Does Manifold think I am a furry?

Manifold Users Fun Short fuse Plasma's Manifold survey Olivia

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resolved Aug 27

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I will happily answer any questions. At the end, I will put a survey in the comments and resolve as so:

[0, ⅓) of respondants saying yes resolves NO
(⅔, 1] of respondants saying yes resolves YES
Otherwise resolves MKT

To summarize some easy to predict questions:

I do not self-identify
I do consume furry art, including funding a few artists on Patreon
I would consider a large fraction of my friends to be furries
I am a tech worker, and somewhat of a transbian stereotype
I probably have autism
I did get a fursona drawn once to try and understand the appeal
I have never been to a furry convention or worn a fursuit, but I did briefly attend a disappointing MLP convention and have worn a koala kigu

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I think funding a few artists probably tips you over into having too much investment to not be one. You contribute actively and probably more than some self identified furries lol

I'm a furry and definitely believe in the big-tent definition of the term, inclusive of "people significantly more interested in furry art than average"; by "I don't self-identify", do you mean you don't affirmatively self-identify? Or that you actively deny being a furry? I don't "identify as" an artist, but I do make art and if you asked me if I was an artist I would hesitate to say no.

I think Conflux's logic of respecting your self-id makes sense for the latter, but not for the former; there are plenty of things we do not affirmatively self-identify as that we nonetheless are.

@Adam I don't affirmatively self identify. I used to actively deny, but honestly I think that was more rooted in shame than fact

You don’t identify as a furry and have never worn a fursuit. I don’t see why manifolders shouldn’t respect your identity on this just because you’ve enjoyed some furry media

if you have to ask, you've already lost

@8 And yet mine is only at 38%

I did one too

I do not self-identify

Any of your furry friends who know about the fursona will almost certainly count you as furry, but unless your self-identification changes, your description doesn't really have a lot of big "furry in denial" red flags...

(except maybe if the furry : nonfurry ratio of Patreon users you fund, personal friends excluded, is super high — like, it's about 80% furry for me)

Of course the rest of Manifold may have different standards.