The next wave? More like a ripple in a pond...
dji...@my-deja.com
khromat <khr...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> In case people haven't heard about it, there's a new article about
> Furry Fandom on the web at: http://www.disinfo.com
I heard about it, never looked.
> My header is because people seem surprised/upset/horrified that
> non-furs are now posting (usually unflattering) articles about the
>'most imfamous group on the internet'. Those of us who have been around
> furry from The Beginning can remember when the then-fledgling InterNet
> saw a wave of attention at furries.
And given that the fandom was an early adopter of BBS and Internet
access, it became part of the story of how the Net has helped change
lives.
> Back then in 1995, most of the articles were in hardcopy format and
> were talking specifically about the phenomenon of TS (TinySex),
> Chatline identities, and general Sex on the InterNet. Often the
> articles were written as part of a college dissertation into what the
> possible directions the Internet would take (and the obvious notice of
> how fast S*E*X appeared on what many assumed to be an academic media).
Another example of how clueless most media are, since in so many cases
sex is what helped sell a new entertainment/communication techology when
other areas ignored it.
> Back then, it was WIRED and "Sex and the Internet". Today, it's
> 'disinformation.com' and 'memepool.com' and blurbs in 'deviant
> desires'... not including the occassional spots in splash magazines
> looking for something to tweek their readers.
TV shows who specialize in 'look at the geek' stories...
> I hate to break the alt.flame.furry posters, but this is _nothing_
> new!
Willaim Randolph Hearst lives!
> ...worse yet, it's nothing new when looked at from the perspective of
> all the various fandoms. We're just more 'public' because a good chunk
> of activity is on the Internet for all the world to see, literally.
This is the part that gets me. Yes, there's strangeness in the fandom,
but compared with the far greater strangeness that even a cursory search
of the net, Furry is harmless. Looks like folks are blowing smoke
again...
[Man, I hope rec.arts.furry gets going soon...]
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