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July 1st - New Banner!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted a week ago
Hey there cuties!
Wow, June is already over. 😭
We hope you all had a wonderful Pride Month! We had a blast at Frederick Pride! Thank you soooo much to everyone who came out.
For July 1st, we have an adorable banner by
MayaKitty!
Please leave your love on the original submission here!
Banner entries are open to the entire community! Please add FABanner2026 to the keywords of your submission so we can easily locate entries!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they are featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your keywords for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.❤️ Thank you again, MayaKitty!
Please keep the comments on topic and stay excellent to each other! ❤️
Wow, June is already over. 😭
We hope you all had a wonderful Pride Month! We had a blast at Frederick Pride! Thank you soooo much to everyone who came out.
For July 1st, we have an adorable banner by
MayaKitty!Please leave your love on the original submission here!
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Banner entries are open to the entire community! Please add FABanner2026 to the keywords of your submission so we can easily locate entries!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they are featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your keywords for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.❤️ Thank you again,
MayaKitty! Please keep the comments on topic and stay excellent to each other! ❤️
June 15th, 2026- Site updates, API, Beta, and Downtime!
News & Updates | General | Posted 3 weeks ago
Hey there Fuzzies!
It's been a while! Rednef has been having a lot of fun while I’ve been hard at work alongside the Tech staff. But fret not, we have a big juicy update for all of you!
We’ve been posting updates and banners more often which means there’s been way more journal posts. As a result, we’re finding there are times where journal content would overlap and Rednef and I have to decide who gets to post. We don’t want to cut any announcement time short, so for these cases we are introducing the new announcement page and announcement notifications!
The new page includes all announcement journals by our mascots, Fender (Site and Tech Updates) and Rednef (Community Events and Spotlight). Announcement journals are sorted in chronological order and any you haven’t seen or marked as read will be highlighted. We hope this makes it easier for you all to keep up-to-date and easily see any journals you may have missed, including community events, site updates, and more! On our end, this means we don’t have to wait to share exciting things as they come up. We don't expect the number of announcements per month to increase, mind you. This just gives us the flexibility to share information with you in a more timely fashion without being confined to rigid schedules.
We all know that not everyone online plays nice. Unfortunately there are people who try to use Fur Affinity as a tool to take advantage of others. To address potential phishing and scam attempts via links, we've implemented a new intermediate page that will alert the user when they're leaving the Fur Affinity website. This will ideally cut down on accidental link clicks or situations where a scammer might try to mask the actual intent of their website.
We’ve also noticed some scammers sending notes impersonating staff. If you ever get a note that says it’s from Fur Affinity, verify that the person you're talking to is an actual Fur Affinity staff account before following any instructions! Staff accounts will have this
shield icon before their name. We will NEVER ask you for your password or direct you off-site. If you encounter any suspicious activity, please open a Trouble Ticket to report it.
With recent adjustments to notifications and allowing for shouts to be hidden, we're adding the highly requested comment management page! This page will show ALL comments made by you, enabling you to delete or locate your comments at a glance. The comment management page is available for testing right now on the beta version of FA. You can access it via this link. Like other beta deployments, this is only available to FA+ members for testing at this time and it will go live for all users after testing is complete. If you want to give it a whirl before it’s officially released, sign up for FA+!
We understand that some people use bots and other third party software (such as art archivers, etc.) to interact with Fur Affinity. Due to the increase in traffic and the popularity of these solutions, we are updating our policy with regards to third party software. This section does NOT apply to individuals using software to interact with Fur Affinity in a more streamlined way like Postybirb and FABUI (these are not official Fur Affinity apps, but ones we currently permit).
We request that you follow these guidelines when using or developing third party bots and apps:
--Limit bot activity to periods with less than 15k users online.
--Keep your requests to once per second.
--Employ a proper exponential backoff scheme to mitigate overwhelming our services.
--During DDoS attacks, Cloudflare’s DDoS Mitigation may impact the use of third party software. We kindly ask that you do not use third party software while DDoS mitigation is underway.
--All third party apps interacting with Fur Affinity are the responsibility of their creators and are not supported in any way by the Fur Affinity Team. We will not take bug reports or handle issues with regard to how these tools interact with Fur Affinity.
--If your service interacts with Fur Affinity as a Machine-to-Machine service for the purposes of scraping or verification, we require that you seek permission to access our services by filing a Trouble Ticket in the Tech Category under “Access Requests” so we can identify your traffic pattern and ensure you retain access.
--We reserve the right at any time to revoke or block access based on perceived abuse patterns or unidentified, strenuous traffic. Please be respectful!
We’ve also received reports of users' scripts breaking as a result of Cloudflare blocks. We will be reaching out to those individuals who have submitted tickets to us shortly, and we apologize for the wait while we work on our internals to better support third party interactions in the future!
As part of the Developer Friendly Initiative, we will soon be releasing a consumer-facing API to interact with Fur Affinity programmatically. We will reach out to pre-selected individuals for testing soon, followed by an invite-only closed beta for interested parties, then a rolling release schedule from there. Anyone can apply to the API closed beta, and FA+ members will be able to join directly from the Discord once the beta goes live.
If you are interested in participating in the API closed beta when it is ready, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/8XNUo61fK4VyQdHA6
We plan to offer a read-only API for the time being while we learn about the API’s impact on our database and begin tweaking to allow for writes in the future. We appreciate everyone’s understanding as we slowly implement new changes to a very old codebase!
Right now we are facilitating access to the API through Discord as a way to better collect feedback and let the community interact with the development team, but this will not be the case for the final release of the API! The final release of the API will allow you to interact with and register for the API directly through the site.
Beyond these changes there are other smaller, but still important, adjustments to the website which you can view here.
We have a planned maintenance coming up for June 22, 2026 between 05:00:00 AM to 01:00:00 PM. This will allow us to make various improvements on our backend including upgrades to our database.
We have been very hard at work behind the scenes working on improving our Continuous Integration and Deployment Pipelines, as well as finally moving our version control to Git and creating reproducible environments for Fur Affinity. It’s been a lot of hard work from a small number of talented and dedicated community members that stepped up as staff, and we want to continue improving Fur Affinity for everyone. This also means that in the coming months, we’ll be able to begin supporting more developers and more volunteers as our codebase becomes more modernized and less fragile, so be on the lookout for recruitments! We are looking forward to working with the community and making something incredible together for everyone!
Reminder to keep comments on top and be excellent to each other!
It's been a while! Rednef has been having a lot of fun while I’ve been hard at work alongside the Tech staff. But fret not, we have a big juicy update for all of you!
Announcement Page New Notification Type (Modern only)
We’ve been posting updates and banners more often which means there’s been way more journal posts. As a result, we’re finding there are times where journal content would overlap and Rednef and I have to decide who gets to post. We don’t want to cut any announcement time short, so for these cases we are introducing the new announcement page and announcement notifications!
The new page includes all announcement journals by our mascots, Fender (Site and Tech Updates) and Rednef (Community Events and Spotlight). Announcement journals are sorted in chronological order and any you haven’t seen or marked as read will be highlighted. We hope this makes it easier for you all to keep up-to-date and easily see any journals you may have missed, including community events, site updates, and more! On our end, this means we don’t have to wait to share exciting things as they come up. We don't expect the number of announcements per month to increase, mind you. This just gives us the flexibility to share information with you in a more timely fashion without being confined to rigid schedules.
External Link Filtering
We all know that not everyone online plays nice. Unfortunately there are people who try to use Fur Affinity as a tool to take advantage of others. To address potential phishing and scam attempts via links, we've implemented a new intermediate page that will alert the user when they're leaving the Fur Affinity website. This will ideally cut down on accidental link clicks or situations where a scammer might try to mask the actual intent of their website.
We’ve also noticed some scammers sending notes impersonating staff. If you ever get a note that says it’s from Fur Affinity, verify that the person you're talking to is an actual Fur Affinity staff account before following any instructions! Staff accounts will have this
shield icon before their name. We will NEVER ask you for your password or direct you off-site. If you encounter any suspicious activity, please open a Trouble Ticket to report it.Comment Management (beta.furaffinity.net)
With recent adjustments to notifications and allowing for shouts to be hidden, we're adding the highly requested comment management page! This page will show ALL comments made by you, enabling you to delete or locate your comments at a glance. The comment management page is available for testing right now on the beta version of FA. You can access it via this link. Like other beta deployments, this is only available to FA+ members for testing at this time and it will go live for all users after testing is complete. If you want to give it a whirl before it’s officially released, sign up for FA+!
Bot and Third Party Activity
We understand that some people use bots and other third party software (such as art archivers, etc.) to interact with Fur Affinity. Due to the increase in traffic and the popularity of these solutions, we are updating our policy with regards to third party software. This section does NOT apply to individuals using software to interact with Fur Affinity in a more streamlined way like Postybirb and FABUI (these are not official Fur Affinity apps, but ones we currently permit).
We request that you follow these guidelines when using or developing third party bots and apps:
--Limit bot activity to periods with less than 15k users online.
--Keep your requests to once per second.
--Employ a proper exponential backoff scheme to mitigate overwhelming our services.
--During DDoS attacks, Cloudflare’s DDoS Mitigation may impact the use of third party software. We kindly ask that you do not use third party software while DDoS mitigation is underway.
--All third party apps interacting with Fur Affinity are the responsibility of their creators and are not supported in any way by the Fur Affinity Team. We will not take bug reports or handle issues with regard to how these tools interact with Fur Affinity.
--If your service interacts with Fur Affinity as a Machine-to-Machine service for the purposes of scraping or verification, we require that you seek permission to access our services by filing a Trouble Ticket in the Tech Category under “Access Requests” so we can identify your traffic pattern and ensure you retain access.
--We reserve the right at any time to revoke or block access based on perceived abuse patterns or unidentified, strenuous traffic. Please be respectful!
We’ve also received reports of users' scripts breaking as a result of Cloudflare blocks. We will be reaching out to those individuals who have submitted tickets to us shortly, and we apologize for the wait while we work on our internals to better support third party interactions in the future!
An Official Fur Affinity API and Closed Beta!
As part of the Developer Friendly Initiative, we will soon be releasing a consumer-facing API to interact with Fur Affinity programmatically. We will reach out to pre-selected individuals for testing soon, followed by an invite-only closed beta for interested parties, then a rolling release schedule from there. Anyone can apply to the API closed beta, and FA+ members will be able to join directly from the Discord once the beta goes live.
If you are interested in participating in the API closed beta when it is ready, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/8XNUo61fK4VyQdHA6
We plan to offer a read-only API for the time being while we learn about the API’s impact on our database and begin tweaking to allow for writes in the future. We appreciate everyone’s understanding as we slowly implement new changes to a very old codebase!
Right now we are facilitating access to the API through Discord as a way to better collect feedback and let the community interact with the development team, but this will not be the case for the final release of the API! The final release of the API will allow you to interact with and register for the API directly through the site.
More changes!
Beyond these changes there are other smaller, but still important, adjustments to the website which you can view here.
Upcoming Downtime
We have a planned maintenance coming up for June 22, 2026 between 05:00:00 AM to 01:00:00 PM. This will allow us to make various improvements on our backend including upgrades to our database.
Thank you!
We have been very hard at work behind the scenes working on improving our Continuous Integration and Deployment Pipelines, as well as finally moving our version control to Git and creating reproducible environments for Fur Affinity. It’s been a lot of hard work from a small number of talented and dedicated community members that stepped up as staff, and we want to continue improving Fur Affinity for everyone. This also means that in the coming months, we’ll be able to begin supporting more developers and more volunteers as our codebase becomes more modernized and less fragile, so be on the lookout for recruitments! We are looking forward to working with the community and making something incredible together for everyone!
Reminder to keep comments on top and be excellent to each other!
June 10th- Happy Pride!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 4 weeks ago
Hey there cuties!
Happy Pride Month!!
We have another fantastic banner to share with all of you featuring members of staff that wanted to show off their pride while also being valued members of our community. They work very hard keeping the gears turning here and it brings me a lot of joy to see them so happy on the banner.
Artists’ works featuring staff members done by:
XailaliaX 
Ash 
Eden Vale 
y2hecate 
Fiuefey 
KampferWolf 
KytheraOA 
Recurrent 
MinusK 
Fishcrow 
Mixers 
Joy 
Kitsooki and probfakeblonde
Thank you for helping our banner shine! We love seeing all the different art styles together and it helps to showcase how unique we all are.
We want to remind you that you are not alone! Even if you aren’t ready to come out or show your pride yet, we’re here for you as a community. ❤️
We also want to let you all know that we once again will have a booth at Frederick Pride on June 27th located in Frederick, MD! If you're in the area please come on by to meet us and get some goodies. We will have some giveaway items as well as our Pride shirt collection.
Not only will our booth be there again, we are official sponsors for Frederick Pride this year! Yup, that means you’ll see Fur Affinity’s logo on their staff shirts, banners, and more! 🏳️🌈
Who is behind Frederick Pride?
One of our very own! You may recall mention of
IndigoAngelCat in last year’s Pride Month post. This year they upped their game and are now the Events Director and Director of Pride for The Frederick Center!
You can read more about them and their story here.
What is The Frederick Center?
The Frederick Center is an LGBTQ+ Community Center based out of Frederick, MD. The Frederick Center is a 501c3 organization that serves the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) communities. Since its inception, The Frederick Center has grown into a well-respected organization advocating for and supporting our community. It proudly bolsters over 500 program events each year, focusing on everything from HIV education and support, to various LGBTQ+ support programs of various age groups (including specific programs for youth and for seniors!) It also provides pro bono legal assistance and easy access to 24/7 support lines for the LGBTQ+ community. In addition The Frederick Center hosts and supports a number of social events throughout the year and of course its largest event—Frederick Pride, providing a festival to over 50,000 attendees making it one of Maryland's largest Pride events!
