This question sounds really interesting, I'm genuinely curious of the responses.

I joined the Furry Fandom primarily out of scientific and philosophical interest in the concept of anthropomorphic and sentient animals and wished to explore it. I also was drawn into the fandom because of the interesting art, music, literature, fursuits, and related creative scene that caught my attention, as well as the very welcoming and generally wholesome, positive, and inclusive community.

Became a anti-fur when I saw some 'questionable' artwork of some of my favorite tv shows/movies. I only hate the furry degenerates that deserve to go to jail.

he hates degen but marge simpson is the number 1 on the icame list on r34

also completely understandable but i've prob seen worse

I probably know a lot more, but I don't like saying it out loud, so I'm saying nothin :]

at least I was at a young age, so I don't remember most of it (I still remember some of it, I wish I didn't)

*ptsd activating*

I used to f**king hate furrys on my old account, now I don't. End of story.

When I became a furry: the SFW art, fun atmosphere, imagination, creating characters and worlds, all of which helped me as I was trying to improve my skills as a writer.

When I turned my back on the fandom: a story that I've told many times, but in summary, all the bad ones that tarnished their reputation and corrupted the fandom, and several of them (inlcuding my only friends at the time) pretty much turned on me during a time I was both depressed and also grieving because I was straight and also called out peoples' bad behaviors and double standards. I was always anti-violence and anti-hate, so I didn't like it coming from either side.

I tried overcoming my emotions and went back under a new identity where I not only found a couple people that started the drama with me, but also learned that of the remnants of the fandom, many were still being chased out for political reasons. They stopped being a fandom and wanted more to be an activist-type "community." I would later find out that a LOT of "normal" furries were forced out (I am blessed to have met some and regularly talk to them), and even OG furries left the fandom because of the corruption and change, among other reasons...

Like them, I'm not "anti-furry," but we don't approve of what became of the fandom and wish we could go back to the fandom from over a decade ago.

that's a long few paragraphs

I find myself siding along none, as both are quite troublesome. But I do have some interest in the concept of anthropomorphic animals, and no more than that

As long as an anti-furry has a debatable reason to at least, avoid furries, I got nothing with them

Kinda the same position as me ! Nice

Anti furries: no reason
Furries: intresting art, fursuits and others

I was yes, immediately furry no questions asked now im furrrie and a boy kisser wjk kerfndjrnchbwhjbjwbhjbjrefb

Yea lol

Tbh I like anthropomorphic animals, just wanted to try being a furry, just like, I guess the same thing as being a brony, the artwork, community, and al about it.

Me, an Anti-Furry, wanted to wage war on the bad ones because they keep tarnishing the good's reputation like HOLY SHIT

Then why not be like me and focus on the fandom or the bad actors instead of furries in general? Our reputation's been so tarnished that it's impossible to bring it back to its former glory, but like how many attempts were made in the past to divide the fandom into different "kinds" of furries, currently there is a lot of pent up emotions by former and current furries regarding prominant figures in the fandom as well as its current state. The "other side" of the fandom, if you will, is basically justt a bunch of us still sharing the interest in art and such, but we don't associate with the fandom, so we're just packs of lone wolves, in a way.

You got a good point, but in which way am I able to identify which type of furry is good? THEY ALL SEEM LIKE THE SAME ENTITY!

Just ask : "Did you ever watched y*ff ?"

If the answer is : "ew no wtf", then the person is a normal furry ✅️

If the answer is : "yeah gonna judge me for that ?" then... wrong answer ❌️ ! Get the minigun

By that logic that basically means any furry who's seen furry p*rn because that's what y*ff is. It's not specific and it's not narrowing down much, and certainly not to the degree you need to find the P's, Z's, extreme fetishists, addicts and all the cringey and violent activists. Plus a lot of drama includes people in high places, such as the admins for furry sites. I'm not saying seeing p*rn is a good thing, but take out the furry aspect of it and that's basically the same as saying half of adults are dangerous solely because they've seen it at least once in their life.

Well, I kinda thought (think?) that about p*rn, but I was proven wrong a few times...
It's scary how people can get addicted to such fetish things.

But yeah judge people like normal people apart of if they are a furry or not works way better.

Yeah, y*ff is like a furry version of p*rn similar to how h*ntai is.

I feel like some of them become addicted because it initially gives them pleasure, but others become addicted because they don't really have any other outlet, and since they're constantly being judged by outsiders anyway they might think they should just make the best out of what they have. Furries love to get art as a way to express their moods and interests.

I think it's more of a modern society problem rather than only a personal problem since we're all separating ourselves from other people in one way or another, yet all depressed and not doing anything with our lives the way people used to. Most of us just come home and drown ourselves in that screen sunlight. It's more comforting for most people to be alone inside than to be alone outside, because there's more distractions and outlets on the internet than staring at birds.

I mean, a pretty easy way is just to ask them their feelings about the fandom, specifically how it is currently.

If you want other things to look out for tho, pronouns and political crap in bios are always a red flag that someone doesn't like fun. Do they have any sort of political or sexual obsessions? There's symbols and codewords that are the same as regular zoos and p*dos on social media (I don't know them off the top of my head, sorry) that they use in dialogue and posts. I've also noticed furries with very elaborate designs on their characters have a higher liklihood to be a bit mentally unstable. Do they seem to always be a victim? How much of their content is sexual compared to anything else? It is even safe to assume the admins of furry sites or havens are both corrupt and bias to some degree, they'd rather keep everyone quiet than look bad.

But in general, there's a lot you can learn just from talking to them. Most furries I associate with now have regular lives, publicly condemn bad behaviors and would rather stick to having it as a side hobby, the same as someone with a character in WoW or ESO. Most normal furries are very open about how they feel about the fandom.

joined the anti-furrys after seeing some really cringe furry animation videos and after seeing the weird furry kid at my school

Major cloog is why I joined the Anti furry commuity

Wait did you mean "clogg" ?

youtube.com/@MajorCloog

Oh.
Well ima check this guy later

I checked. Can I get some bleach now ?

Okay, I'll admit: I was one of the many who just got caught up in Anti Furry Hype, mainly after watching one of their shorts that found their way onto my recommended page(classic YT). Now, I've evolved and been enlightened, and know that the Anti Furries are the real enemies(not the chill ones), besides zoo's, pedos, and other "undesirables" that need to be under lock and key.

Some do be wilding tho fr