that to actually correlate to something positive.

Frankly, the threads that were full of hate were the political and religious threads and those will pop up regardless of what you do.
 
Sutekh_the_Destroyer

Sutekh_the_Destroyer

!!!!!!
Moderator-Gazelle said:
Rants and Raves is actually being considered for making a return once we get all the bugs ironed out of the system! Since there's been so much discussion about it's place in FAF it's really struck a tone with a lot of the forum staff and we're looking into how we can bring it back for everyone while keeping it as far away from a breeding ground for hate as possible D: Because that ain't cool yo.
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Ah cool, that sounds promising so long as the moderation doesn't go overboard. c:
 
Moderator-Gazelle

Moderator-Gazelle

Forum Moderator
Sutekh_the_Destroyer said:
Ah cool, that sounds promising so long as the moderation doesn't go overboard. c:
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I promise not to destroy the whole world <3 If it seems like i'm being too crazy I encourage y'all to send me a note and we can talk about it :3

Wither said:
R&R was used a lot more as a place to vent and get things off your chest. Despite how it looked fron the outside, the community was actually supportive of its members most of the time.
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That's what we loved about R&R, and why we're considering bringing it back so badly.

Wither said:
Frankly, the threads that were full of hate were the political and religious threads and those will pop up regardless of what you do.
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There's a lot of prep work that has to be done first though, and it will be done, but the most I can say for now is keep an eye out in the near future for what we have in store <3
 
Wither

Wither

Is honestly confused by life.
Moderator-Gazelle said:
I promise not to destroy the whole world <3 If it seems like i'm being too crazy I encourage y'all to send me a note and we can talk about it :3
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I appreciate your willingness to discuss and improve (if need be) your moderator..ing abilities. Thank you <3
That's what we loved about R&R, and why we're considering bringing it back so badly. There's a lot of prep work that has to be done first though, and it will be done, but the most I can say for now is keep an eye out in the near future for what we have in store <3
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And again, thank you! I do care about this forum and those in it (for some reason unbeknownst to me). I'm hopeful to see it improve and grow over the coming months.
 
paroapockinroo

paroapockinroo

Moth
Grandpriest said:
It's really quite sad.
FA is, indeed, the "iconic" site for the furry fandom, which is why it's a shame that it's in such an outdated state. Just about every other furry-centric site offers wonderful functions and accessibility ... while FA offers lots of Google ads.
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Its also a shame that none of the other sites are nearly as big, and hardly get used at all / it seems you'd have to have an account for every one of them just to talk to / get updates from the same people you normally would all through FA.
 
Incueye

Incueye

New Member
Reminds me of gaiaonline, a very popular avatar base site but because of the economy, people just went to other avatar sites.
But the other avatar sites aren't as popular so they don't stay there often and they weren't updated either.
 
Punnchy

Punnchy

Feed Me Pizza
Incueye said:
Reminds me of gaiaonline, a very popular avatar base site but because of the economy, people just went to other avatar sites.
But the other avatar sites aren't as popular so they don't stay there often and they weren't updated either.
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Having 50million gold was the shit, and then 500million gold was $.99 Usd ruined it for me. I hope something like that doesn't happen here.
 
Tao

Tao

Hare Boi
Hopefully the new users aren't huge trolls like the old ones were. I don't even know why the forums shut down, I don't follow news.
 
paroapockinroo

paroapockinroo

Moth
Tao said:
Hopefully the new users aren't huge trolls like the old ones were. I don't even know why the forums shut down, I don't follow news.
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*coughs* because it was never moderated and the rules were never adhered to or enforced by staff and it and ended up pretty much being run by a small handful of ancient members who were trolls...
 
Fallowfox

Fallowfox

Are we moomin, or are we dancer?
paroapockinroo said:
*coughs* because it was never moderated and the rules were never adhered to or enforced by staff and it and ended up pretty much being run by a small handful of ancient members who were trolls...
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Well...they weren't all trolls. A lot of them were nice people who I still get along with.
I think there was a predisposition to mock and deride new comers for being 'mainsite' furries, which was pretty ridiculous and resulted in a lot of new people simply leaving.
 
BRN

BRN

WTB Forum Mod Powers
T'was a miasmic mess of 'This'-chasing culture, baiting, and celebrating the meanest cunts that led to FAF culture becoming the mess that it was
Thankfully at first most of the rest of the forum didn't suffer from the R&R disease, but that disease spread pretty far into the other subforums, too
 
Ozriel

Ozriel

Inglorious Bastard
BRN said:
T'was a miasmic mess of 'This'-chasing culture, baiting, and celebrating the meanest cunts that led to FAF culture becoming the mess that it was
Thankfully at first most of the rest of the forum didn't suffer from the R&R disease, but that disease spread pretty far into the other subforums, too
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Mostly to the General discussion/Watercooler and the Den.
 
Azure

Azure

100% organic vegan hubbas
i love how everyone thinks that people debating and spewing hate at each other on the internet is any different than what happens in real life. difference in opinions is a healthy trait of the human race, and the fact that the internet allows us to essentially play nanny state bullshit moderation cuz hurt feewings is pretty disheartening IMO. though i do appreciate the fact that most people who talk real shit on the internet would never say a peep in real life, but thats just cuz theyre pussies. also give me back my 12,000 missing posts :v

also i am very pleased to see that dogtoucher chase is still here, hope you like my sig brah
 
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