You can read more about The Frederick Center by visiting their site here.
We hope to see some of you on the 27th! Remember to wear sunscreen and hydrate! Last year was a hot one and we imagine it might be the same this time around too. 😅
P.S. For those wondering where our dear Fender is… He’s a little busy figuring out stairs at the moment but will be popping in soon with some new site updates and announcements!
We hope you all have a great month! 🥰 We've got more updates around the corner! Stay Tuned!
Happy Pride Month!!
We have another fantastic banner to share with all of you featuring members of staff that wanted to show off their pride while also being valued members of our community. They work very hard keeping the gears turning here and it brings me a lot of joy to see them so happy on the banner.
Artists’ works featuring staff members done by:
XailaliaX Ash Eden Vale y2hecate Fiuefey KampferWolf KytheraOA Recurrent MinusK Fishcrow Mixers Joy Kitsooki and probfakeblonde Thank you for helping our banner shine! We love seeing all the different art styles together and it helps to showcase how unique we all are.
We want to remind you that you are not alone! Even if you aren’t ready to come out or show your pride yet, we’re here for you as a community. ❤️
Frederick Pride June 27th, 2026
We also want to let you all know that we once again will have a booth at Frederick Pride on June 27th located in Frederick, MD! If you're in the area please come on by to meet us and get some goodies. We will have some giveaway items as well as our Pride shirt collection.
Not only will our booth be there again, we are official sponsors for Frederick Pride this year! Yup, that means you’ll see Fur Affinity’s logo on their staff shirts, banners, and more! 🏳️🌈
Who is behind Frederick Pride?
One of our very own! You may recall mention of
IndigoAngelCat in last year’s Pride Month post. This year they upped their game and are now the Events Director and Director of Pride for The Frederick Center!You can read more about them and their story here.
What is The Frederick Center?
The Frederick Center is an LGBTQ+ Community Center based out of Frederick, MD. The Frederick Center is a 501c3 organization that serves the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) communities. Since its inception, The Frederick Center has grown into a well-respected organization advocating for and supporting our community. It proudly bolsters over 500 program events each year, focusing on everything from HIV education and support, to various LGBTQ+ support programs of various age groups (including specific programs for youth and for seniors!) It also provides pro bono legal assistance and easy access to 24/7 support lines for the LGBTQ+ community. In addition The Frederick Center hosts and supports a number of social events throughout the year and of course its largest event—Frederick Pride, providing a festival to over 50,000 attendees making it one of Maryland's largest Pride events!
You can read more about The Frederick Center by visiting their site here.
We hope to see some of you on the 27th! Remember to wear sunscreen and hydrate! Last year was a hot one and we imagine it might be the same this time around too. 😅
P.S. For those wondering where our dear Fender is… He’s a little busy figuring out stairs at the moment but will be popping in soon with some new site updates and announcements!
We hope you all have a great month! 🥰 We've got more updates around the corner! Stay Tuned!
VGen Voting & Furality Banner
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted a month ago
Hey there cuties!
First off, so sorry for being three days late on a journal update. Life has been crazy lately! HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! We have many things to announce throughout the month and are very excited to share it all with you. We've been super busy with sorting out schedules.
We hope you enjoyed the VGen challenge! Participation badges will be going out shortly. 🥰
Don’t forget to cast your vote to select the winners! You have until June 7th, and then our staff will pick ten lucky participants to receive our special winner’s badge and Kaiju Package advertising on the site. If there are problems with your submission on VGen, please contact VGen support as we do not control that side of this event!
We want to continue getting involved in more community events, so this week we partnered with Furality! If you have the time please check out this unique online convention. A VR headset is not required to attend. Fender (and myself if we can get a model done up in time) will be there to hang out! Click here to visit their site for more info.
What is Furality?
Furality Online Xperience celebrates the VR Furry Fandom
Furality, Inc. is the Florida-based 501©(3) nonprofit organization that operates Furality Online Xperience, the virtual reality furry convention that not only takes place in VR, but celebrates the VR furry fandom.
Our mission is to provide a forum for attendees to gather to experience, learn, share, and celebrate anthropomorphic arts, including performing arts, such as improv and musical performances, as well as visual arts, such as cartoons, sketches, photography, 3D modeling, and digital design.
We also collect donations to the benefit of selected charitable organizations, typically but not exclusively ones associated with animal welfare and/or preservation.
Artist credits for the banner are: Miawoo and AnitaMC!
After this we will be releasing our annual staff Pride banner with an announcement, and then we will return to our regularly scheduled community banners. We already see some very adorable entries on #FAbanner2026 👀
As always, please stay excellent to each other in the comments. ❤️
First off, so sorry for being three days late on a journal update. Life has been crazy lately! HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! We have many things to announce throughout the month and are very excited to share it all with you. We've been super busy with sorting out schedules.
We hope you enjoyed the VGen challenge! Participation badges will be going out shortly. 🥰
Don’t forget to cast your vote to select the winners! You have until June 7th, and then our staff will pick ten lucky participants to receive our special winner’s badge and Kaiju Package advertising on the site. If there are problems with your submission on VGen, please contact VGen support as we do not control that side of this event!
We want to continue getting involved in more community events, so this week we partnered with Furality! If you have the time please check out this unique online convention. A VR headset is not required to attend. Fender (and myself if we can get a model done up in time) will be there to hang out! Click here to visit their site for more info.
What is Furality?
Furality Online Xperience celebrates the VR Furry Fandom
Furality, Inc. is the Florida-based 501©(3) nonprofit organization that operates Furality Online Xperience, the virtual reality furry convention that not only takes place in VR, but celebrates the VR furry fandom.
Our mission is to provide a forum for attendees to gather to experience, learn, share, and celebrate anthropomorphic arts, including performing arts, such as improv and musical performances, as well as visual arts, such as cartoons, sketches, photography, 3D modeling, and digital design.
We also collect donations to the benefit of selected charitable organizations, typically but not exclusively ones associated with animal welfare and/or preservation.
Artist credits for the banner are: Miawoo and AnitaMC!
After this we will be releasing our annual staff Pride banner with an announcement, and then we will return to our regularly scheduled community banners. We already see some very adorable entries on #FAbanner2026 👀
As always, please stay excellent to each other in the comments. ❤️
VGen Challenge 6 Day Reminder + Swag Pickup
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted a month ago
Hey there cuties! 🥰
Can you believe May is almost over? Time sure flies, doesn’t it? This means that the #vgenchallenge is almost over, but you still have time to turn in those last minute entries! Remember, entries have to be submitted by May 31st, 11:59 PM (ET) to count!
The prizes exclusive to the site are as follows:
All participants - Profile flair next to their name, participant badge.
FA staff pick from VGen winners - 3 months of a Kaiju level advertisementand an exclusive staff pick winner’s badge.
How to get your goodies:
I used the same email address for Vgen and Fur Affinity.
You are all set! VGen will give us a list of participants, and we will award your account here.
My Fur Affinity account uses a different email address than on VGen.
Please submit a Trouble Ticket with a link to your submission on VGen and the submission here on Fur Affinity.
Don't have an FA account? Create one, then submit a ticket (use the link above) and we can be sure your swag is applied!
We are really excited to see what our community has made! 🩷 Please remember to be excellent to each other in the comments.
Art by XailaliaXCan you believe May is almost over? Time sure flies, doesn’t it? This means that the #vgenchallenge is almost over, but you still have time to turn in those last minute entries! Remember, entries have to be submitted by May 31st, 11:59 PM (ET) to count!
⭐Click here to go to the challenge page!⭐
Here’s our previous journal about the challenge.The prizes exclusive to the site are as follows:
All participants - Profile flair next to their name, participant badge.
FA staff pick from VGen winners - 3 months of a Kaiju level advertisementand an exclusive staff pick winner’s badge.
Art by AshHow to get your goodies:
I used the same email address for Vgen and Fur Affinity.
You are all set! VGen will give us a list of participants, and we will award your account here.
My Fur Affinity account uses a different email address than on VGen.
Please submit a Trouble Ticket with a link to your submission on VGen and the submission here on Fur Affinity.
Don't have an FA account? Create one, then submit a ticket (use the link above) and we can be sure your swag is applied!
We are really excited to see what our community has made! 🩷 Please remember to be excellent to each other in the comments.
May 1st, 2026 - #VGenChallenge Paws Collab!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 2 months ago
Hey there cuties! ❤️
We made a new friend recently! Her name is Genie, and she told us all about this magical place for artists and commissions called VGen where there's no AI, and so much wonderful art to see!
We're collabing on a special #VGenChallenge this month with the theme: PAWS 🐾! As always, the challenge is open to everyone (not just visual artists)! Details and rules are on the challenge page.
Submit your work to the Challenge, and you can win VGen artist codes, 3 months of FurAffinity.net Ad Space, FA+ memberships, profile badges, and more! Let's spend May celebrating furry art in all its forms!
Also, psst... they have a cool character feature called VSONA where you can host your refs and have a gallery for all your OC art: here's mine!
To celebrate the VGenChallenge, we have a special banner for the month of May. The following artists helped with the event banner, so please give them some love!
Art of my beautiful self: Eden Vale
Genie’s adorable fursona: FuryRaptor23.
The rest of the banner:
Momma Sciggles.
Only for this month, if you click on “#VGenChallenge” in the banner, it will take you to the challenge page! The rest of the banner will work as normal.Now, if you'll excuse me, I may have blown my best mascot allowance on commissioning VGen artists this month... oops! We look forward to seeing what you all create! Please remember to be excellent to each other in the comments. 😘
We made a new friend recently! Her name is Genie, and she told us all about this magical place for artists and commissions called VGen where there's no AI, and so much wonderful art to see!
We're collabing on a special #VGenChallenge this month with the theme: PAWS 🐾! As always, the challenge is open to everyone (not just visual artists)! Details and rules are on the challenge page.
Submit your work to the Challenge, and you can win VGen artist codes, 3 months of FurAffinity.net Ad Space, FA+ memberships, profile badges, and more! Let's spend May celebrating furry art in all its forms!
Preview of profile flair!Also, psst... they have a cool character feature called VSONA where you can host your refs and have a gallery for all your OC art: here's mine!
To celebrate the VGenChallenge, we have a special banner for the month of May. The following artists helped with the event banner, so please give them some love!
Art of my beautiful self:
Eden ValeGenie’s adorable fursona: FuryRaptor23.
The rest of the banner:
Momma Sciggles.Only for this month, if you click on “#VGenChallenge” in the banner, it will take you to the challenge page! The rest of the banner will work as normal.Now, if you'll excuse me, I may have blown my best mascot allowance on commissioning VGen artists this month... oops! We look forward to seeing what you all create! Please remember to be excellent to each other in the comments. 😘
April 23, 2026 - New Banner!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 2 months ago
Hey there cuties!
Our newest banner has been made by the wonderful
delki!
Don’t forget to leave your favs and comments at the original here!
Please use the tag FABanner2026 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.❤️ Thank you again, delki. Please keep the comments on topic and stay excellent to each other! ❤️
Our newest banner has been made by the wonderful
delki!Don’t forget to leave your favs and comments at the original here!
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2026 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.❤️ Thank you again,
delki. Please keep the comments on topic and stay excellent to each other! ❤️
Maintenance Over, Notif Pruning, & Town Hall Questions
News & Updates | General | Posted 3 months ago
Hey there, Fuzzies!
We are back! We’ve been back? We’re…here!!! 😭 Things have been a bit chaotic on our end with this happening around a holiday.
Before we get into the Tech update, we want to thank
wyrmy for the site banner! Please do not forget to favorite the original here!
Thank you everyone for your patience and support while we worked through the notification resync! Our Tech Team has been working overtime to get this resolved in a timely manner.
Here are the changelog notes from Tech:
⚙️ Mini-gallery from Beta is now available to everyone!
⚙️ Notifications older than 6 months have been pruned.
⚙️ Notifications are now visually capped at 9999. (It’s over 9,000!!)
You will still receive notifications beyond 9999, but they will not show on the top menu.
⚙️ Visited links now have a different color.
We will be polishing up some inconsistencies once Tech has had a chance to catch up on some much needed sleep!
This means that going forward, notifications older than six months will be pruned as we have stated in previous journals on this matter.
Other journals on the matter were posted in 2019 and 2025.
Want some fun numbers?
Here are some post-prune Notification stats:
Journal Comments: 51,594 / 62,832 (82%) - 74 MB saved
Submission Comments: 789,729 / 9,614,962 (8%) - 1027 MB Saved
Favorites: 28,338,208 / 303,393,493 (9%) - 16885 MB Saved
Journals: 84,835,009 / 1,965,673,264 (4%) - 113645 MB Saved
Shouts: 173,154 / 220,242 (78%) - 238 MB Saved
Submissions: 1,617,639,843 / 14,606,462,196 (11%) - 919820 MB Saved
Watches: 1,739,616 / 28,166,366 (6%) - 1963 MB Saved
After all this, we got a total savings of 15,180,026,202 rows or 1,053,652 MB (~1.05 TB).
Notifications weren't the main focus of this maintenance—just a side quest with convenient timing. Our downtime was primarily used to upgrade our server operating systems to improve performance and stability as we work on upgrading our infrastructure into the 21st century! We have two more of these maintenance windows to schedule with the end goal to continue moving our Dev Friendly Initiative forward. We will announce the next maintenance windows as soon as they are scheduled. On the website’s front end it will not look like our Tech team is doing a lot, but on the back end we are preparing our old codebase for some large changes. This brings us to…
Last year we held a Town Hall to answer questions from users live and take in popular user suggestions to build our roadmap. We would like to make this an annual event, so we are using this form to gather your questions and suggestions again! The form will be open for the next two weeks. Once it closes we will announce the official Town Hall date. Stay tuned!
