Furries are creative people, and sometimes they rename their characters. Can FurryNetwork support character name changes? If there are valid reasons (and I'm sure there are) for not wanting too many name changes, perhaps it can only be permitted once in awhile.

It would be nice to be able to tag characters and do a search for them by tag. That way users can find each other by interest. I think the art features are great, but community is what makes or breaks these sites. Users should be able to tag themselves as "brony," "musclefur," "norcal," etc.

# Problem:

Finding a way to access my profile is tedious imho. You have to click the user icon, which first opens a menu, in which you have to search for the proper entry.

# Suggestion:

Clicking the user icon should reveal the user's profile page. Only clicking the arrow next to the icon should bring up the menu. Its more natural for most users I've known so far.

We've had staff discussions about the possibility of using a chat service for members of Furry Network - we feel this would help bring the community together. While members wouldn't be required to use it, this would give the opportunity for members to talk, share submissions, and have a good time in a live setting. We'd like feedback about if this is wanted by the community as well as the chat system we would use.

Here are the options that we've looked at so far:

Discord

Pros

• This system is extremely easy to setup and use.
• We can have both voice and text channels.
• A large portion of the community likely already has this program.
• It's easy to create channels with permissions (especially regarding SFW/NSFW material).

Cons

• Discord is currently revising NSFW guidelines; it's still unclear exactly how this will be enforced, and we'll want to keep an eye on the policies. However, it appears to be moving towards allowing NSFW content.

I've looked around, and it seems like a good number of other furry websites have a Discord server setup; they've opted to take the risks. If we did go this way, we would also have that risk; I worry about what we would do if the Discord server were shut down. The current shift of policy is definitely making this less of a risk, though, and we'll want to watch how it works. Even with that risk, it may be the best option for now.

Slack

Pros

• The servers are simple to create; they're a little more difficult than Discord, but they're still reasonable.
• The service does not prohibit NSFW material.
• Many members of the community likely already have this program.
• Channels can be created with specific permissions; it's not as easy as Discord, but it's reasonable. This way, we can have separate SFW/NSFW channels.

Cons

• Joining a server can be a little difficult at times, especially for people who have never done it before.
• The program is more oriented towards work environments.
• There is no voice chat.

I personally think Slack would be a reasonable program, as well; we wouldn't risk having the server shut down, but it would be a little more difficult for people to use.

IRC

Pros

• We pretty much have free reign over how it's setup.
• Reliable servers exist within the fandom that we could use.

Cons

• Most people don't use IRCs these days.
• Servers can be difficult to setup.
• New users may have difficulties using the system, especially if they've never used an IRC client before.

I would personally only go with an IRC server as a last resort unless we had a huge demand for this.

What do you think? Are there any other programs that you would consider for a community chat system? Please let us know!

Place the poster's name and the name of the artwork in the file name of the down load link.

FA lets you link to another user using the :iconusername: command. This is useful for when you're trying to link viewers to other users if you've received art from them, or if you made art for them.

The banner image does not show up in the banner crop tool!

For some reason a couple of the photos I uploaded were upside down or sideways despite being correct on my computer. Could you add an option to rotate submissions?

Hello Just joined this site and upon uploading my work I noticed a severe flaw. This site re-samples the artwork to the resolution it pleases adding artifacts to the image. So when the viewer goes to zoom in and look at the fine details they are greeted by poor image quality that can hinder the look of the artwork in question.

When the viewer clicks on the image it should reveal the image that was originally uploaded, with no compression.

This could apply to any site, but I think most video creators use youtube, so I'll stick with referencing that. Basically, I'd like to see a furry site that allows for youtubers to post their work as submissions. Honestly, I feel a bit excluded from most furry sites because they cater to artists and writers. What I do isn't quite art, and it isn't quite story writing, but it is still creative. I think that one of the reasons there aren't many furry youtubers is simply because it's hard to get any recognition within the furry community for it.

By allowing embedded videos as a gallery option, you would (to my knowledge) be the only furry "social media" site to do so. You would attract the furry youtubers that really have no other place to post their videos without the comment section being filled with "kys furry fgt".

Isn't there already multimedia posting?

Yes, but the upload limit is quite low. It seems this is mainly intended for short animations. I don't expect Furry Network to increase the upload limit, because server space is limited.

I don't want this place to be overrun with terrible Let's Plays and inane Vlogs!

I think that most people would be mindful enough only to post videos related to furries. I mean, you could potentially have the same problem with artists posting human art, but it isn't really a problem.

You're just trying to use this site advertise for your youtube channel, you greedy money-grubbing sellout!

Duh. But here is the thing: small furry YouTubers don't really make any money and have almost no chance to grow their channels. The only way to grow your channel is to post your videos on various other sites. Once again, this is probably why there are so few furry YouTubers; there's nowhere to put your videos where there will be an actual interest in them! Unlike artists, youtubers can't really make money from commissions. At least, It isn't a common thing. The only way for them to make money is from people watching their videos.

If you read this whole thing, thank you for your time!