Has anyone felt like the BC furry community has been dying off?

[Owl]

I noticed that there's a lot less events being posted this year and aside from Vancoufur not a lot of people even really post anymore.

[Temrin]

Forum activity always goes up and down in my experience. Lots of people seem to be on telegram and discord groups more so now than here too so that probably has something to do with it.

[Mosesj]

I think it's just as popular as ever, gotta agree that it has its ups and downs.

It seems a lot of BC furries just stick to telegram for their group conversation

[Hazellius]

I think what's happening is that the amount and frequency of the forum posts has stayed the same, but the amount of replies to those post has dropped drastically. It seems like a lot of furs have moved on to private messengers like Telegram for discussions, particularly when it comes to figuring out logistics for events.

[Owl]

I think it's just as popular as ever, gotta agree that it has its ups and downs.

It seems a lot of BC furries just stick to telegram for their group conversation

Which is a problem since public events don't get posted and new people to the fandom/area don't get updated.

[Temrin]

There have always been events that don't get posted here, heck for a long time there were two "forum" like places where events got posted. Some people prefer other methods of communication and that can't really be helped. There are links in the forums to various telegram groups and i believe some twitter accounts for certain events as well. If you (or others) don't use other services perhaps ask a friend who does, to let you know? It is unfortunate but not something that can really be helped overall. You can always PM people or find alternative methods of contact to poke people who hosted things and see where they update the most and stay tuned there ^_^

[Hazellius]

Which is a problem since public events don't get posted and new people to the fandom/area don't get updated.

I don't really know where you got the assumption that public events don't get posted on the forums. Running the BC Furry Events Telegram Announcement Channel, I can safely say that about 90% of public furry events happening in the Lower Mainland are posted on the forums as well.
If you're talking about the Interior or Vancouver Island, then sure, that number dwindles. Most of their events seem to be more on the private side though.
When it comes to furs responding to said events on the forum, there is indeed a drop-off. RSVP-ing and asking questions and just messages related to the event seem to have moved over to Telegram. That doesn't mean that the Lower Mainland events board is lacking in events though, as it's quite a healthy dose at the moment.

[Owl]

I don't really know where you got the assumption that public events don't get posted on the forums.

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I noticed that there's a lot less events being posted this year and aside from Vancoufur not a lot of people even really post anymore.

Lots of people seem to be on telegram and discord groups more so now than here too so that probably has something to do with it.

[Rascal Coyote]

i feel this fandom as a whole is split , it's become a collection of friends cliques the early days ( years and years and years ago)  of the BC furries community was the first place i saw such a split, for PR purposes on the outside the fandom and certain  well known spokes persons, makes this fandom look like one big happy family, but the truth is, it isn't, i won't get into the whole spiel about it, it may cause unwanted tensions or arguments, as an older furry a bit of an early grey muzzle, i generally don't hang out or associate with the younger crowds, i have friends with in the community, attend the occasional event. if you would like to know more about opions on this matter i am happy to have discussions in privet, and yes i am a furry for life.

Any one who would like to talk to me can reach me in telegram, i am Rascal Coyote in Telegram

[Drake Wingfire]

The island has been hurting pretty hard in that regard as well, I admittedly gave up on it as well though. For a few years I was trying to get people to post events on the forums so things would keep more active around here. But the general attitude I heard towards forums is "no one uses those anymore" so now we got telegram where everyone praises it, but it utterly sucks in terms of event planning, for a small list of reasons such as only being able to sticky one message at a time, things getting lost in chat history (if only we had a place we could post where people could view by topic...hmmm), and then the typical furry problems that come with small groups.

[Owl]

The island has been hurting pretty hard in that regard as well, I admittedly gave up on it as well though. For a few years I was trying to get people to post events on the forums so things would keep more active around here. But the general attitude I heard towards forums is "no one uses those anymore" so now we got telegram where everyone praises it, but it utterly sucks in terms of event planning, for a small list of reasons such as only being able to sticky one message at a time, things getting lost in chat history (if only we had a place we could post where people could view by topic...hmmm), and then the typical furry problems that come with small groups.

This sort of thing eventually leads to balkanization where people splinter into smaller and smaller groups that don't associate with each other.

[Kithop]

This sort of thing eventually leads to balkanization where people splinter into smaller and smaller groups that don't associate with each other.

This is not necessarily a Bad Thing.  Just because we're furries doesn't mean we're all going to get along with each and everyone else in the fandom.  I sure as heck don't, and don't intend to.

Furry is great for finding new friends... finding the smaller circle within that you actually enjoy being around, and then sticking to it.  I've hosted meets at my own place out in the valley, but you bet your butt there are certain people who just aren't invited because of past behaviour.  Nobody's perfect, of course, but things happen and in the end, we're still people with different thoughts, ideals, and attitudes, and expecting them to mesh because we share a single interest is setting yourself up for disappointment.

We still have new faces showing up, introducing themselves, and hey - a few of them will stick around.  Some may not.  We can't really argue with anyone whether or not they're furry, but we sure as heck can figure out whether or not we want to be involved in each other's lives.

Beyond the big cons, I'd even argue that a 'BC Furry' really is setting a really wide net for ourselves, considering the size of the province.  Does an Island fur in Nanaimo feel the same kinship with someone in Kelowna or Prince George?  Hell, I don't even consider myself a 'Vancouverite' any more after moving to the Fraser Valley.  I get invited to something in Burnaby and realise heck, that's like a 2 hour drive each way; it'd have to be really special to want to pull that.

[Aphinity]

If you're looking online for a state of the fandom, you might wanna try coming to an event instead :)

P.S. - Forums suck.   ;D

[Owl]

If you're looking online for a state of the fandom, you might wanna try coming to an event instead :)

P.S. - Forums suck.   ;D

I was pointing out that fewer and fewer events get posted on the forum

[Rwaulie]

I agree that the Forum seems quiet. I don't use Telegram or anything else like it.
The only other site that I use that has Furry events is a Kink site FetLife that is more for PetPlay events