We are back! We’ve been back? We’re…here!!! 😭 Things have been a bit chaotic on our end with this happening around a holiday.
Before we get into the Tech update, we want to thank
wyrmy for the site banner! Please do not forget to favorite the original here!⚙️MAINTENANCE UPDATE⚙️
[art by Mixers]Thank you everyone for your patience and support while we worked through the notification resync! Our Tech Team has been working overtime to get this resolved in a timely manner.
Here are the changelog notes from Tech:
⚙️ Mini-gallery from Beta is now available to everyone!
⚙️ Notifications older than 6 months have been pruned.
⚙️ Notifications are now visually capped at 9999. (It’s over 9,000!!)
You will still receive notifications beyond 9999, but they will not show on the top menu.
⚙️ Visited links now have a different color.
We will be polishing up some inconsistencies once Tech has had a chance to catch up on some much needed sleep!
This means that going forward, notifications older than six months will be pruned as we have stated in previous journals on this matter.
Other journals on the matter were posted in 2019 and 2025.
Want some fun numbers?
Here are some post-prune Notification stats:
Journal Comments: 51,594 / 62,832 (82%) - 74 MB saved
Submission Comments: 789,729 / 9,614,962 (8%) - 1027 MB Saved
Favorites: 28,338,208 / 303,393,493 (9%) - 16885 MB Saved
Journals: 84,835,009 / 1,965,673,264 (4%) - 113645 MB Saved
Shouts: 173,154 / 220,242 (78%) - 238 MB Saved
Submissions: 1,617,639,843 / 14,606,462,196 (11%) - 919820 MB Saved
Watches: 1,739,616 / 28,166,366 (6%) - 1963 MB Saved
After all this, we got a total savings of 15,180,026,202 rows or 1,053,652 MB (~1.05 TB).
Notifications weren't the main focus of this maintenance—just a side quest with convenient timing. Our downtime was primarily used to upgrade our server operating systems to improve performance and stability as we work on upgrading our infrastructure into the 21st century! We have two more of these maintenance windows to schedule with the end goal to continue moving our Dev Friendly Initiative forward. We will announce the next maintenance windows as soon as they are scheduled. On the website’s front end it will not look like our Tech team is doing a lot, but on the back end we are preparing our old codebase for some large changes. This brings us to…
⭐TOWN HALL ANNOUNCEMENT⭐Last year we held a Town Hall to answer questions from users live and take in popular user suggestions to build our roadmap. We would like to make this an annual event, so we are using this form to gather your questions and suggestions again! The form will be open for the next two weeks. Once it closes we will announce the official Town Hall date. Stay tuned!
March 27th, 2026- Express Yourself Contest Winners!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 3 months ago
Hey there, cuties!
Today we have a guest post from our friends over at
furry_musicians! Let's show them some love and support as we highlight some of the talented musicians in our community ❤️Hey, critters!
It’s Puppy again, from furry_musicians
Another year, another Express Yourself Contest! This year, however, we tried something different.
Instead of having one general contest, we ended up breaking the EYC into episodes to focus on excellence within different genres of furry music. This first part was classified as Electronic-Forward music!
A second part, Instrumental-Forward music, is on its way! Follow us on Bluesky HERE or on FA’s very own Furry Musicians to know when submissions for Episode 2 begins!
And now, without further ado, EYC 2026 Episode 1’s top three!
In third place, an invigorating synthline surfs the raw sine waves of a dark and brooding sonic landscape. The track itself is restless: ever evolving, ever moving, like a dark fog punched through with neon lights flying by as you joyride through a stretch of dead highway. Love at first listen for this year's panel of judges!
sakanaa1 / 'Breakout'
In second place, like the sun finally setting on a dark and dreary day, a vibrant nightlife surfaces, scintillating with optimism and blazing with the telltale signs of turning a new leaf. Clean vocal samples and masterfully balanced layers earmark the most professionally mastered submission our panel of judges rated this time around!
UnisonProtogen / 'Letting Go'
In first place is an electrifying EDM piece that can easily be at home in any high octane DJ set. The universal compatibility does not end there, however, as it is in the lyrics at the heart of this creation, too. Push through, fight back, and overcome those who would dare do you harm. You are a survivor.
Melodinumbra / 'Survivor'Congratulations winners! We look forward to hearing your new creations. If you can think of ways to improve FA to better support musicians please let us know your ideas below!
Today we have a guest post from our friends over at
furry_musicians! Let's show them some love and support as we highlight some of the talented musicians in our community ❤️Hey, critters! It’s Puppy again, from
furry_musicians Another year, another Express Yourself Contest! This year, however, we tried something different.
Instead of having one general contest, we ended up breaking the EYC into episodes to focus on excellence within different genres of furry music. This first part was classified as Electronic-Forward music!
A second part, Instrumental-Forward music, is on its way! Follow us on Bluesky HERE or on FA’s very own Furry Musicians to know when submissions for Episode 2 begins!
And now, without further ado, EYC 2026 Episode 1’s top three!
Third Place
In third place, an invigorating synthline surfs the raw sine waves of a dark and brooding sonic landscape. The track itself is restless: ever evolving, ever moving, like a dark fog punched through with neon lights flying by as you joyride through a stretch of dead highway. Love at first listen for this year's panel of judges!
sakanaa1 / 'Breakout'Second Place
In second place, like the sun finally setting on a dark and dreary day, a vibrant nightlife surfaces, scintillating with optimism and blazing with the telltale signs of turning a new leaf. Clean vocal samples and masterfully balanced layers earmark the most professionally mastered submission our panel of judges rated this time around!
UnisonProtogen / 'Letting Go'First Place
In first place is an electrifying EDM piece that can easily be at home in any high octane DJ set. The universal compatibility does not end there, however, as it is in the lyrics at the heart of this creation, too. Push through, fight back, and overcome those who would dare do you harm. You are a survivor.
Melodinumbra / 'Survivor'Congratulations winners! We look forward to hearing your new creations. If you can think of ways to improve FA to better support musicians please let us know your ideas below!
March 23rd, 2026- Notification Purge and Downtime
News & Updates | General | Posted 3 months ago
Hey there, Fuzzies!
We hate to have to make a post like this but we’re sure some of you noticed some issues with your notifications this morning. Back on July 18th, 2019 we had announced we’d be autoclearing notifications. We didn’t end up clearing them as aggressively as mentioned in that journal, however with time it became apparent we needed to. So on May 4th, 2025 we announced that we were planning to start auto-clearing notifications that are older than 6 months. We’ve been working in the background to prepare for some upgrades and downtime to get this done, but we never intended for this to be pushed live before giving another announcement so everyone would have a heads up that it was going to start.
Our tech team was discussing this purge during their most recent meeting. It was decided that we’d announce the downtime in this journal, then purge the notifications during that scheduled downtime. Unfortunately, due to a miscommunication, the pruning process was mistakenly started much earlier at 2:00 AM ET this morning and ended at 9:00 AM ET when staff was alerted by our community.
Because of how large these tables are, we cannot estimate how many notifications have been removed, nor can we restore this data. We have, however, been able to determine the cutoff date of where notifications were cleared.
Any notification older than the below are no longer in the database (all times in ET):
Journal comments: September 24, 2025 9:11 AM
Submission comments: November 23, 2018 10:26 PM
Favorites: January 30, 2013 9:02 AM
Journals: September 24, 2009 4:37 AM
Shouts: September 24, 2025 9:08 AM
Submissions: August 9, 2018 11:57 AM
Watches: August 24, 2016 6:49 AM
To be clear, it is only the notifications that have been removed. All the actual comments, favorites, journals, shouts, submissions, and watches are still there.
We have discussed the miscommunication with our team to ensure something like this will not happen again. We apologize profusely for any inconvenience this may have caused. We never intend to push these things live without communication unless in emergency situations, and this was not one of those exceptions.
We have a planned maintenance window to upgrade our system hypervisors, apply much-needed security and stability patches, and continue the notification clearing process.
A reminder for why we need to clear old notifications from our database: The impact on our system is immense, and can cause site slowdowns, inefficient use of space, and query lockups. Currently, even after this accidental clearing, the notifications table still takes over a terabyte of space and has billions of rows populated. The notifications system was built with a smaller site in mind, and because of that we are now seeing the limits of scaling that system.
This downtime will take place on Friday, April 3rd, 2026 from 1:00pm to 7:00pm Eastern Time. This maintenance will involve taking several key pieces of infrastructure and moving them off the affected nodes we are planning to upgrade. The large window is to facilitate that process and ensure we have wiggle room in case any update process needs extra time to complete.
We as a team have said over the last year that we are working on our ability to communicate with you, the community. This is part of that desire to continue providing you with transparency at Fur Affinity—something we still fully believe needs to continue, even if it’s bad news or embarrassing for us.
Thank you again for your understanding as we work through our premature pruning of notifications.
Please keep comments on topic and reminder to be excellent to each other!
We hate to have to make a post like this but we’re sure some of you noticed some issues with your notifications this morning. Back on July 18th, 2019 we had announced we’d be autoclearing notifications. We didn’t end up clearing them as aggressively as mentioned in that journal, however with time it became apparent we needed to. So on May 4th, 2025 we announced that we were planning to start auto-clearing notifications that are older than 6 months. We’ve been working in the background to prepare for some upgrades and downtime to get this done, but we never intended for this to be pushed live before giving another announcement so everyone would have a heads up that it was going to start.
Our tech team was discussing this purge during their most recent meeting. It was decided that we’d announce the downtime in this journal, then purge the notifications during that scheduled downtime. Unfortunately, due to a miscommunication, the pruning process was mistakenly started much earlier at 2:00 AM ET this morning and ended at 9:00 AM ET when staff was alerted by our community.
Because of how large these tables are, we cannot estimate how many notifications have been removed, nor can we restore this data. We have, however, been able to determine the cutoff date of where notifications were cleared.
Any notification older than the below are no longer in the database (all times in ET):
Journal comments: September 24, 2025 9:11 AM
Submission comments: November 23, 2018 10:26 PM
Favorites: January 30, 2013 9:02 AM
Journals: September 24, 2009 4:37 AM
Shouts: September 24, 2025 9:08 AM
Submissions: August 9, 2018 11:57 AM
Watches: August 24, 2016 6:49 AM
To be clear, it is only the notifications that have been removed. All the actual comments, favorites, journals, shouts, submissions, and watches are still there.
We have discussed the miscommunication with our team to ensure something like this will not happen again. We apologize profusely for any inconvenience this may have caused. We never intend to push these things live without communication unless in emergency situations, and this was not one of those exceptions.
We have a planned maintenance window to upgrade our system hypervisors, apply much-needed security and stability patches, and continue the notification clearing process.
A reminder for why we need to clear old notifications from our database: The impact on our system is immense, and can cause site slowdowns, inefficient use of space, and query lockups. Currently, even after this accidental clearing, the notifications table still takes over a terabyte of space and has billions of rows populated. The notifications system was built with a smaller site in mind, and because of that we are now seeing the limits of scaling that system.
This downtime will take place on Friday, April 3rd, 2026 from 1:00pm to 7:00pm Eastern Time. This maintenance will involve taking several key pieces of infrastructure and moving them off the affected nodes we are planning to upgrade. The large window is to facilitate that process and ensure we have wiggle room in case any update process needs extra time to complete.
We as a team have said over the last year that we are working on our ability to communicate with you, the community. This is part of that desire to continue providing you with transparency at Fur Affinity—something we still fully believe needs to continue, even if it’s bad news or embarrassing for us.
Thank you again for your understanding as we work through our premature pruning of notifications.
Please keep comments on topic and reminder to be excellent to each other!
Spring Banner & Advertising Sale
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 4 months ago
Hey there cuties! 😘
We’re hopping into spring a little early with this beautiful banner from
creepy_gun!
Don’t forget to leave your comments and favs at the original here! 🦋
Please use the tag FABanner2026 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels. Be sure to upload a version without too much compression!
We are launching a limited time spring sale on 3-month ad campaigns! The sale begins now and emails must be in by March 21st, 2026 at 8:00 AM UTC to count. To apply for your ad, send your banners into advertising[at]furaffinity.net for review.
3 Month Lils -$100 $75
3 Month Bigs -$200 $175
3 Month Kaiju -$250 $225
BONUS: If you purchase more than one campaign, we will give you an extra %10 off!
Q: Can I purchase a campaign to use for the future?
Yes! Please let Advertising know when you send in your email.
Q: Can I gift this to a friend?
Yes! You may apply this to an existing campaign, or have your friend send in information for a new campaign. Please remember we cannot give refunds on ads paid by a third party!
We are opening up our guest video ad spot to our in-house advertisers! This spot has a higher engagement rate than our regular spots, and we are keeping the inventory very low. This will give your ad time to shine!
For more information see our advertising page.That’s all! Have a wonderful day, a fun weekend, and don’t forget to give creepy_gun some love for their beautiful banner! Be excellent to each other in the comments!
We’re hopping into spring a little early with this beautiful banner from
creepy_gun! Don’t forget to leave your comments and favs at the original here! 🦋
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2026 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels. Be sure to upload a version without too much compression!
🌸SPRING AD SALE🌸We are launching a limited time spring sale on 3-month ad campaigns! The sale begins now and emails must be in by March 21st, 2026 at 8:00 AM UTC to count. To apply for your ad, send your banners into advertising[at]furaffinity.net for review.
3 Month Lils -
3 Month Bigs -
3 Month Kaiju -
BONUS: If you purchase more than one campaign, we will give you an extra %10 off!
Q: Can I purchase a campaign to use for the future?
Yes! Please let Advertising know when you send in your email.
Q: Can I gift this to a friend?
Yes! You may apply this to an existing campaign, or have your friend send in information for a new campaign. Please remember we cannot give refunds on ads paid by a third party!
