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I'd argue we should focus on the most obvious cases first to set an example that this is NOT acceptable, but i don't think we really have the influence to sway much of this.I agree, but I think we need to set an example.
Consider this: If you type the Greek lowercase zeta into Twitter or BlueSky's search field, you'll find out-and-proud zoophiles with little effort. I'm sure there are similar signs for pedophiles. (I don't think "MAP" is super helpful because it's also a common English word, and I feel brain-damaged enough without punishing my curiosity further on this topic.)
And yet, Furry Twitter is constantly bickering about whether or not an anthro character having a knot on their dick is actually zoophilia or not, and trying to dox and cancel each other over that. And other such acts of idiocy.
What are our priorities?
What can we focus on today to make a difference?
These questions are lost on these rubes. Furry is very disorganized and abusers exploit this every chance they get. If we stay unfocused and disorganized because we want to just burn all degeneracy to the ground, we might as well try to boil the ocean.
The frontlines are currently drawn between zoophiles and pedophiles against everyone else, the whole "knot" shebang is just a distraction from the people that think a feral wolf would be good flogging material.
If sites like e6 and FA could be swayed to ban these relatively concise categories of pornography that'd be a huge victory, if we could sway cons to ban public displays and panels about this content that'd be a double victory, this war isn't won by arguing on xitter but (hopefully) by filing complaints against more influential hosts of the furry fandom.
What sucks is that none of these people are professional and unlike a faceless corporation people like dragoneer would probably try to argue rather then accept that hosting animal rape porn is in fact morally reprehensible and is not in the least bit normal.
Still with sufficient volume and some targeted callout posts perhaps they can be pressured into changing their policy (but this is getting dangerously close to gayop territory)