sadly it isn’t terribly effective because there’s way too much friction when it comes to local interaction
two people have to like each other first before they can even say hi? that’s like … literally the opposite of how meeting people works though???
that isn’t to say that DMs should be unlocked but rather that there oughtta be a localized/proximity public channel where you can just sorta microblog to the void and others who are nearby enough to see it can comment.
i’d call that system “howling”.
kinda like the twilight bark from the old animated 101 Dalmatians movie _
It’s also not ad-ridden, or full of rent-seeking behavior like the nightmare that is Grindr, so it’s just a better user experience generally.
They added a “friends” feature so maybe it’ll be used for friend-finding more than just hookups. All genders are welcome, but the fandom skews pretty LGBT/male so there’s a lot of explicitly gay guys on there.
As a furry it’s… Fine
It needs work. Chat has always been a pain point but almost all of us (unfortunately) use Telegram so it’s not the worst thing.
I use barq!
sadly it isn’t terribly effective because there’s way too much friction when it comes to local interaction
two people have to like each other first before they can even say hi? that’s like … literally the opposite of how meeting people works though???
that isn’t to say that DMs should be unlocked but rather that there oughtta be a localized/proximity public channel where you can just sorta microblog to the void and others who are nearby enough to see it can comment.
i’d call that system “howling”. kinda like the twilight bark from the old animated 101 Dalmatians movie _
For anyone, like me, who has (well had, now) no idea what barq is
we have that, it is called the fediverse, have you seen how many cute furries are there?
It probably has real good security though
Is it like Grindr (eg, mostly male + hookups)?
It’s used like Grindr
It’s also not ad-ridden, or full of rent-seeking behavior like the nightmare that is Grindr, so it’s just a better user experience generally.
They added a “friends” feature so maybe it’ll be used for friend-finding more than just hookups. All genders are welcome, but the fandom skews pretty LGBT/male so there’s a lot of explicitly gay guys on there.
As a furry it’s… Fine
It needs work. Chat has always been a pain point but almost all of us (unfortunately) use Telegram so it’s not the worst thing.
You could sorta Yik yak before you join a herd?