⭐NEW AD SPOT⭐We are opening up our guest video ad spot to our in-house advertisers! This spot has a higher engagement rate than our regular spots, and we are keeping the inventory very low. This will give your ad time to shine!
For more information see our advertising page.That’s all! Have a wonderful day, a fun weekend, and don’t forget to give
creepy_gun some love for their beautiful banner! Be excellent to each other in the comments!
Mar 8th, 2026 - International Women’s Day
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 4 months ago
Hey there cuties!
March 8th is International Women’s Day, and
Ratcha has brought us the perfect banner for the occasion!
Don’t forget to leave your comments and favs at the original here.
Please use the tag FABanner2026 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
You may have noticed the new year on the tag! We want to be clear—we may still pick some from previous years as so many wonderful banners have been submitted! The new tag just helps keep things up to date for everyone to browse!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.❤️ Thank you again, Ratcha. Please keep the comments on topic and stay excellent to each other! ❤
March 8th is International Women’s Day, and
Ratcha has brought us the perfect banner for the occasion!Don’t forget to leave your comments and favs at the original here.
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2026 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
You may have noticed the new year on the tag! We want to be clear—we may still pick some from previous years as so many wonderful banners have been submitted! The new tag just helps keep things up to date for everyone to browse!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.❤️ Thank you again,
Ratcha. Please keep the comments on topic and stay excellent to each other! ❤
Feb 27th, 2026 - Beta Site Launch & Advertising Update
News & Updates | General | Posted 4 months ago
Hey there fuzzies!
We have our first update to Beta!
The Beta site is a way for ALL FA+ Supporters to test new and upcoming features before we make them available to everyone. If you have FA+ you can visit the Beta site here.
There may be some bugs with the new features. If you find a bug, please create a Trouble Ticket under the "Bug/Glitch" category so we can help fix these issues before the new features are released to everyone.
We are starting Beta with these changes:
⚙️ Mini-gallery on Modern is now below the image, move from the sidebar.
- We are aware of formatting issues for mobile, but still welcome your feedback!
⚙️ Mini-gallery can now be disabled via Global Settings.
⚙️ Links now change color when hovered over.
⚙️ Links now change color when you have visited them.
⚙️ Support tab has been moved to the left to prevent accidental advertisement clicks.
⚙️ Dealer’s Den now has an updated icon.
⚙️ Stoat added to contacts.
⚙️ Other micro-optimizations.
Also, we've made these changes to the live part of the site:
⚙️ Hyphenated usernames can now be searched.
⚙️ Usericons now show display names when tagged, for example Fender.
FA+ helps the site stay funded and allows us to develop new features. To learn more about FA+ click here.
You may have already noticed our test in-house ads playing on the guest video spot. We are opening this high traffic, low inventory spot to our in-house advertisers! This is for .gif or static ads only.
This is a separate spot from our current campaign offerings. For more information visit our Advertising page here.We will have more updates coming to Beta soon. To leave feedback on Beta features, please open a Trouble Ticket under the Site Feedback category. We have also opened a channel on the Fur Affinity Discord for FA+ Supporters to leave Beta feedback.
Thank you and please be excellent in the comments!
We have our first update to Beta!
What is the Fur Affinity Beta?
The Beta site is a way for ALL FA+ Supporters to test new and upcoming features before we make them available to everyone. If you have FA+ you can visit the Beta site here.
There may be some bugs with the new features. If you find a bug, please create a Trouble Ticket under the "Bug/Glitch" category so we can help fix these issues before the new features are released to everyone.
We are starting Beta with these changes:
⚙️ Mini-gallery on Modern is now below the image, move from the sidebar.
- We are aware of formatting issues for mobile, but still welcome your feedback!
⚙️ Mini-gallery can now be disabled via Global Settings.
⚙️ Links now change color when hovered over.
⚙️ Links now change color when you have visited them.
⚙️ Support tab has been moved to the left to prevent accidental advertisement clicks.
⚙️ Dealer’s Den now has an updated icon.
⚙️ Stoat added to contacts.
⚙️ Other micro-optimizations.
Also, we've made these changes to the live part of the site:
⚙️ Hyphenated usernames can now be searched.
⚙️ Usericons now show display names when tagged, for example
Fender.FA+ helps the site stay funded and allows us to develop new features. To learn more about FA+ click here.
In-House Advertising Update
You may have already noticed our test in-house ads playing on the guest video spot. We are opening this high traffic, low inventory spot to our in-house advertisers! This is for .gif or static ads only.
This is a separate spot from our current campaign offerings. For more information visit our Advertising page here.We will have more updates coming to Beta soon. To leave feedback on Beta features, please open a Trouble Ticket under the Site Feedback category. We have also opened a channel on the Fur Affinity Discord for FA+ Supporters to leave Beta feedback.
Thank you and please be excellent in the comments!
Feb 14th, 2026- Valentines Banner!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 5 months ago
Happy Valentines to all of you precious cuties out there! Yes, that means YOU 😘
We have the perfect banner to go with it! This lovely piece was done by
HackainaX
Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here!
Please use the tag FABanner2026 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
You may have noticed the new year on the tag! We want to be clear- We may still pick some from previous years as so many wonderful banners have been submitted! The new tag just helps keep things up to date for everyone to browse!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.We hope you like the new banner as much as we do! We want to remind you to check out our current banner artist HackainaX 💖 Please keep comments on-topic and remember to be excellent to each other!
We have the perfect banner to go with it! This lovely piece was done by
HackainaXBe sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here!
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2026 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
You may have noticed the new year on the tag! We want to be clear- We may still pick some from previous years as so many wonderful banners have been submitted! The new tag just helps keep things up to date for everyone to browse!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.We hope you like the new banner as much as we do! We want to remind you to check out our current banner artist
HackainaX 💖 Please keep comments on-topic and remember to be excellent to each other!
Jan 19th, 2026- New Year, New Banner!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 5 months ago
Hey there cuties!
Happy New Years to you all! (even if we are a bit late 😅)
We’re welcoming in the New Year with a new banner by the lovely
mwah_art!
Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here.
Please use the tag FABanner2026 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
You may have noticed the new year on the tag! We want to be clear- We may still pick some from previous years as so many wonderful banners have been submitted! The new tag just helps keep things up to date for everyone to browse!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.For any Curious Cuties waiting on an update from Fender, he will be reaching out soon!
From the desk of the Ferrox:
We understand you might have more ideas to share, but to keep on track; our focus is to work on these things first
We got a lot of constructive feedback and we want to take our time to work out the wrinkles for the next update. Thank you so much for being proactive in giving us your thoughts on how to improve our site themes!
In the meantime, let’s celebrate another year in the books! How did you all ring in the New Year?
Artist’s work featured with their permission: XailaliaX, Ash, Eden Vale, Mixers, y2hecate, Momma Sciggles, KytheraOA, 
Royalty, 
Korichi, KampferWolf, 
Xizzdot, MinusK, 
Ai-ri, 
Talius, 
~Widgets Webpage~, 
KluForever, 
False Guardian, 
blunkinator, 
drabit, 
Entropy
Happy New Years to you all! (even if we are a bit late 😅)
We’re welcoming in the New Year with a new banner by the lovely
mwah_art!Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here.
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2026 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
You may have noticed the new year on the tag! We want to be clear- We may still pick some from previous years as so many wonderful banners have been submitted! The new tag just helps keep things up to date for everyone to browse!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2026 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.For any Curious Cuties waiting on an update from Fender, he will be reaching out soon!
From the desk of the Ferrox:
We understand you might have more ideas to share, but to keep on track; our focus is to work on these things first
We got a lot of constructive feedback and we want to take our time to work out the wrinkles for the next update. Thank you so much for being proactive in giving us your thoughts on how to improve our site themes!
In the meantime, let’s celebrate another year in the books! How did you all ring in the New Year?
Artist’s work featured with their permission:
XailaliaX, Ash, Eden Vale, Mixers, y2hecate, Momma Sciggles, KytheraOA, Royalty, Korichi, KampferWolf, Xizzdot, MinusK, Ai-ri, Talius, ~Widgets Webpage~, KluForever, False Guardian, blunkinator, drabit, Entropy
Dec 4th, 2025- Banner, Classic Feedback, and Beta!
News & Updates | General | Posted 7 months ago
Hey there fuzzies!
We are here with a cozy holiday banner update! ☕
This loafy cuteness banner was made by
Nugget_kun!
Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here.
Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
With the end of the year coming up, if you create a banner design meant for after Jan 1st please use the new tag FABanner2026. To be clear- using the new tag will not mean those with 2025 are no longer considered. We may still pick some from previous years as so many wonderful banners have been submitted!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2025(or 2026) to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.We have some more news we'd like to mention while we have your attention!
Back in 2019 we first announced we'd be retiring the Classic UI, eventually making it no longer available. Classic currently causes many issues and slowdowns for the team as we add new features and update the site. It doubles the amount of work that has to be done as Classic and Modern are different code bases. In addition, Classic just cannot support many of the new updates we've been working on. This has resulted in Classic users being unable to use modern features. Our techs ran the numbers and currently only 4.6% of all active accounts on Fur Affinity still use Classic. On 09/22/2025 we announced that all new accounts after that post would no longer be able to access Classic while it was being depreciated.
Whenever we implement a new feature for the Modern UI, we make a point to remind everyone that constructive feedback is always welcome—especially from the dedicated Classic users—so we can continue to refine Modern. We are going to be more vocal about those reminders. Without constructive feedback, we cannot know what you like or dislike about the UIs. We need community feedback so we can keep making the improvements the community wants!
To make feedback as successful as possible, we have a few ground rules:
1. Feedback and critique must be constructive. Comments like "It's ugly," "I don't like it," or "keep Classic" are valid opinions, but they aren't constructive feedback. We need examples and explanations. An example of constructive feedback would be "I don't like it because the text is hard to read because it doesn't have enough contrast."
2. Scope:
- Features that Classic already has that Modern doesn't.
- Features that Modern already has but how those features could be better.
- If you want to suggest new features for Modern, please submit a Trouble Ticket under the General > Feedback category.
3. Do not plead for Classic to stay. Maintaining Classic is making it impossible for our coders to make meaningful progress on anything else. Classic needs to be retired.
4. Fur Affinity rules and conduct expectations still apply. Remember to be kind and excellent to each other in the comments.
Together we hope we can make some solid improvements for everyone to enjoy!
Some feedback we’ve gotten from tickets, comments, and our official Discord so far:
Note this list is not complete and will be adjusted as needed. Some suggestions might not be possible to implement at this time, but will be kept for future reference.
We will be working on improving Modern with this feedback in mind and have a live beta site for FA+ users to test out before being pushed to all users. When the update is released to all users, an official end date for Classic will be announced. This project is a big undertaking and may take a couple months, so we appreciate your patience and support while we work on improving FA for everyone!
We are here with a cozy holiday banner update! ☕
This loafy cuteness banner was made by
Nugget_kun!Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here.
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!
With the end of the year coming up, if you create a banner design meant for after Jan 1st please use the new tag FABanner2026. To be clear- using the new tag will not mean those with 2025 are no longer considered. We may still pick some from previous years as so many wonderful banners have been submitted!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2025(or 2026) to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.We have some more news we'd like to mention while we have your attention!
Back in 2019 we first announced we'd be retiring the Classic UI, eventually making it no longer available. Classic currently causes many issues and slowdowns for the team as we add new features and update the site. It doubles the amount of work that has to be done as Classic and Modern are different code bases. In addition, Classic just cannot support many of the new updates we've been working on. This has resulted in Classic users being unable to use modern features. Our techs ran the numbers and currently only 4.6% of all active accounts on Fur Affinity still use Classic. On 09/22/2025 we announced that all new accounts after that post would no longer be able to access Classic while it was being depreciated.
Whenever we implement a new feature for the Modern UI, we make a point to remind everyone that constructive feedback is always welcome—especially from the dedicated Classic users—so we can continue to refine Modern. We are going to be more vocal about those reminders. Without constructive feedback, we cannot know what you like or dislike about the UIs. We need community feedback so we can keep making the improvements the community wants!
To make feedback as successful as possible, we have a few ground rules:
1. Feedback and critique must be constructive. Comments like "It's ugly," "I don't like it," or "keep Classic" are valid opinions, but they aren't constructive feedback. We need examples and explanations. An example of constructive feedback would be "I don't like it because the text is hard to read because it doesn't have enough contrast."
2. Scope:
- Features that Classic already has that Modern doesn't.
- Features that Modern already has but how those features could be better.
- If you want to suggest new features for Modern, please submit a Trouble Ticket under the General > Feedback category.
3. Do not plead for Classic to stay. Maintaining Classic is making it impossible for our coders to make meaningful progress on anything else. Classic needs to be retired.
4. Fur Affinity rules and conduct expectations still apply. Remember to be kind and excellent to each other in the comments.
Together we hope we can make some solid improvements for everyone to enjoy!
Some feedback we’ve gotten from tickets, comments, and our official Discord so far:
- Classic Light colors moved to Modern/Accessible Color Palettes(Being looked at by Tech)
- USER GALLERIES
- Mini Gallery returned to Centered position
- Gallery Folders Changed to Better position or create "See Folders" button.
- "You Are Here" indicator in mini-gallery navigation.
- Minimalist Modern Skin
- SPACING ISSUES
- Verticality/Scrolling Concerns
- Empty Spacing
- Unified Button Sizes/Format(This section includes the buttons in the comment area of FA)
- Font Sizing/Scaling concerns
- Page Stats in-line with Page Profile or similar design adjustments
- Lack of mobile API for functioning mobile version
- LINKS
- Visited/Un-visited link distinctions
- Remove the dotted underline
- Ability to hide Header/Nav Bar
- Thumbnails instead of Full Resolution(You can adjust this already in
Note this list is not complete and will be adjusted as needed. Some suggestions might not be possible to implement at this time, but will be kept for future reference.
