Fur Affinity

Fur Affinity
Official logo since February 1, 2021, designed by Sciggles[1]
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
Art display
Social networking service
Available inEnglish
FoundedJanuary 16, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-01-16)
HeadquartersTerre Haute, Indiana, United States
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleSean Piche (Lead Administrator, deceased)
ParentFrost Dragon Art, LLC
URLwww.furaffinity.net
sfw.furaffinity.net
RegistrationOptional (required to upload content or view adult content)
LaunchedDecember 10, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-12-10)
Current statusActive

Fur Affinity[2] (also written as FurAffinity) is a furry-centric art community that hosts artwork, literature, photography, and audio recordings. It was launched in 2005 by a pseudonymous individual using the moniker "Alkora" and was owned by Sean "Dragoneer" Piche through his limited liability corporation Ferrox Art from 2007 until 2015 when it was purchased by virtual world platform IMVU, and then again through a second LLC, Frost Dragon Art,[3] from 2021 until his death in August 2024.[4]

Fur Affinity is located in Terre Haute, Indiana, and features both standard furry art and adult art, although registration of a free account is required to view the latter. The site has become the most well-known and used furry-based website since its launch, receiving around 20 million visits monthly.[5][6]

History

Prior to the launch of Fur Affinity, the most well-known furry-centric website was an art site called SheezyArt. In 2004, it was announced that SheezyArt would be disallowing adult art. Alkora, a SheezyArt user, decided to launch Fur Affinity in January 2005 as a site that was open to adult art, along with standard art.

The original version of Fur Affinity was challenged with numerous security breaches and hacks. On August 1, 2005, due to a disagreement with the server provider and the lead coder, Fur Affinity was shut down. After a brief fundraiser to support a new server, Fur Affinity was relaunched on December 10.

Fur Affinity would continue to face server issues for the next few years. In 2007, site-runner Sean "Dragoneer" Piche's account was breached, which caused the site as a whole to go down for 2 days. In 2008, the site was taken down for over a month due to a "server hardware fault", and another fundraiser was set up in order for servers to be replaced.

In 2011, Fur Affinity merged with fellow furry-centric site, Furocity. In 2013, the site had achieved a total of 10 million posts. In 2015, FurAffinity was purchased by 3D software platform IMVU.[7]

In 2016, Fur Affinity's source code was leaked, causing many users' personal data to be compromised. The site was immediately taken down as a result, and users were ordered to reset their passwords.[8] In 2017, around 600 bot accounts posted graphic imagery of gore, once again causing the site to go down.

In January 2021, Dragoneer was fired from IMVU. In February, Dragoneer announced that he had regained ownership of the website, and formed the limited liability company Frost Dragon Art. In 2022 the site took a stand against artificial intelligence-generated artwork, stating that AI-generated works lacked "artistic merit" and were not welcome on the site.[9] In 2023, the site was banned in Russia due to "prohibited content".[10] In the same year, it was reported that Shanghai Disneyland had included a picture from the site in a new City of Zootopia attraction without the artist's permission.[11]

On August 6, 2024, Piche died from complications of a lung infection. In a tweet before his death, he stated that he needed over $25,000 for a doctors appointment, while another showed $2,000. This meant delays in his critical care, leading to his condition getting worse. As of August 7, 2024, authorities were awaiting the results of a biopsy taken before his death to reveal the identity of the infection. His death incited criticism of the healthcare system in the United States.[4][12][13]

On August 20, 2024, the Fur Affinity website's domain records were compromised.[14] The hacker redirected the domain to other sites, including a fake Shopify storefront mimicking the official website, a cryptocurrency scam, the then-officially-controlled X account, a 2017 Washington Post article, and then Kiwi Farms. In response to the sudden influx of traffic, Kiwi Farms temporarily closed new user registrations and added a banner to the site claiming that the site's administration was not involved in the attacker's actions.

In response to the takeover, Fur Affinity invalidated all user logins to its website to mitigate the impact of the hack.[15] On August 21, Cloudflare posted a warning on the domain that it had been reported for "possible phishing". Later that day, the Fur Affinity staff reported that they had regained control of the domain and were preparing to bring the site back online, but were concerned about a sudden influx of traffic causing further issues. The following day, staff announced that the site had been fully restored and was safe to use. They asserted that the site itself had not been compromised, and no private data had been accessed.[16]

Functions and content

Fur Affinity is an art community website, with a format similar to that of Newgrounds and DeviantArt. Newsweek described it as "the furry equivalent of Facebook."[17] Registered users are able to upload artwork, animations, literature, photography, and audio recordings (including music). Users can also comment on posts, like them, and follow artists. Much like DeviantArt, users are able to create folders of their media, and can categorize uploads as "scraps". Fur Affinity also hosts Adobe Flash media and has integrated Ruffle into the site following the former's deprecation.

