SoFurry

Neox · February 03, 2012, 01:25:39 PM

A question:

What the hell is SoFurry? Is it just another art upload site like FA?

I apparently have an account on it... like... five years ago or something. I must have been drunk, because I SO do not remember making one. But looking at this site... and how snazzy it is, I'm thinking of uploading some of my artwork there just to have another outlet to the community.

How many people here have a SoFurry acct? Is there anything about this site I should know about? (Is it a corporate soul-suck like Deviantart? Does it crash as often as FA does? Etc...)

Thanks, in advance, for any info. <3

weremagnus · February 03, 2012, 02:45:02 PM

They just went to their 2.0 version so some areas are a bit crashy but its happening less so.
It used to be YiffStar, so I've heard, but they're rebranding themselves to appeal to more than just people looking for fap material.
I personally dig the site, it's interface is less awful than FA and the community is smaller.

Neox · February 03, 2012, 02:47:12 PM

Quote from: weremagnus on February 03, 2012, 02:45:02 PM
They just went to their 2.0 version so some areas are a bit crashy but its happening less so.
It used to be YiffStar, so I've heard, but they're rebranding themselves to appeal to more than just people looking for fap material.
I personally dig the site, it's interface is less awful than FA and the community is smaller.

I'm going through the settings and am wondering what the hell this "Cum Counter" thing is. Care to explain? Or should I just disable it and forget I saw anything? :-X

And I get "General" and "Adult" content... but "Extreme?" Is that like... all the weird fetishes and stuff?

Tef · February 03, 2012, 04:15:46 PM

I guess extreme equals to "uncanny valley" or worse.

EmoFox · February 03, 2012, 04:29:52 PM

the cum counter is how many people have jacked off to your art, XD

Tony Greyfox · February 03, 2012, 04:50:51 PM

I'm on SoFurry for one main reason: people actually read stories posted there, and it's better designed for searches than FA. Art wise, I suspect FA is still the better option.

Drake Wingfire · February 03, 2012, 08:00:37 PM

Quote from: EmoFox on February 03, 2012, 04:29:52 PM
the cum counter is how many people have jacked off to your art, XD

Im surprised FA doesn't have this lol, I will never truly understand the point of displaying faves and stuff to everyone on sights like that though. E-penis probably lol

Ravenwood · February 03, 2012, 10:54:54 PM

Sofurry's search system is.. Painful. Not incredibad, but there's vast room for improvement.

The searching system further crippled by you being unable to do a Goggle site-search on it.

zenia · February 03, 2012, 11:03:16 PM

I have a page on SoFurry. Sometimes I interact on the forum there, but not much.
http://www.sofurry.com/user/view/profile?id=99848

Tony Greyfox · February 03, 2012, 11:06:12 PM

Quote from: Drake Wingfire on February 03, 2012, 08:00:37 PM
Im surprised FA doesn't have this lol, I will never truly understand the point of displaying faves and stuff to everyone on sights like that though. E-penis probably lol

Favs, ratings, etc. are about the only way I get feedback on my work. Apparently people don't like leaving actual critique or commentary on a story, so they just bang a click on a fav button and bugger off.

SoFurry has different options for that, and I find it gives me a better indication that people have read the story than I get on FA, where I might get one or two favs on something.

Dana Dragonpaw · February 04, 2012, 12:40:32 AM

Quote from: weremagnus on February 03, 2012, 02:45:02 PM
It used to be YiffStar, so I've heard, but they're rebranding themselves to appeal to more than just people looking for fap material.

...and yet the have a feature known as the 'cum counter'. Which, personally, makes me want to avoid the site.

zenia · February 04, 2012, 12:42:10 AM

Quote from: Dana Dragonpaw on February 04, 2012, 12:40:32 AM
...and yet the have a feature known as the 'cum counter'. Which, personally, makes me want to avoid the site.

I am actually morbidly curious and sort of like it when someone adds a click to that counter. XD You can always disable it though.

Dana Dragonpaw · February 04, 2012, 12:52:41 AM

I'll admit, I'd be morbidly curious as well, but my participation in the fandom is decidedly clean. I'd probably be a little freaked out if someone let me know they were getting off on my art and writing. However, I'm looking at the site in another tab right now anyway and it is a lot nicer than FurAffinity.

Drake Wingfire · February 04, 2012, 12:55:15 AM

To be honest I would actually be interested to find out if people actually have, at least I would know I can do some okay porn XD

Tef · February 04, 2012, 01:28:44 AM

Quote from: Dana Dragonpaw on February 04, 2012, 12:40:32 AM
...and yet the have a feature known as the 'cum counter'. Which, personally, makes me want to avoid the site.

I don't mind the occasional yiff now and then, but I don't have intention off being on a site for the sake of whose art is meant to fulfill an objective worth blatantly pawing off over. In other words, to avoid senses of hypocrisy, adult art is fine, but this form of encouragement of sorts is a laceration beyond the line.

Please note: This is not set in stone - circumstances may change in the future, albeit not in the near future.