Socialization is perhaps the biggest single draw, but it's still not predominant, and it's still significantly furry. Turning again to the program subject groupings as a very very rough guide to what people care about (at least enough to do panels and performance):
Guest of Honor - 7 (James Gurney and Jim Martin on art and puppetry)
Convention - 13 (pre-con mixer, dances, charity auction, opening and closing ceremonies, etc.)
Art - 12
Family - 6 (stuff for kids like balloon animals, beginning drawing)
Social and Fandom - 33 (for fans of felines, canines, hyenas, marsupials, and nine other categories; fans from Ontario, Florida, etc.; and other SIGs)
Fursuit - 18
Gaming - 25
Puppet - 8
Performance - 23 (improv, standup comedy, individual performers like 2 and Uncle Kage)
Science and Technology - 12
Writing - 5
Videogaming - 6
Relevance to furcons in general is not guaranteed.
As for furry comic forums, I think those for DMFA and Kevin & Kell are good, the one for Kaspall is OK but not designed for rich interaction, the one for Digger is disappointing compared to the quality of the strip (many squeals of joy and snarls at badguys), and I don't follow any others. None of them are nearly as good as the ones for the fringefurry Girl Genius and Skin Horse (which have one major furry character each).
Socialization is perhaps the biggest single draw, but it's still not predominant, and it's still significantly furry. Turning again to the program subject groupings as a very very rough guide to what people care about (at least enough to do panels and performance):
Guest of Honor - 7 (James Gurney and Jim Martin on art and puppetry)
Convention - 13 (pre-con mixer, dances, charity auction, opening and closing ceremonies, etc.)
Art - 12
Family - 6 (stuff for kids like balloon animals, beginning drawing)
Social and Fandom - 33 (for fans of felines, canines, hyenas, marsupials, and nine other categories; fans from Ontario, Florida, etc.; and other SIGs)
Fursuit - 18
Gaming - 25
Puppet - 8
Performance - 23 (improv, standup comedy, individual performers like 2 and Uncle Kage)
Science and Technology - 12
Writing - 5
Videogaming - 6
Relevance to furcons in general is not guaranteed.
As for furry comic forums, I think those for DMFA and Kevin & Kell are good, the one for Kaspall is OK but not designed for rich interaction, the one for Digger is disappointing compared to the quality of the strip (many squeals of joy and snarls at badguys), and I don't follow any others. None of them are nearly as good as the ones for the fringefurry Girl Genius and Skin Horse (which have one major furry character each).
Always carry a grapefruit, Treesong