CIA Nigger
Not a fed, just a random object on the street.
Retired Staff
True & Honest Fan
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- May 15, 2017
The thing is too exposing the bullshit the fandom does is a very risky endeavor and it should say a lot that the most active place where furries shit on furries (this site) is run by someone who is not a furry. Most furries don't have the balls to do it. They are very worried about retaliation and it has in fact happened to a few furries who became extremely vocal about the mob (without being a part of any sort of blacklisted furry groups). Furries don't want to lose all their furry friendships and many of them quite frankly suck ass at making "normie" friends. They're nerds making friends in nerd communities, and they had to sift through all the low-IQ speds who want to RP to get to having people they think are their friends.
Cancel culture is shockingly effective because a lot of the targets don't expect it or even know what set the mob on them. It's a mix of the famous Life Ruination guides you'd see in the early imageboard days mixed with Scientology's effective disconnection and Suppressive Person policies. The end result is a damaging combo of losing your job/career and friends because some pissed off troons who hate themselves every waking hour decided to ruin your life. It works because nobody expects to lose their so-called longtime friends or career over a callout post for having a slightly incorrect opinion. It also works because no victims of it end up snapping (in minecraft) or even suing, but instead end up taking the Alec Holowka route and killing themselves or falling into obscurity. It really fucking works in the furry fandom because quite a few furries are either true believers or they're doing it out of fear they'll end up blocked too.
In the furry fandom there are quite a few victims. Quite a few suddenly find it harder to get art when a non-canceled furry can get it from anyone if they have money. Artists will find business sink as furries tell the others that this artist is so and so. High-profile victims will find themselves attacked if they make art for a blacklisted furry to enforce the status quo and vice versa. Some DFE'd after their alt accounts with cub art got exposed. Some like Lapfox fell into extreme obscurity after being unable to DJ at events such as Anthrocon (which drew in big crowds).
When I think of burned out furries who ended up calling out the fandom hard, all I can think of is the couple behind Dreamkeepers (who lean center-right politically IIRC, not uncommon with older furs). They got fucked hard with hit pieces by Dogpatch and whatnot for doing problematic things like drawing art for Milo. Then when they wrote a Medium.com article about how shit the fandom is when the Zoosadist leaks came out, they found themselves suddenly unable to secure tables at cons and pushed into writing posts that'd fit in this subforum shitting on the fandom hard while having to sell online instead.
The only reason it didn't fuck people like the couple behind Dreamkeepers harder or someone like Regan is they're diversifying outside the fandom and into the "indie comics" scene. If you want to even call out the furry fandom you will come under the microscope, you will get banned from cons left and right, and you will really hope that nerds who aren't furries will be ready to back you up because the furry fandom will sure be ready to throw you under the bus. If you're smart you likely already know that people will back you up more if you pull the "I'm not a furry, I just liked Disney movies/cartoons" excuse. It's also why Stardock is still around despite Brad Wardell being canceled multiple times, because Stardock built up an audience from targeting a loyal OS/2 market. He targeted people who remained loyal customers instead of furries.