We will be working on improving Modern with this feedback in mind and have a live beta site for FA+ users to test out before being pushed to all users. When the update is released to all users, an official end date for Classic will be announced. This project is a big undertaking and may take a couple months, so we appreciate your patience and support while we work on improving FA for everyone!
Nov 28th, 2025- Black Friday Sales and Surprise Feature!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 7 months ago
Hey there cuties!
Our Black Friday banner was made by
Skippy, make sure to leave her some love in her shouts or on the original here!
For those of you who were able to roll into this journal after your feast yesterday, welcome to Black Friday!
As promised we have a fantastic deal for anyone who wants to run ads on Fur Affinity. This is a great opportunity to get more eyes on your profile, your shop, or even just share that really cute photo of your cat that everyone deserves (and is required) to see.
We’ve slashed prices on all long term ad slots. Save $25-$100 (or more!) on our various ad packages.
The Lil's (320 x 50)
1 month: $25 | 6 months:$125 $100 | 12 months: $225 $175
The Bigs (728x90 & 300 x 250)
1 month: $60 | 6 months:$300 $250 | 12 months: $540 $475
Kaiju Package (320 x 50, 300 x 250, & 728x90)
1 month: $75 | 6 months:$350 $300 | 12 months: $625 $525
BONUS
Save an additional 10% on multi-campaigns! If you purchase 3 or more campaigns at a time, you will receive an additional 10% off. (This discount does not apply to weighted campaigns.)
Remember our ad prices WILL be going up on January 1, 2026 so now is the perfect time to grab those ad bundles and secure your spots with the cheaper price.
To apply for your ad, send your banners into advertising[at]furaffinity.net for review. Emails must be in by December 2nd, 2025 at 8:00 AM UTC to count.
Other sales we have in our online shop here!
- $10 rainbow splat shirts or buy any other shirt to get the rainbow shirt free!
- Discounted 5 year and lifetime FA+ purchases
- Other shop discounts!New Feature!
We have a gift for all of you! Journal ratings are live—you can now rate the content of your journals the same as you would submissions. Please keep in mind that while we’ve added ratings to journals, they must still follow the same rules outlined in our Content Rating Policies and are still subject to the Code of Conduct. This is just another way to give people a heads up for content in journals. All journals posted previously on your accounts will by default have a [G] General rating on them.FAQ
Q: What happened to links? They aren't working!
A: We are aware that links not enclosed in the |url| BBCode are not working as intended.
Our techs are actively working on resolving this issue, we hope to have this addressed by the end of today (11/29/2025 PST).We hope everyone got to enjoy their feast! Reminder to be excellent to each other ❤️
Our Black Friday banner was made by
Skippy, make sure to leave her some love in her shouts or on the original here!For those of you who were able to roll into this journal after your feast yesterday, welcome to Black Friday!
As promised we have a fantastic deal for anyone who wants to run ads on Fur Affinity. This is a great opportunity to get more eyes on your profile, your shop, or even just share that really cute photo of your cat that everyone deserves (and is required) to see.
We’ve slashed prices on all long term ad slots. Save $25-$100 (or more!) on our various ad packages.
The Lil's (320 x 50)
1 month: $25 | 6 months:
The Bigs (728x90 & 300 x 250)
1 month: $60 | 6 months:
Kaiju Package (320 x 50, 300 x 250, & 728x90)
1 month: $75 | 6 months:
BONUS
Save an additional 10% on multi-campaigns! If you purchase 3 or more campaigns at a time, you will receive an additional 10% off. (This discount does not apply to weighted campaigns.)
Remember our ad prices WILL be going up on January 1, 2026 so now is the perfect time to grab those ad bundles and secure your spots with the cheaper price.
To apply for your ad, send your banners into advertising[at]furaffinity.net for review. Emails must be in by December 2nd, 2025 at 8:00 AM UTC to count.
Other sales we have in our online shop here!
- $10 rainbow splat shirts or buy any other shirt to get the rainbow shirt free!
- Discounted 5 year and lifetime FA+ purchases
- Other shop discounts!New Feature!
We have a gift for all of you! Journal ratings are live—you can now rate the content of your journals the same as you would submissions. Please keep in mind that while we’ve added ratings to journals, they must still follow the same rules outlined in our Content Rating Policies and are still subject to the Code of Conduct. This is just another way to give people a heads up for content in journals. All journals posted previously on your accounts will by default have a [G] General rating on them.FAQ
Q: What happened to links? They aren't working!
A: We are aware that links not enclosed in the |url| BBCode are not working as intended.
Our techs are actively working on resolving this issue, we hope to have this addressed by the end of today (11/29/2025 PST).We hope everyone got to enjoy their feast! Reminder to be excellent to each other ❤️
Nov 17th, 2025- Exploit and Potential Breach Disclosure
News & Updates | General | Posted 7 months ago
On Saturday, November 15th, we became aware of a short-lived exploit that impacted roughly 7,000 accounts. The site was taken offline briefly to address the issue. The exploit has been resolved, but we want to let everyone know what happened.
The exploit accessed pages to scrape data. The targeted pages were Account Settings, Edit Profile, and User Notes (Inbox, Outbox, Trash, and Archives). The targeted data was Usernames, emails, and Notes, but due to the nature of the exploit the data may not have been pulled. 35% of the impacted accounts have 0 Notes on their account.
We are sending emails and notes to impacted users.
This exploit occurred due to a lapse in URL processing in our BBCode implementation, which recently had its processing code changed without a proper escape function that fully sanitized the URI (uniform resource identifier). We located this bug and patched it so escaping is no longer possible.
Members of our community and our staff reported the exploit roughly 3 hours after it was introduced to the site. Upon learning about the vulnerability, we immediately took the site offline to ensure we could contain the spread and eradicate the exploit before it affected any further users.FAQ
Q: Why did it take so long to post this?
A: Many of our lead staff members were away when this occurred and we wanted to take the time needed to make sure the issue was completely understood and resolved.
Q: Why was the site down for 11 minutes on Sunday?
A: The downtime on Sunday was completely unrelated to the exploit issue. On Sunday, we noticed that users were having issues with uploading and investigated our storage system, which required us to put the site in offline mode for a few minutes while we did some debugging/troubleshooting.
Q: Were passwords compromised?
A: No, the exploit did not have access to any passwords.
Q: Do I need to do anything?
A: No, no action is required for users.
Q: Who can I contact if I have more questions?
A: Please open a Trouble Ticket.
Q: Was the downtime on Tuesday, November 18th also related to this issue?
A: No, that was due to a global outage from Cloudflare, our caching provider: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8gmgl950y3h7Thank you all for your support through this, and a reminder to be excellent to each other in the comments.
The exploit accessed pages to scrape data. The targeted pages were Account Settings, Edit Profile, and User Notes (Inbox, Outbox, Trash, and Archives). The targeted data was Usernames, emails, and Notes, but due to the nature of the exploit the data may not have been pulled. 35% of the impacted accounts have 0 Notes on their account.
We are sending emails and notes to impacted users.
This exploit occurred due to a lapse in URL processing in our BBCode implementation, which recently had its processing code changed without a proper escape function that fully sanitized the URI (uniform resource identifier). We located this bug and patched it so escaping is no longer possible.
Members of our community and our staff reported the exploit roughly 3 hours after it was introduced to the site. Upon learning about the vulnerability, we immediately took the site offline to ensure we could contain the spread and eradicate the exploit before it affected any further users.FAQ
Q: Why did it take so long to post this?
A: Many of our lead staff members were away when this occurred and we wanted to take the time needed to make sure the issue was completely understood and resolved.
Q: Why was the site down for 11 minutes on Sunday?
A: The downtime on Sunday was completely unrelated to the exploit issue. On Sunday, we noticed that users were having issues with uploading and investigated our storage system, which required us to put the site in offline mode for a few minutes while we did some debugging/troubleshooting.
Q: Were passwords compromised?
A: No, the exploit did not have access to any passwords.
Q: Do I need to do anything?
A: No, no action is required for users.
Q: Who can I contact if I have more questions?
A: Please open a Trouble Ticket.
Q: Was the downtime on Tuesday, November 18th also related to this issue?
A: No, that was due to a global outage from Cloudflare, our caching provider: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8gmgl950y3h7Thank you all for your support through this, and a reminder to be excellent to each other in the comments.
Nov 11th, 2025- Banner, IPv6, Downtime, and General Update
News & Updates | General | Posted 8 months ago
Hey there fuzzies!
First and foremost we are going to steal the spotlight from Rednef for a minute to give praise to
Ltoo for this adorable banner! Be sure to flood them with watches, faves, and comments on the original here!Thanks for hanging in there during our scheduled downtime this morning. Everything went smoothly! Though we recognize that this journal and social media posts didn't come as quickly as they should.
We’ve applied all the necessary changes to implement IPv6 support across our entire system. Up until now, all IPv6 requests were translated into IPv4 and then served normally. With this update, native IPv6 support means increased security for those on IPv6 only connections (most mobile users) and paves the way for easier implementation of upcoming features down the road. This update is part of our 2025 road map we introduced in this year's town hall back in March.
IPv6 is an improved networking protocol that has been seeing rapid adoption in recent years, especially by mobile carriers. While we have always supported the traditional IPv4 addressing format, this update allows us to future-proof Fur Affinity by providing native support to IPv6!
There is one more step we need to take that will require a small amount of downtime tomorrow morning (November 12 at 5 AM ET) to fully finish the IPv6 update. The downtime is expected to last about 30 minutes. We do not expect any further downtime needed for this specific update and we thank you for your patience!
To see the other updates we’ve pushed, visit our changelog page here.
We are also introducing a brand new status site that you can use to check Fur Affinity site status and keep up-to-date with ongoing maintenance during the outage without a Discord or Social Media Account! You can visit it any time at https://status.furaffinity.net/
We want to address some concerns with internet safety and scamming, especially with the upcoming holidays which typically have an increase in suspicious and fraudulent activities.
Whether you use Fur Affinity, Discord, Bluesky, Reddit, Telegram or any other form of social media, furries by and large have been seeing a rise in attempts for commission and art scams. While our moderation team works behind the scenes to stop them, the only way to truly stop scammers is with the knowledge of their existence and tactics. We have seen a very small, but persistent group continue to try to cause issues, and we want to remind our users of some safety best practices.
– Staff Impersonation Scams: We have recently seen an increase in scammers pretending to be site staff. Fur Affinity staff will never ask you to change your email to something that is not yours, nor will we ask you to give us your password. In addition, our staff will not contact you about matters related to the website or your account in the Fur Affinity Discord or as a private message on Discord. Legitimate notifications from Fur Affinity Staff will always appear in one of two forms:
– Notes on site from the official official "Fur Affinity Staff" account (look for the star shield icon before the display name, like the one next to my name, and double-check the account name).
– An email from an [at]furaffinity.net address.
Fur Affinity staff will never...
– Contact you and ask you to change your password.
– Contact you and ask you to change your email to a different email which you do not own.
– Discuss an action or possible action for a user through a third party.
– Contact you through another platform [Discord, Twitter, Bluesky] about an issue occurring on our site.
– Contact you as an individual staff member in a direct message (DM) to you on Discord, another platform, or on our site.
Users with questions, comments, or concerns about moderation actions should open a Trouble Ticket or send an email via appeals.
– YCH Scams:
One of the more common scams is the claim that an older YCH (“your character here”) commission has suddenly become available again after the original buyer backed out. They target previous highest bidders on YCHs in an attempt to dupe them into paying. Most of the time, they use new accounts with a name that is very close to the original artist’s username, but the spelling/formatting is just slightly off.
– Commission Scammers:
If someone messages you first with an unsolicited commission offer, that is a red flag. Scammers love to impersonate existing artists via stolen or AI-generated content to lure people in with the promise of affordable, high-quality commissions with fast turnaround times. They then send out mass notices in an attempt to catch as many people as they can. This type of scammer will often request for further communication to continue on another platform, such as Discord or Telegram. If somebody messages first, always be wary and do your research before committing to a commission.
– "Accidentally Reported You" Scams:
Another common tactic is the scammer pretending they've reported your account, then telling you what to do to make sure action isn't taken against you. The directions and links they give are malicious and should not be followed. If you're ever unsure about the status of your account please open a Trouble Ticket and staff will assist you.
– Invoice When Paying:
Always ask for an invoice, and NEVER pay with “friends and family” options unless you know and trust the person. Doing so waives your rights to a refund and any money sent is considered a non-refundable gift. Again, always request an invoice; they come with buyer protections built in.
– Double-Check Their Profile:
Take a moment to double-check that the person you are messaging is who they say they are. New accounts will have a green leaf icon in place after their display name.
Ensure they are not using a new account, and their profile takes you to a user page that has been registered for a while and has an established gallery. Galleries without a visible history of completed works can be a red flag. Be cautious if you receive a message from an account you do not know or appears new, especially if you get an unfamiliar link encouraging you to click it.
– Double-Check Their Username:
While display names can have duplicates, usernames cannot. Make sure to check the username, not just the display name! On our website the username is in place to the right of the display name in a smaller font. This image uses the official Fur Affinity staff account as an example (and highlights the staff icon):
On Discord you can check a user’s profile by clicking their name and the username will show just under their display name:
(This example is from the official Discord “Custom Profiles” documentation, and isn’t a real user.)
- Have them tell you their Discord/Messenger name:
Multiple scammers may use one gallery account as “theirs”. They avoid detection of moderators by avoiding saying their off-site names because it will make it obvious they are either repeat offenders or multiple people using the same account. Never give your username first.
– Reporting suspicious activity and accounts helps our team moderate them and keeps our community safer.