The minimum age for making an account is 13,[18] and most artwork on the site is safe for work.[19] Despite this, adult content is often posted. Posts marked as "not safe for work" are automatically restricted to registered users over 18, although many artwork containing fetishes but not considered outright pornography have often gone unmarked by authors. Fur Affinity has a toggleable all-"safe for work" version of the site that does not show art that has been tagged as "adult". Under the "adult" filter, only media depicting adult characters are allowed, with pornographic/fetish content depicting underaged characters prohibited.[18]

Community

Fur Affinity is the most popular furry-focused website and has become both well-known and controversial in the furry fandom. It is used by furry community artists to promote their work.[20][21] Since 2016, the website has offered banner advertising space to artists on the site in addition to the free public profiles that artists may use for self-promotion.[22]

Fur Affinity formerly held a convention called "FA: United". The first convention was held in 2007, and was held yearly until 2020, when it was discontinued as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[23]

Several of the site's controversies have stemmed from infighting and conduct between the admins and staffers, including long-time owner Dragoneer.[24] Many users have migrated to other furry-centric websites, such as InkBunny, SoFurry, Weasyl, and Itaku as a result of the site's controversies. There have also been reports of alt-right furries, or "nazifurs", posting images on the website.[25][26]

See also

References

  1. ^ Fender (February 1, 2021). "Feb 1, 2021 - New Ownership, Updated Logo, & More". Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Terms of Service". Fur Affinity. April 11, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  3. ^ Strike, Joe (October 3, 2017). Furry Nation: The True Story of America's Most Misunderstood Subculture. Cleis Press. ISBN 978-1-62778-233-3.
  4. ^ a b "Death of Fur Affinity founder Dragoneer ignites US healthcare debate". The Express Tribune. August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  5. ^ "furaffinity.net Traffic Analysis". Similarweb. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  6. ^ Silverman, Ben(Benjamin Luke Matanos) (2020). Fursonas : furries, community, and identity online (Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/127662.
  7. ^ "Mar 19, 2015 - FA Joins the IMVU Family [UPDATE 2] -- Fender's Journal". Fur Affinity. March 19, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "Hackers Destroy Fur Affinity Art Gallery Website". www.hackread.com. May 23, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  9. ^ Cole, Samantha (September 13, 2022). "Furry Fandom Site Bans All AI Art". Vice. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  10. ^ Dragoneer [@Dragoneer] (February 9, 2023). "Recieved [sic] an email from the Russian government requesting we add FA with their registry of websites because we host "prohibited content." Yeah, no... no... noooooooooo. NOOOOOO. Nah. Don't think so. Nyoooooope. Nyet. Nada. No thank you" (Tweet). Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "RUMOR: Stolen Furry Fan Art Used In Shanghai Disneyland's Zootopia Without Artist's Knowledge". WDW News Today. December 2, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  12. ^ @Furaffinity (August 7, 2024). "It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden loss of FA's owner, @Dragoneer . We ask for your patience & respect for his family's privacy. We remain committed to supporting each other & the community. We will keep you updated as we learn more. Thank you for your kindness" (Tweet). Retrieved August 7, 2024 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ Dragoneer (July 30, 2024). "Health Update 2: The Specialist". Fur Affinity. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  14. ^ Waqas (August 24, 2024). "Fur Affinity Website Hacked in DNS Hijacking Attack". Hackread. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  15. ^ "Fur Affinity website hacked". Peq42. August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  16. ^ Fender (August 22, 2024). "Aug 22nd - All Our Base Are Belong To Us". Fur Affinity. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  17. ^ Hicks, William (November 22, 2017). "Neo-Nazi Furries Trump's Latest Alt-Right Supporters". Newsweek. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  18. ^ a b Fender's Journal (May 24, 2023). "May 24, 2023 - Update for Upload Policy Section 2.7". Fur Affinity. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  19. ^ Austin, Jessica (August 26, 2021). Fan Identities in the Furry Fandom. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-5013-7541-5.
  20. ^ Ho, Rosemarie (December 6, 2018). "Where will furries go after Tumblr?". The Outline. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  21. ^ "Featured Artist: Nanukk Luik". Furry Times. No. 3. 2016. p. 10. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  22. ^ "Advertise on FA". Fur Affinity. May 11, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  23. ^ FA United [@Faunited] (December 2, 2020). "It's been a blast" (Tweet). Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Twitter.
  24. ^ LagoVirt (February 24, 2021). Dragoneer Part 1: The Stumbling Leader of FurAffinity. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via YouTube.
  25. ^ "Terror, Teens, and Furaffinity — How a chain of violent hate incidents links to furry fandom". Dogpatch Press. April 14, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  26. ^ "FBI Ties Nazifurs to Atomwaffen Division — Attacks Targeted US Gov Official, Journalists". Dogpatch Press. February 28, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
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