Well the awards are different. One is voted for by the fans and the other is voted for by a committee who hopefully are better qualified to judge than the average fan. They are based on different criteria so give a different set of recommendations for people that have different ideas of what is important.
Needless to say I support many different sites. Yes there is redundancy but that is good in many ways. It let's people have an alternative if they dislike a site, or it's interface or it's community or whatever. You will find very different communities on FA and Sofurry.
I'm not familiar with Furocity but the other art sites do not just differ a little, they are often very different. Inkbunny is a standard art site with a feature for artists to sell their work (we really need a better name for it though because it's not just about art now), FA has art features as well as, seperate, community features while SoFurry has integrated art and community features. Even aside from the features they offer the rules are totally different. FA excludes cub art so SF and IB function as alternatives for those that want that. IB doesn't allow humans in sexual situations, so FA and SF can make up for that.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
Well the awards are different. One is voted for by the fans and the other is voted for by a committee who hopefully are better qualified to judge than the average fan. They are based on different criteria so give a different set of recommendations for people that have different ideas of what is important.
Needless to say I support many different sites. Yes there is redundancy but that is good in many ways. It let's people have an alternative if they dislike a site, or it's interface or it's community or whatever. You will find very different communities on FA and Sofurry.
I'm not familiar with Furocity but the other art sites do not just differ a little, they are often very different. Inkbunny is a standard art site with a feature for artists to sell their work (we really need a better name for it though because it's not just about art now), FA has art features as well as, seperate, community features while SoFurry has integrated art and community features. Even aside from the features they offer the rules are totally different. FA excludes cub art so SF and IB function as alternatives for those that want that. IB doesn't allow humans in sexual situations, so FA and SF can make up for that.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~