Re: Communication Platforms

On 05/05/2025 4:12 p.m., John wrote:
> On 5/5/2025 5:35 PM, Dan Skunk wrote:
>> On 28/04/2025 1:56 p.m., Brian W. Antoine wrote:
>>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:28:31 -0000 (UTC), Stone Fox <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-04-14, FrigidFoxtrot <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> On 4/7/2025 9:20 PM, Stone Fox wrote:
>>>>>> On 2025-04-06, FrigidFoxtrot <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> Furry has spread out a lot since the days of IRC, MUCKs, and AFF.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Where are you seeing folks congregate nowadays?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's the landscape as I see it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +--------------+
>>>>>>> | Chat clients |
>>>>>>> +--------------+
>>>>>>> - Discord, but seems to mostly be popular with the gaming-oriented
>>>>>>> crowd. This makes sense, considering it got started as a superior
>>>>>>> alternative to teamspeak / mumble.
>>>>>>> - Telegram, killer feature is the stickers. Killed Skype because it
>>>>>>> wasn't neglected by its developers. Feels like almost everyone has a
>>>>>>> telegram nowadays.
>>>>>>> - Signal. Trying to replace telegram, but adoption rates have been
>>>>>>> rather slow. The main advantage is the E2E encryption, so the 
>>>>>>> only folks
>>>>>>> migrating are the ones who care about this in particular.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +--------+
>>>>>>> | Forums |
>>>>>>> +--------+
>>>>>>> - Reddit's /r/furry, mostly images. Doesn't seem to have much if any
>>>>>>> discussion nowadays.
>>>>>>> - Reddit's /r/furry_irl, mostly memes. Seems more lively than /r/ 
>>>>>>> furry.
>>>>>>> - AFF is, of course, still clinging to life.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +------+
>>>>>>> | MU*s |
>>>>>>> +------+
>>>>>>> - FurryMuck still exists. Logged in last summer and saw a few 
>>>>>>> hundred
>>>>>>> folks online.
>>>>>>> - Tapestries seems to be lively as well. Saw 500 accounts online 
>>>>>>> when I
>>>>>>> hopped on this evening.
>>>>>>> - Secondlife exists, though I only know one person who still logs 
>>>>>>> in.
>>>>>>> - VRChat is the clear successor in all of this, utterly massive 
>>>>>>> platform
>>>>>>> with lots to do. Seemed to come into its own when the pandemic 
>>>>>>> forced
>>>>>>> everyone to get their social energy from the internet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is my client messed up or did your reply get gobbled?
>>>>
>>>> My client is messed up. I wrote a response, sent it, and then later 
>>>> learned
>>>> nothing was sent. I abandoned this thread after that in fear my client
>>>> would mess it up further.
>>>
>>> YiffNet has been on Discord for years, and even IRC until nobody was 
>>> using
>>> it.  Not the busiest of channels, unless you trigger some memory in 
>>> one of
>>> the old farts. :)
>> I'm still on an active IRC channel.
> You should tell the audience which is it

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