The way this was written up for Flayrah is completely misleading and makes this twink out to be a lot more of a threat than he really is. Read the article: he didn't bribe the staff member "to get some material to hurt Conifur's cred [sic]." He wasn't out to destroy Conifur, he was after any dirt he could get on the furry fandom in general, and it sounds like Conifur was just convenient to try and dig up material from.
Frankly I find this attempt at "shock journalism" pretty laughable, but the reaction it's generating within the fandom is even funnier. Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill. This guy all but said "I thought this was going to be full of material, but I was wrong. The best insult I can come up with is to say they look like weird people." Wow, if that's the worst insult he can fling, then let him write about the fandom any time he wants. I'll take thirty of his so-called articles over a single MTV special any day.
Also, from the article: "I trashed the idea and did what I do best: bribed a hotel employee with promises of fame to do my dirty work and report back!" It doesn't sound like this guy actually passed any cash to the hotel employee. Instead it sounds as if he just gave them a lot of empty promises, so I bet they're feeling pretty damn stupid right about now since they essentially did this schlock's work for free. In short, they got used and thrown away. If that's not poetic justice, I don't know what is.
The way this was written up for Flayrah is completely misleading and makes this twink out to be a lot more of a threat than he really is. Read the article: he didn't bribe the staff member "to get some material to hurt Conifur's cred [sic]." He wasn't out to destroy Conifur, he was after any dirt he could get on the furry fandom in general, and it sounds like Conifur was just convenient to try and dig up material from.
Frankly I find this attempt at "shock journalism" pretty laughable, but the reaction it's generating within the fandom is even funnier. Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill. This guy all but said "I thought this was going to be full of material, but I was wrong. The best insult I can come up with is to say they look like weird people." Wow, if that's the worst insult he can fling, then let him write about the fandom any time he wants. I'll take thirty of his so-called articles over a single MTV special any day.
Also, from the article: "I trashed the idea and did what I do best: bribed a hotel employee with promises of fame to do my dirty work and report back!" It doesn't sound like this guy actually passed any cash to the hotel employee. Instead it sounds as if he just gave them a lot of empty promises, so I bet they're feeling pretty damn stupid right about now since they essentially did this schlock's work for free. In short, they got used and thrown away. If that's not poetic justice, I don't know what is.
-Feren
"We use them for divine retribution."