If you have evidence of a scam, impersonation, or are contacted in a way on Fur Affinity that seems suspicious or gives you “red flags,” please submit a trouble ticket so we can look into the issue further.
It’s getting close to that time of year again so we wanted to let everyone know that we will be doing some Black Friday sales this year! We didn’t last year due to everything we had going on but we have some important happenings for this one.
Advertising Discounts
We have run ad discounts in previous years so we will be doing that again this year! We encourage you to take advantage of this deal—ad prices WILL be going up Jan 1st, 2026. Ad prices have been kept low for many years now but the time has come where we need to evaluate the pricing to make sure we can continue funding the site. We will still strive to make these affordable to our community members and offer more add-ons and customization options as well as multi-month discounts.
We hope to add other fun items to the Black Friday Sales but want to be 100% sure we can implement these ideas before announcing them. Keep your peepers PEEPED! 👀
It’s been a few months so we wanted to update you all on where we are with the 2025 roadmap:
Main ticket items
⭐ Tag Blocking Part 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ Display Names (FA+ Launch) - Completed ✅
⭐ Display Names (Everyone Launch) - Completed ✅
⭐ Technical Debt Fixes - Completed ✅
⭐ Large Bugfixes Round 1- Completed ✅
⭐ Implementing Cloudflare Turnstile (Tool to verify users and block bots) - Completed ✅
⭐ IPv6 Support - Completed ✅
⭐ User Block Improvements Phase 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) - In Development ✏️
⭐ Audio Player Updates - Completed ✅
⭐ Writing Upgrades - Completed ✅
⭐ Fixing Thumbnails - Researching 📖
⭐ Dev Friendly Initiative - In Development ✏️
⭐ User Block Improvements Phase 2 - Researching 📖
Side Projects
✏️ Site page “Banner Museum” -Completed ✅
✏️ Site page “I Was Here” - Completed ✅
✏️ Site page “Wall of Awesome” - Completed ✅
✏️ Moved ads to Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) standard sizes - Completed ✅
✏️ Added a Mature rating to ads - Completed ✅Thank you all for your continued support and being a part of FA! Remember to be excellent to each other in the comments.
First and foremost we are going to steal the spotlight from Rednef for a minute to give praise to
Ltoo for this adorable banner! Be sure to flood them with watches, faves, and comments on the original here!Thanks for hanging in there during our scheduled downtime this morning. Everything went smoothly! Though we recognize that this journal and social media posts didn't come as quickly as they should.We’ve applied all the necessary changes to implement IPv6 support across our entire system. Up until now, all IPv6 requests were translated into IPv4 and then served normally. With this update, native IPv6 support means increased security for those on IPv6 only connections (most mobile users) and paves the way for easier implementation of upcoming features down the road. This update is part of our 2025 road map we introduced in this year's town hall back in March.
IPv6 is an improved networking protocol that has been seeing rapid adoption in recent years, especially by mobile carriers. While we have always supported the traditional IPv4 addressing format, this update allows us to future-proof Fur Affinity by providing native support to IPv6!
There is one more step we need to take that will require a small amount of downtime tomorrow morning (November 12 at 5 AM ET) to fully finish the IPv6 update. The downtime is expected to last about 30 minutes. We do not expect any further downtime needed for this specific update and we thank you for your patience!
To see the other updates we’ve pushed, visit our changelog page here.
We are also introducing a brand new status site that you can use to check Fur Affinity site status and keep up-to-date with ongoing maintenance during the outage without a Discord or Social Media Account! You can visit it any time at https://status.furaffinity.net/
Internet Safety and Scamming
We want to address some concerns with internet safety and scamming, especially with the upcoming holidays which typically have an increase in suspicious and fraudulent activities.
Whether you use Fur Affinity, Discord, Bluesky, Reddit, Telegram or any other form of social media, furries by and large have been seeing a rise in attempts for commission and art scams. While our moderation team works behind the scenes to stop them, the only way to truly stop scammers is with the knowledge of their existence and tactics. We have seen a very small, but persistent group continue to try to cause issues, and we want to remind our users of some safety best practices.
Common Examples of Scams
– Staff Impersonation Scams: We have recently seen an increase in scammers pretending to be site staff. Fur Affinity staff will never ask you to change your email to something that is not yours, nor will we ask you to give us your password. In addition, our staff will not contact you about matters related to the website or your account in the Fur Affinity Discord or as a private message on Discord. Legitimate notifications from Fur Affinity Staff will always appear in one of two forms:
– Notes on site from the official official "Fur Affinity Staff" account (look for the star shield icon before the display name, like the one next to my name, and double-check the account name).
– An email from an [at]furaffinity.net address.
Fur Affinity staff will never...
– Contact you and ask you to change your password.
– Contact you and ask you to change your email to a different email which you do not own.
– Discuss an action or possible action for a user through a third party.
– Contact you through another platform [Discord, Twitter, Bluesky] about an issue occurring on our site.
– Contact you as an individual staff member in a direct message (DM) to you on Discord, another platform, or on our site.
Users with questions, comments, or concerns about moderation actions should open a Trouble Ticket or send an email via appeals.
– YCH Scams:
One of the more common scams is the claim that an older YCH (“your character here”) commission has suddenly become available again after the original buyer backed out. They target previous highest bidders on YCHs in an attempt to dupe them into paying. Most of the time, they use new accounts with a name that is very close to the original artist’s username, but the spelling/formatting is just slightly off.
– Commission Scammers:
If someone messages you first with an unsolicited commission offer, that is a red flag. Scammers love to impersonate existing artists via stolen or AI-generated content to lure people in with the promise of affordable, high-quality commissions with fast turnaround times. They then send out mass notices in an attempt to catch as many people as they can. This type of scammer will often request for further communication to continue on another platform, such as Discord or Telegram. If somebody messages first, always be wary and do your research before committing to a commission.
– "Accidentally Reported You" Scams:
Another common tactic is the scammer pretending they've reported your account, then telling you what to do to make sure action isn't taken against you. The directions and links they give are malicious and should not be followed. If you're ever unsure about the status of your account please open a Trouble Ticket and staff will assist you.
Protecting Yourself
– Invoice When Paying:
Always ask for an invoice, and NEVER pay with “friends and family” options unless you know and trust the person. Doing so waives your rights to a refund and any money sent is considered a non-refundable gift. Again, always request an invoice; they come with buyer protections built in.
– Double-Check Their Profile:
Take a moment to double-check that the person you are messaging is who they say they are. New accounts will have a green leaf icon in place after their display name.
Ensure they are not using a new account, and their profile takes you to a user page that has been registered for a while and has an established gallery. Galleries without a visible history of completed works can be a red flag. Be cautious if you receive a message from an account you do not know or appears new, especially if you get an unfamiliar link encouraging you to click it.
– Double-Check Their Username:
While display names can have duplicates, usernames cannot. Make sure to check the username, not just the display name! On our website the username is in place to the right of the display name in a smaller font. This image uses the official Fur Affinity staff account as an example (and highlights the staff icon):
On Discord you can check a user’s profile by clicking their name and the username will show just under their display name:
(This example is from the official Discord “Custom Profiles” documentation, and isn’t a real user.)
- Have them tell you their Discord/Messenger name:
Multiple scammers may use one gallery account as “theirs”. They avoid detection of moderators by avoiding saying their off-site names because it will make it obvious they are either repeat offenders or multiple people using the same account. Never give your username first.
– Reporting suspicious activity and accounts helps our team moderate them and keeps our community safer.
If you have evidence of a scam, impersonation, or are contacted in a way on Fur Affinity that seems suspicious or gives you “red flags,” please submit a trouble ticket so we can look into the issue further.
Black Friday Sales!
It’s getting close to that time of year again so we wanted to let everyone know that we will be doing some Black Friday sales this year! We didn’t last year due to everything we had going on but we have some important happenings for this one.
Advertising Discounts
We have run ad discounts in previous years so we will be doing that again this year! We encourage you to take advantage of this deal—ad prices WILL be going up Jan 1st, 2026. Ad prices have been kept low for many years now but the time has come where we need to evaluate the pricing to make sure we can continue funding the site. We will still strive to make these affordable to our community members and offer more add-ons and customization options as well as multi-month discounts.
We hope to add other fun items to the Black Friday Sales but want to be 100% sure we can implement these ideas before announcing them. Keep your peepers PEEPED! 👀
Roadmap Update!
It’s been a few months so we wanted to update you all on where we are with the 2025 roadmap:
Main ticket items
⭐ Tag Blocking Part 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ Display Names (FA+ Launch) - Completed ✅
⭐ Display Names (Everyone Launch) - Completed ✅
⭐ Technical Debt Fixes - Completed ✅
⭐ Large Bugfixes Round 1- Completed ✅
⭐ Implementing Cloudflare Turnstile (Tool to verify users and block bots) - Completed ✅
⭐ IPv6 Support - Completed ✅
⭐ User Block Improvements Phase 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) - In Development ✏️
⭐ Audio Player Updates - Completed ✅
⭐ Writing Upgrades - Completed ✅
⭐ Fixing Thumbnails - Researching 📖
⭐ Dev Friendly Initiative - In Development ✏️
⭐ User Block Improvements Phase 2 - Researching 📖
Side Projects
✏️ Site page “Banner Museum” -Completed ✅
✏️ Site page “I Was Here” - Completed ✅
✏️ Site page “Wall of Awesome” - Completed ✅
✏️ Moved ads to Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) standard sizes - Completed ✅
✏️ Added a Mature rating to ads - Completed ✅Thank you all for your continued support and being a part of FA! Remember to be excellent to each other in the comments.
Nov 5th, 2025- Tablet Winner, Downtime, and More!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 8 months ago
Hey there cuties!
We are here to announce the winner for the tablet giveaway. Get your drum rolls started!
The winner is…🥁🥁🥁
The darling
Twipples 🎉
[art by staff artist XailaliaX]
Congratulations!
How did we pick the winner?
In the last journal, we asked you what your favorite candy was. We gathered all of the comments together and selected the winner with a random number generator.
We also found out some fun candy stats while we were going through everyone’s comments!
Overall Answers: 1171
Top 10 candies according to our users:
1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: 148
2. Chocolate: 117
3. Kit Kats: 77
4. Gummy-type Candies: 65
5. Twix: 47
6. Candy Corn & Sour-type Candies: 45 A TIE!!!!
7. Snickers: 31
8. Skittles: 28
9. Nerds Candies: 21
10. Butterfinger: 19
Special shout outs to: Jolly Ranchers, Caramel Candies, Milky Way, M&Ms, and Licorice Candies.
Thank you everyone who came out to participate! We hope to do this again real soon!
Did you catch the lovely community banner on November 1st and 2nd? It was made by our own Eden Vale. Be sure to leave the original favs and comments HERE.
Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42!
Remember to add FABanner2025 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.
There will be scheduled downtime to update our backend to allow for IPv6 support and we want to give users early notice to prepare for this. Our scheduled maintenance window will be Tuesday, November 11th at 5 AM ET. We are setting this for a six hour window and hope that everything will go as smoothly as possible. If for some reason our outage time goes over that estimate, we will be sure to inform you on our various socials!
We did it everyone! We showed everyone who the best mascot is.
[art by staff artist y2hecate]
Let’s keep it up! You can contribute via shinies to show support on our Wall-o-Awesome.
We are here to announce the winner for the tablet giveaway. Get your drum rolls started!
The winner is…🥁🥁🥁
The darling
Twipples 🎉[art by staff artist
XailaliaX]Congratulations!
How did we pick the winner?
In the last journal, we asked you what your favorite candy was. We gathered all of the comments together and selected the winner with a random number generator.
We also found out some fun candy stats while we were going through everyone’s comments!
Overall Answers: 1171
Top 10 candies according to our users:
1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: 148
2. Chocolate: 117
3. Kit Kats: 77
4. Gummy-type Candies: 65
5. Twix: 47
6. Candy Corn & Sour-type Candies: 45 A TIE!!!!
7. Snickers: 31
8. Skittles: 28
9. Nerds Candies: 21
10. Butterfinger: 19
Special shout outs to: Jolly Ranchers, Caramel Candies, Milky Way, M&Ms, and Licorice Candies.
Thank you everyone who came out to participate! We hope to do this again real soon!
DIA DE MUERTOS BANNER
Did you catch the lovely community banner on November 1st and 2nd? It was made by our own
Eden Vale. Be sure to leave the original favs and comments HERE.⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐
Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42!
Remember to add FABanner2025 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.
Scheduled Downtime
There will be scheduled downtime to update our backend to allow for IPv6 support and we want to give users early notice to prepare for this. Our scheduled maintenance window will be Tuesday, November 11th at 5 AM ET. We are setting this for a six hour window and hope that everything will go as smoothly as possible. If for some reason our outage time goes over that estimate, we will be sure to inform you on our various socials!
Best Mascot for October
We did it everyone! We showed everyone who the best mascot is.
[art by staff artist
y2hecate]Let’s keep it up! You can contribute via shinies to show support on our Wall-o-Awesome.
October 29th, 2025- Halloween Banner and Giveaway!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 8 months ago
Hey there cuties!
We are here for another wonderful banner update. 🎃
This cute and spooky banner was made by
Zanzagen!
Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here.
Please use the tag FABanner2025in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2025 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelinesto be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.
We have another tablet to give away for our Halloweenie treat this year!
We are giving away a 22-inch KAMVAS Plus from Huion, who provided the tablet for this community giveaway!
To enter the giveaway, comment with your answer to this question: “What is your favorite candy?”
