Humans in fursuits is a term that's often been used in the past for the phenomenon you describe. I'm of the mind that in order for a story to be truly "furry" it should at least to a minimal degree incorporate some of the animal characters of the species into the characters of that species, but for my tastes it's not a requirement for me to enjoy the story. I personally find it more fun and enjoyable to see the characters as animals in my mind, even if there's not really any reason they couldn't just be humans.
To address some of the other points that have come up here, when critiquing a story I approach it as if no story is so good that I can't find anything that could be improved, nor so bad that I can't find anything about it that's well done and deserves praise. Any 100% negative review that's done for 'teh lulz' is going to get dismissed out of hand.
Humans in fursuits is a term that's often been used in the past for the phenomenon you describe. I'm of the mind that in order for a story to be truly "furry" it should at least to a minimal degree incorporate some of the animal characters of the species into the characters of that species, but for my tastes it's not a requirement for me to enjoy the story. I personally find it more fun and enjoyable to see the characters as animals in my mind, even if there's not really any reason they couldn't just be humans.
To address some of the other points that have come up here, when critiquing a story I approach it as if no story is so good that I can't find anything that could be improved, nor so bad that I can't find anything about it that's well done and deserves praise. Any 100% negative review that's done for 'teh lulz' is going to get dismissed out of hand.