Next, I accept your assertion that some may think less of furries as a result of the disclosure of such information, but I don't think the evidence supports your assertion of millions turned against furry fandom for decades to come.
Moreover, Flayrah is not a furry PR agency, with a mandate to make the fandom look good or to increase its size. We are a furry news organization and our overriding concern is to report information which we believe to be of interest to our target audience. If other organizations choose to use our reporting to inform or entertain their own audience, that is their business. Our objective is not compromised by their actions; if anything, more furries will read our stories as a result, and be informed.
I'm sorry if their reuse makes your life harder - I have no enmity towards you as a person - but our goals are not aligned here.
Such a story might formerly have spread through word of mouth or private mailing lists. Our current size renders this infeasible; moreover, they depend on being friends with those "in the know", and for it to be in their interest to pass such knowledge on. Your comments suggest event leaders would suppress distribution of certain stories, just as you've suppressed certain goods.
This is why Flayrah and other fandom websites and organizations should not be led by convention staff (and why I resigned my own staff positions). There is too great a conflict of interest to be both a honest reporter and a loyal con-runner and promoter.
First off, I think you overestimate the impact of quotation on my anatomy. (Norns reproduce through kissing.)
Next, I accept your assertion that some may think less of furries as a result of the disclosure of such information, but I don't think the evidence supports your assertion of millions turned against furry fandom for decades to come.
Readers of Gawker and the like are there for entertainment purposes; the comments there bear this out. This is the same news organization which posted such gems as "'Furry Convention of Unacceptable Adults' Scars One Hotel Guest's Cheerleading Children for Life" and "No One Is Free When Furries Are Oppressed".
Moreover, Flayrah is not a furry PR agency, with a mandate to make the fandom look good or to increase its size. We are a furry news organization and our overriding concern is to report information which we believe to be of interest to our target audience. If other organizations choose to use our reporting to inform or entertain their own audience, that is their business. Our objective is not compromised by their actions; if anything, more furries will read our stories as a result, and be informed.
I'm sorry if their reuse makes your life harder - I have no enmity towards you as a person - but our goals are not aligned here.
Such a story might formerly have spread through word of mouth or private mailing lists. Our current size renders this infeasible; moreover, they depend on being friends with those "in the know", and for it to be in their interest to pass such knowledge on. Your comments suggest event leaders would suppress distribution of certain stories, just as you've suppressed certain goods.
This is why Flayrah and other fandom websites and organizations should not be led by convention staff (and why I resigned my own staff positions). There is too great a conflict of interest to be both a honest reporter and a loyal con-runner and promoter.