We will leave the giveaway open until November 3rd, 10pm EDT. The winner will be picked with a random number generator and announced on the next day. We unfortunately have to limit the giveaway to US residents only at this time given the current tariffs in place. We hope to be able to do another giveaway in the future that can be open to all users!We hope you like the new banner as much as we do! We want to remind you to check out our current banner artist Zanzagen 💖 Please keep comments on-topic and remember to be excellent to each other.Specs on the tablet for those curious:
Comes with
Kamvas 22 PlusTablet
Adjustable stand
Pen nib clip
Battery-Free Pen
Pen Nibs
Pen Holder
Power Adapter
USB-C to USB-C Cable
3-in-1 Cable
Artist Glove
Cleaning Cloth
Quick Start Guide
Some neat FA Swag! (T-shirt, stickers, etc)
Specs
Product Name - Kamvas 22 Plus
Product Model - GS2201 / GS2202
Color - Black
Panel Size - 21.5inch (Diagonal)
Resolution - 1920 x 1080 (16:9)
PPI (Pixels Per Inch) - 102 PPI
LCD Type- IPS
Active Area - 476.64 x 268.11mm
Contrast Ratio - Kamvas 22 Plus: 1200:1
Brightness - 220cd/m2 (Max.)
Response Time - 14ms
Viewing Angle -89°/89°(H)/89°/89°(V) (Typ.)(CR＞10)
Color Gamut Volume - Kamvas 22 Plus: 140% sRGB
Display Color - 16.7M (8bit)
Surface Finish - Anti-glare Etched Glass
Full Lamination - YES
Pen Technology - Battery-Free Electromagnetic Resonance
Pen Resolution - 5080 LPI
Pressure Levels - 8192 Levels
Accuracy - ±0.3mm (Center), ±2mm (Corner)
Reading Height - 10mm
Tilt Recognition - ±60°
Digital Pen - PW517
Input Voltage - AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz
Output Voltage - 12V 3A
Video Interface - USB-C × 2; USB-A × 1
Adjustable Stand - ST100A (Grey)
VESA Compatibility - 75 × 75mm
Power Consumption - ≤24W
Working Temp. and Humidity - 0-40°C, 20-80%
Storage Temp. and Humidity - -20°C~60°C, 10-90%
Dimension - 546 x 323 x 19~26.7 mm (Without Stand)
Net Weight - 3.9 KG (With Stand)
OS Support - Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.12 or later Android（USB3.1 DP1.2）
We are here for another wonderful banner update. 🎃
This cute and spooky banner was made by
Zanzagen!Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here.
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2025in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2025 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelinesto be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.
TIME FOR ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!
We have another tablet to give away for our Halloweenie treat this year!
We are giving away a 22-inch KAMVAS Plus from Huion, who provided the tablet for this community giveaway!
To enter the giveaway, comment with your answer to this question: “What is your favorite candy?”
We will leave the giveaway open until November 3rd, 10pm EDT. The winner will be picked with a random number generator and announced on the next day. We unfortunately have to limit the giveaway to US residents only at this time given the current tariffs in place. We hope to be able to do another giveaway in the future that can be open to all users!We hope you like the new banner as much as we do! We want to remind you to check out our current banner artist Zanzagen 💖 Please keep comments on-topic and remember to be excellent to each other.Specs on the tablet for those curious:
Comes with
Kamvas 22 PlusTablet
Adjustable stand
Pen nib clip
Battery-Free Pen
Pen Nibs
Pen Holder
Power Adapter
USB-C to USB-C Cable
3-in-1 Cable
Artist Glove
Cleaning Cloth
Quick Start Guide
Some neat FA Swag! (T-shirt, stickers, etc)
Specs
Product Name - Kamvas 22 Plus
Product Model - GS2201 / GS2202
Color - Black
Panel Size - 21.5inch (Diagonal)
Resolution - 1920 x 1080 (16:9)
PPI (Pixels Per Inch) - 102 PPI
LCD Type- IPS
Active Area - 476.64 x 268.11mm
Contrast Ratio - Kamvas 22 Plus: 1200:1
Brightness - 220cd/m2 (Max.)
Response Time - 14ms
Viewing Angle -89°/89°(H)/89°/89°(V) (Typ.)(CR＞10)
Color Gamut Volume - Kamvas 22 Plus: 140% sRGB
Display Color - 16.7M (8bit)
Surface Finish - Anti-glare Etched Glass
Full Lamination - YES
Pen Technology - Battery-Free Electromagnetic Resonance
Pen Resolution - 5080 LPI
Pressure Levels - 8192 Levels
Accuracy - ±0.3mm (Center), ±2mm (Corner)
Reading Height - 10mm
Tilt Recognition - ±60°
Digital Pen - PW517
Input Voltage - AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz
Output Voltage - 12V 3A
Video Interface - USB-C × 2; USB-A × 1
Adjustable Stand - ST100A (Grey)
VESA Compatibility - 75 × 75mm
Power Consumption - ≤24W
Working Temp. and Humidity - 0-40°C, 20-80%
Storage Temp. and Humidity - -20°C~60°C, 10-90%
Dimension - 546 x 323 x 19~26.7 mm (Without Stand)
Net Weight - 3.9 KG (With Stand)
OS Support - Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.12 or later Android（USB3.1 DP1.2）
October 13th, 2025- Community Banner by Go-kart!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 9 months ago
Hey there cuties!
We are here with another lovely banner update 🥰
This heckin ADORABLE banner was made by
go-kart!
Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here
Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2025 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.We also have some very unfortunate news…last month we launched our Wall-o-Awesome where users could donate shinies to each mascot to prove which was the best mascot.
And the results are in…
[art by our staff artist XailaliaX]
Fender: 55%
Rednef: 45%
This must have been rigged…I can’t believe FENDER won!! I call a do-over! I’ve reset the score and you all have the opportunity to show him who the REAL best mascot is! Don’t let me down!!We hope you like the new banner as much as we do! We want to remind you to check out our current banner artist go-kart 💖 Please keep comments on-topic and remember to be excellent to each other.
We are here with another lovely banner update 🥰
This heckin ADORABLE banner was made by
go-kart!Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2025 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.We also have some very unfortunate news…last month we launched our Wall-o-Awesome where users could donate shinies to each mascot to prove which was the best mascot.
And the results are in…
[art by our staff artist
XailaliaX]Fender: 55%
Rednef: 45%
This must have been rigged…I can’t believe FENDER won!! I call a do-over! I’ve reset the score and you all have the opportunity to show him who the REAL best mascot is! Don’t let me down!!We hope you like the new banner as much as we do! We want to remind you to check out our current banner artist go-kart 💖 Please keep comments on-topic and remember to be excellent to each other.
September 22nd, 2025- Community Banner by Samashtommy
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 9 months ago
Hey there cuties!
Happy first day of autumn! We are here for another wonderful banner update 🥰
This cozy banner was made by
SamashTommy!
Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here.
Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2025 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.We also have an incoming message from our tech team!
There is a new page dedicated to all items in our changelog moving forward: Changelog PageWe hope you like the new banner as much as we do! We want to remind you to check out our current banner artist SamashTommy 💖 Please keep comments on-topic and remember to be excellent to each other.
Happy first day of autumn! We are here for another wonderful banner update 🥰
This cozy banner was made by
SamashTommy! Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here.
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2025 to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.We also have an incoming message from our tech team!
There is a new page dedicated to all items in our changelog moving forward: Changelog PageWe hope you like the new banner as much as we do! We want to remind you to check out our current banner artist SamashTommy 💖 Please keep comments on-topic and remember to be excellent to each other.
September 5th, 2025- Maintenance Complete and Update!
News & Updates | General | Posted 10 months ago
Hey there fuzzies!
We did it! We made it through without catching fire! (hopefully)
[art by y2hecate]
This upgrade includes an expansion of our backup storage for user uploads (effectively doubling what we currently have), a new server to increase compute and storage capacity, improved internal infrastructure monitoring, and additional bandwidth to help during peak times of usage.
If you notice any issues please report them to our techs here! Report a problem
We are also excited to announce the launch of our Wall-o-Awesome!
The Wall-o-Awesome shows the list of all of our FA+ subscriptions and donations to the website. Each tier represents what level of support was provided to Fur Affinity (with each $5 donation counting as a month of FA+). These tiers will also result in badges being rewarded to users on the list. Those are still a work in progress but will be released soon.
And we’re getting involved too! You can have your donation go to either myself or Rednef (ya know, that OTHER mascot…), and a winner will be decided every month for who the best mascot is! All donations to the mascots will be used for FA upkeep and preventative maintenance!
[art by
Infern]
We are also happy to share an update to our roadmap!
Main ticket items
⭐ Tag Blocking Part 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ Display Names (FA+ Launch) - Completed ✅
⭐ Display Names (Everyone Launch) - Completed ✅
⭐ Technical Debt Fixes - Completed ✅
⭐ Large Bugfixes Round 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ Implementing Cloudflare Turnstile (Tool to verify users and block bots) - Completed ✅
⭐ IPv6 Support - In Code Review ⏳
⭐ User Block Improvements Phase 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) - In Development ✏️
⭐ Audio Player Updates - Completed ✅
⭐ Writing Upgrades - Completed ✅
⭐ Fixing Thumbnails - Researching 📖
⭐ Dev Friendly Initiative - In Development ✏️
⭐ User Block Improvements Phase 2 - Researching 📖
Side Quests
✏️ Site page “Banner Museum” - Completed ✅
✏️ Site page “I Was Here” - Completed ✅
✏️ Site page “Wall of Awesome” - Completed ✅
✏️ Moved ads to Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) standard sizes - Completed ✅
✏️ Added a Mature rating to ads - Completed ✅
This update also includes new new features:
⚙️ Wall of Awesome added.
⚙️ Shouts now have pagination.
⚙️ All written works except for ".doc" can now be rendered in the browser.
⚙️ Relocated Dragoneer's famous taco recipe in the code
⚙️ Added the "Click here to close" bar at the bottom of the screen for closing the Image Viewer.
⚙️ Audio submissions now use plyr.js, adding speed controls as well as a more consistent player across platforms.
⚙️ Updated the watch and block buttons to no longer require a complete page load to apply.
- Block and Watch will no longer use the "+" or "-" noise.
⚙️ Blocklist on Profile page is now an import.
- The intended method to block a user is to do it via their userpage. The text box on the profile info is meant to be used for importing large lists.
- FA+ users can import 10k names while non-FA+ can do 5k.
- This has a cooldown of 1 week regardless of FA+ status.
⚙️ Added a "Bad Tags?" button to the submission page that links to a trouble ticket template for easy reporting.
⚙️ Added "Show/Hide Blocked User Content" option to the profile info page.
And some maintenance fixes as well:
⚙️ Fixed CSS for tags on Slate and Retro to make them easier to read.
⚙️ Birthday changes are now limited to 3.
⚙️ Watchlist now sorts by display name.
- The page is also a full page instead of an isolated one, so you're no longer trapped in the "Watch Dimension"
⚙️ Comment icons should now scale properly across devices as well as avoid screen shifting.
⚙️ Added alt and hover text to user symbols so they're more descriptive as to what they mean.
⚙️ Images are no longer censored by default and will be censored as the page loads.
- This benefits users that use noJS or something that prevents Javascript from running.
⚙️ Mini-descriptions now show the reason for blocking content.
⚙️ FA logo now uses webp with a png fallback.
⚙️ Updated "Show/Hide Content" text to specify that its referring content "Without tags", as there was some confusion that led to accidental toggles.
⚙️ There is now a counter of how many tags you've blocked on the profile info page.
⚙️ Attempted to fix a bug on Firefox that renders unicode as emojis. This will likely only fix it on Windows 10+.
⚙️ Image viewer on submissions now uses the device zoom to figure out how big to show.
We did it! We made it through without catching fire! (hopefully)
[art by
y2hecate]This upgrade includes an expansion of our backup storage for user uploads (effectively doubling what we currently have), a new server to increase compute and storage capacity, improved internal infrastructure monitoring, and additional bandwidth to help during peak times of usage.
If you notice any issues please report them to our techs here! Report a problem
Wall-o-Awesome
We are also excited to announce the launch of our Wall-o-Awesome!
The Wall-o-Awesome shows the list of all of our FA+ subscriptions and donations to the website. Each tier represents what level of support was provided to Fur Affinity (with each $5 donation counting as a month of FA+). These tiers will also result in badges being rewarded to users on the list. Those are still a work in progress but will be released soon.
And we’re getting involved too! You can have your donation go to either myself or Rednef (ya know, that OTHER mascot…), and a winner will be decided every month for who the best mascot is! All donations to the mascots will be used for FA upkeep and preventative maintenance!
[art by
Infern]Roadmap 2025
We are also happy to share an update to our roadmap!
Main ticket items
⭐ Tag Blocking Part 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ Display Names (FA+ Launch) - Completed ✅
⭐ Display Names (Everyone Launch) - Completed ✅
⭐ Technical Debt Fixes - Completed ✅
⭐ Large Bugfixes Round 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ Implementing Cloudflare Turnstile (Tool to verify users and block bots) - Completed ✅
⭐ IPv6 Support - In Code Review ⏳
⭐ User Block Improvements Phase 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) - In Development ✏️
⭐ Audio Player Updates - Completed ✅
⭐ Writing Upgrades - Completed ✅
⭐ Fixing Thumbnails - Researching 📖
⭐ Dev Friendly Initiative - In Development ✏️
⭐ User Block Improvements Phase 2 - Researching 📖
Side Quests
✏️ Site page “Banner Museum” - Completed ✅
✏️ Site page “I Was Here” - Completed ✅
✏️ Site page “Wall of Awesome” - Completed ✅
✏️ Moved ads to Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) standard sizes - Completed ✅
✏️ Added a Mature rating to ads - Completed ✅
This update also includes new new features:
⚙️ Wall of Awesome added.
⚙️ Shouts now have pagination.
⚙️ All written works except for ".doc" can now be rendered in the browser.
