I'm not so pessimitic about the future. Things have been increasing. 100 views may not seem like a lot for a story, but considering I've been on FA for 6+ years and only got 1,800 views of my profile page while here I've had 120 on my profile in the past month I think it stands to reason Flayrah has more relevance to me, or me more relevance to it than FA does. We may not have an FA level, but that's because a lot more furries in this fandom are interested in art, creating it, or buying it. The demand for non-fiction or talking about the fandom is a lot less.
That's to be expected, as a group we tend to be about having fun and collecting art. Only a small subset of us think about the future or past of the fandom, I feel many of the younger fans live in the moment, the past and the future are of littler interest and aren't something they think of too much. A lot of our demographic are older furs, however I think we're growing ever so slowly, which for a site that isn't really of the main interest of our fandom is not a bad deal.
That being said I think Furry News Network did a far better job of promoting itself. It still gets quite a few views even though it's essentially dead. A good chunk of our article views come from the reposts made there. I will admit, I'm a terrible promoter. I don't hold my stuff up and go; "I'm awesome love me". I figure if what I have is worth seeing people will eventually see it. I'm getting better in this and have been starting to post links to my own articles on my FA page. I spend a lot of time on these things... far more then I really should.
If we pay for advertising at conventions I think that would be fine, I don't expect us to be given anything for free.
What I've been doing seems to be working so far, being as fair and as honest as I can, being myself while trying to understand that others are who they are. I think that's something that not only furries want, but people in general. Not only using one's voice to say "this is a problem" but to think of solutions to those problems and offer them. It's getting rarer and rarer these days.
I've never been one to desire celebrity or to want more power. In fact I do my best to avoid it (Hufflepuff-ish I suppose). However I seem to find myself able to sift though data and find things that I find interesting, and it's a good deal of fun to try and tidy a mess of information into something coherent. For that kind of hobby, it's a good time to be alive...
I'm not so pessimitic about the future. Things have been increasing. 100 views may not seem like a lot for a story, but considering I've been on FA for 6+ years and only got 1,800 views of my profile page while here I've had 120 on my profile in the past month I think it stands to reason Flayrah has more relevance to me, or me more relevance to it than FA does. We may not have an FA level, but that's because a lot more furries in this fandom are interested in art, creating it, or buying it. The demand for non-fiction or talking about the fandom is a lot less.
That's to be expected, as a group we tend to be about having fun and collecting art. Only a small subset of us think about the future or past of the fandom, I feel many of the younger fans live in the moment, the past and the future are of littler interest and aren't something they think of too much. A lot of our demographic are older furs, however I think we're growing ever so slowly, which for a site that isn't really of the main interest of our fandom is not a bad deal.
That being said I think Furry News Network did a far better job of promoting itself. It still gets quite a few views even though it's essentially dead. A good chunk of our article views come from the reposts made there. I will admit, I'm a terrible promoter. I don't hold my stuff up and go; "I'm awesome love me". I figure if what I have is worth seeing people will eventually see it. I'm getting better in this and have been starting to post links to my own articles on my FA page. I spend a lot of time on these things... far more then I really should.
If we pay for advertising at conventions I think that would be fine, I don't expect us to be given anything for free.
What I've been doing seems to be working so far, being as fair and as honest as I can, being myself while trying to understand that others are who they are. I think that's something that not only furries want, but people in general. Not only using one's voice to say "this is a problem" but to think of solutions to those problems and offer them. It's getting rarer and rarer these days.
I've never been one to desire celebrity or to want more power. In fact I do my best to avoid it (Hufflepuff-ish I suppose). However I seem to find myself able to sift though data and find things that I find interesting, and it's a good deal of fun to try and tidy a mess of information into something coherent. For that kind of hobby, it's a good time to be alive...