As nasty as it could get on the inside, posters there were actively prohibited from giving out people's personal information and contacting site owners directly.
Actually, funny thing.
Um, Chet is giving out the reason for actually shutting down (rather than letting it limp on or even putting up a read only version) is to protect them from lawsuits from, well, personal information that was posted.
Which is ironic. A lot of sarcastic "Oh no, lawsuit!" posts went to data heaven when PoE went down.
Nobody here will EVER admit this, but furry is probably a better place because of PoE.
I will. As my article points out, PoE is the birthplace for the fandom's, I don't know what you'd call it, internal police. That's not the right words, but whatever. This is where the Burned Furs came from; I think history has proven (even though they all apparently ate each other alive) that they actually did accomplish something. Bestiality is, if not eliminated in the fandom, at least not openly tolerated, either. I think that progress goes straight back to the Burned Furs, and therefore PoE. CYD and even Vivisector can trace their ancestry back to PoE; I think the fandom needs sites like that.
As nasty as it could get on the inside, posters there were actively prohibited from giving out people's personal information and contacting site owners directly.
Actually, funny thing.
Um, Chet is giving out the reason for actually shutting down (rather than letting it limp on or even putting up a read only version) is to protect them from lawsuits from, well, personal information that was posted.
Which is ironic. A lot of sarcastic "Oh no, lawsuit!" posts went to data heaven when PoE went down.
Nobody here will EVER admit this, but furry is probably a better place because of PoE.
I will. As my article points out, PoE is the birthplace for the fandom's, I don't know what you'd call it, internal police. That's not the right words, but whatever. This is where the Burned Furs came from; I think history has proven (even though they all apparently ate each other alive) that they actually did accomplish something. Bestiality is, if not eliminated in the fandom, at least not openly tolerated, either. I think that progress goes straight back to the Burned Furs, and therefore PoE. CYD and even Vivisector can trace their ancestry back to PoE; I think the fandom needs sites like that.