Forgive the huge racial colour brush smeared across the poll for a moment and ask yourself this question. Who are furries?
I recently read a speech made about social networking sites and the use of them in interacting with the wider world. It took the example of Facebook vs Myspace in the USA and how they had unconsciously been defined by class, race and age.
Now I'm not saying anything about the furry community, but i would like to see what comes out of this little experiment.
Obviously this is hardly scientific. Taking data from only one site which has people from different countries, different societies, while also painting people as White, Black, Yellow, Brown and Other when the difference between a white brit, a white bulgarian and a white turk is quite clear.
But you cant plan for every factor, and I'm not willing to put in the work. Maybe someone else is, but I'm not that guy.
What I'm hoping is that these fursonas are what influences who we are more than anything else, but who knows?
Oh and if you want to read that Facebook vs Myspace thing, i'm linking it, but beware, it's long and the presentation is the very essence of bare bones.
http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/PDF2009.html