⚙️ Relocated Dragoneer's famous taco recipe in the code
⚙️ Added the "Click here to close" bar at the bottom of the screen for closing the Image Viewer.
⚙️ Audio submissions now use plyr.js, adding speed controls as well as a more consistent player across platforms.
⚙️ Updated the watch and block buttons to no longer require a complete page load to apply.
- Block and Watch will no longer use the "+" or "-" noise.
⚙️ Blocklist on Profile page is now an import.
- The intended method to block a user is to do it via their userpage. The text box on the profile info is meant to be used for importing large lists.
- FA+ users can import 10k names while non-FA+ can do 5k.
- This has a cooldown of 1 week regardless of FA+ status.
⚙️ Added a "Bad Tags?" button to the submission page that links to a trouble ticket template for easy reporting.
⚙️ Added "Show/Hide Blocked User Content" option to the profile info page.
And some maintenance fixes as well:
⚙️ Fixed CSS for tags on Slate and Retro to make them easier to read.
⚙️ Birthday changes are now limited to 3.
⚙️ Watchlist now sorts by display name.
- The page is also a full page instead of an isolated one, so you're no longer trapped in the "Watch Dimension"
⚙️ Comment icons should now scale properly across devices as well as avoid screen shifting.
⚙️ Added alt and hover text to user symbols so they're more descriptive as to what they mean.
⚙️ Images are no longer censored by default and will be censored as the page loads.
- This benefits users that use noJS or something that prevents Javascript from running.
⚙️ Mini-descriptions now show the reason for blocking content.
⚙️ FA logo now uses webp with a png fallback.
⚙️ Updated "Show/Hide Content" text to specify that its referring content "Without tags", as there was some confusion that led to accidental toggles.
⚙️ There is now a counter of how many tags you've blocked on the profile info page.
⚙️ Attempted to fix a bug on Firefox that renders unicode as emojis. This will likely only fix it on Windows 10+.
⚙️ Image viewer on submissions now uses the device zoom to figure out how big to show.
September 1st, 2025- Community Banner by Cordi!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 10 months ago
Hey there cuties!
Happy Labor Daybor to those in the USA! We’re still working here though, we can’t take a day off when we have a new banner to announce!
This stunning banner was done by
Cordi! Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here.
Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas through the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of a week - sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount to how many that we will choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots are featured but preferably both of us. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300.Scheduled Maintenance Reminder!
From Fender's Journal
There will be scheduled downtime when installing new equipment and we want to give users early notice to prepare for this. Our scheduled maintenance window will be Friday September 5th at 1pm ET (GMT-4). We are setting this for a three hour window and hope that everything will go as smoothly as possible. If for some reason our outage time goes over that estimate, we will be sure to inform you on our various socials and our official discord!We hope you like the new banner as much as we do! (I’m totally not biased) We once again want to remind you to check out our current banner artist Cordi 💖
Happy Labor Daybor to those in the USA! We’re still working here though, we can’t take a day off when we have a new banner to announce!
This stunning banner was done by
Cordi! Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here.⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas through the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of a week - sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount to how many that we will choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots are featured but preferably both of us. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300.Scheduled Maintenance Reminder!
From Fender's Journal
There will be scheduled downtime when installing new equipment and we want to give users early notice to prepare for this. Our scheduled maintenance window will be Friday September 5th at 1pm ET (GMT-4). We are setting this for a three hour window and hope that everything will go as smoothly as possible. If for some reason our outage time goes over that estimate, we will be sure to inform you on our various socials and our official discord!We hope you like the new banner as much as we do! (I’m totally not biased) We once again want to remind you to check out our current banner artist Cordi 💖
August 29th, 2025- Scheduled Maintenance
News & Updates | General | Posted 10 months ago
Hey there fuzzies!
Back in June we mentioned purchasing some new equipment, and the time has come! Fur Affinity is getting a much needed hardware upgrade to help prevent issues like what happened in May. This won’t prevent all possible issues, but it will help us lay the groundwork for the future by adding some much needed infrastructure.
It’s been over five years since our last hardware upgrade. We are all incredibly excited for this and are able to afford to do this due to all those who helped contribute to the GoFundMe last year. Because of your generosity, we had the funds on hand this time to make this happen and we cannot thank you enough!
This upgrade includes an expansion of our backup storage for user uploads (effectively doubling what we currently have), a new server to increase compute and storage capacity, improved internal infrastructure monitoring, and additional bandwidth to help during peak times of usage.
There will be scheduled downtime when installing new equipment and we want to give users early notice to prepare for this. Our scheduled maintenance window will be Friday September 5th at 1pm ET (GMT-4). We are setting this for a three hour window and hope that everything will go as smoothly as possible. If for some reason our outage time goes over that estimate, we will be sure to inform you on our various socials and our official discord!
Back in June we mentioned purchasing some new equipment, and the time has come! Fur Affinity is getting a much needed hardware upgrade to help prevent issues like what happened in May. This won’t prevent all possible issues, but it will help us lay the groundwork for the future by adding some much needed infrastructure.
It’s been over five years since our last hardware upgrade. We are all incredibly excited for this and are able to afford to do this due to all those who helped contribute to the GoFundMe last year. Because of your generosity, we had the funds on hand this time to make this happen and we cannot thank you enough!
This upgrade includes an expansion of our backup storage for user uploads (effectively doubling what we currently have), a new server to increase compute and storage capacity, improved internal infrastructure monitoring, and additional bandwidth to help during peak times of usage.
Scheduled Downtime
There will be scheduled downtime when installing new equipment and we want to give users early notice to prepare for this. Our scheduled maintenance window will be Friday September 5th at 1pm ET (GMT-4). We are setting this for a three hour window and hope that everything will go as smoothly as possible. If for some reason our outage time goes over that estimate, we will be sure to inform you on our various socials and our official discord!
August 16th, 2025- Community Banner, Museum, and More!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 10 months ago
Hey there cuties!
We are here for a banner update along with some added goodies.
This cozy banner was done by
BlueWoman! Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece, they deserve it!We are also introducing to you all in this post a much requested page: The Banner Museum!
Here you will be able to see all of our previous site banners over the years as well as links to the artists that created them. Be sure to give it a look when you have a moment!In other news, our Tech Team has added in some new things that need sharing! A big one being that we have taken a leap on over to Turnstile! No more having to second guess yourself if a pixel is a bike or school bus! We hope this will take the pain out of logging in for most users, we know it’s been a thorn for a while now. Rejoice!
Here are some other updates from the Tech Team ⬇️
Change log
⚙️Added Banner Museum
- This page will show all banners Fur Affinity has used since its inception, as well as the artists who worked on them.
⚙️Recaptcha v2 has been replaced with Turnstile
- We mentioned back in April that we'd be moving towards decoupling ourselves from Recaptcha for a more robust captcha system.
- Also, if you're using an extension like NoScript, make sure to whitelist Cloudflare!
⚙️Image submission now uses Viewer.js to allow for a better viewing experience.
⚙️User symbols (infinity, suspended, etc) have been increased in size to make them easier to see.We hope you like the new additions and we once again want to remind you to check out our current banner artist BlueWoman 💖
Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Well, that’s where artists submit banner ideas through the year and if chosen they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of a week - sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount to how many that we will choose! We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your tags for us to easily locate submissions! We ask that at least one of the mascots are featured or both of us! All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300.
We are here for a banner update along with some added goodies.
This cozy banner was done by
BlueWoman! Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece, they deserve it!We are also introducing to you all in this post a much requested page: The Banner Museum!Here you will be able to see all of our previous site banners over the years as well as links to the artists that created them. Be sure to give it a look when you have a moment!In other news, our Tech Team has added in some new things that need sharing! A big one being that we have taken a leap on over to Turnstile! No more having to second guess yourself if a pixel is a bike or school bus! We hope this will take the pain out of logging in for most users, we know it’s been a thorn for a while now. Rejoice!
Here are some other updates from the Tech Team ⬇️
Change log
⚙️Added Banner Museum
- This page will show all banners Fur Affinity has used since its inception, as well as the artists who worked on them.
⚙️Recaptcha v2 has been replaced with Turnstile
- We mentioned back in April that we'd be moving towards decoupling ourselves from Recaptcha for a more robust captcha system.
- Also, if you're using an extension like NoScript, make sure to whitelist Cloudflare!
⚙️Image submission now uses Viewer.js to allow for a better viewing experience.
⚙️User symbols (infinity, suspended, etc) have been increased in size to make them easier to see.We hope you like the new additions and we once again want to remind you to check out our current banner artist BlueWoman 💖
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Well, that’s where artists submit banner ideas through the year and if chosen they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of a week - sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount to how many that we will choose! We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your tags for us to easily locate submissions! We ask that at least one of the mascots are featured or both of us! All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300.
August 6th, 2025- "I Was Here" Memorial Page
News & Updates | General | Posted 11 months ago
Post directly from Momma Sciggles here:
I hope you all are doing well…It’s been a crazy year hasn’t it? Crazy that it’s been a year too…
It still doesn’t feel real...I’m still personally struggling to accept Dragoneer no longer being with us. I thought after his Celebration of Life it might get easier. But it hasn’t. I miss him dearly. I wish he could see all we’ve accomplished in the last year and I really believe he would be so proud of us if he could see it now.
We still have a long way to go. We’ve been through a lot and we’ve continued to pull through. We have a stronger team than ever before working together to make Fur Affinity the best it can be. There will be bumps along the way and unexpected issues I’m sure. But I know we’re all going to keep going to make Fur Affinity everything it can be and hopefully more and remembering to put our community first.
We still aren’t done with probate and everything we need to do to finalize items in Dragoneer’s estate as well as other legal matters. But we are very close to getting it wrapped up. We would not be able to do all that without again the help of everyone that so generously donated to the GFM last year. Thank you.
We wanted to take this time today to honor Dragoneer by releasing our Memorial page for all users who are no longer with us...Our team has worked hard to get this put together in time for this occasion. There may be some edits added to it as we get feedback but we hope this highlights the meaning behind those impactful words. (Please keep in mind that this page is only available on the Modern site theme. It will not show on Classic)
The beautiful banner art was done by
takahirosi, it will only be featured on the entire site for today but will have a permanent home on our memorial page.
We also want to highlight everyone that made it into the “I Was Here” submissions for the Celebration of life back in March.
https://youtu.be/fQLuGP8zSfg
Thank you to all the artists that contributed to this project. It means more to us than we can ever fully express. This song was written and performed by our very own
Sakuri Rainne Additional vocalists are 
PepperCoyote, Palikui, linktr.ee/Manicknux hyperfollow.com/Tygre, and Suedeer.
Art in the video is credited to the users that sent them in next to their slides, edits will be made if we missed anyone or made any spelling errors!
I know this is a solemn post and a different kind of announcement than usual. I hope that we can keep the comments on topic, and take a moment to remember all of those who are no longer with us, to honor their memories.
Momma Sciggles here:I hope you all are doing well…It’s been a crazy year hasn’t it? Crazy that it’s been a year too…
It still doesn’t feel real...I’m still personally struggling to accept Dragoneer no longer being with us. I thought after his Celebration of Life it might get easier. But it hasn’t. I miss him dearly. I wish he could see all we’ve accomplished in the last year and I really believe he would be so proud of us if he could see it now.
We still have a long way to go. We’ve been through a lot and we’ve continued to pull through. We have a stronger team than ever before working together to make Fur Affinity the best it can be. There will be bumps along the way and unexpected issues I’m sure. But I know we’re all going to keep going to make Fur Affinity everything it can be and hopefully more and remembering to put our community first.
We still aren’t done with probate and everything we need to do to finalize items in Dragoneer’s estate as well as other legal matters. But we are very close to getting it wrapped up. We would not be able to do all that without again the help of everyone that so generously donated to the GFM last year. Thank you.
We wanted to take this time today to honor Dragoneer by releasing our Memorial page for all users who are no longer with us...Our team has worked hard to get this put together in time for this occasion. There may be some edits added to it as we get feedback but we hope this highlights the meaning behind those impactful words. (Please keep in mind that this page is only available on the Modern site theme. It will not show on Classic)
Sometimes the most important thing a person can ever say is
"I was here" - Dragoneer
"I was here" - Dragoneer
The beautiful banner art was done by
takahirosi, it will only be featured on the entire site for today but will have a permanent home on our memorial page. We also want to highlight everyone that made it into the “I Was Here” submissions for the Celebration of life back in March.
https://youtu.be/fQLuGP8zSfg
Thank you to all the artists that contributed to this project. It means more to us than we can ever fully express. This song was written and performed by our very own
Sakuri Rainne Additional vocalists are PepperCoyote, Palikui, linktr.ee/Manicknux hyperfollow.com/Tygre, and Suedeer.Art in the video is credited to the users that sent them in next to their slides, edits will be made if we missed anyone or made any spelling errors!
I know this is a solemn post and a different kind of announcement than usual. I hope that we can keep the comments on topic, and take a moment to remember all of those who are no longer with us, to honor their memories.
August 1st, 2025- Night Time Community Banner!
Events & Spotlight | General | Posted 11 months ago
Hey there cuties!
We are shaking things up with a night time banner update 🌙✨
This piece was done by the amazingly talented
CorrieZodori!
We love the warm summer nights here and watching the fireflies in the distance. With the hottest part of summer behind us (hopefully) we welcome the cooler breezes and sense that pumpkin spice season is just around the corner🎃we can almost smell it!
We also wanted to inform you all that we will be attending and selling merch at Furrydelphia August 22nd-24th. We hope to see some of you there! You can find more information about Furrydelphia here: https://furrydelphia.org/
Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Well, that’s where artists submit banner ideas through the year and if chosen they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of a week - sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount to how many that we will choose! We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your tags for us to easily locate submissions! We ask that at least one of the mascots are featured or both of us! All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300.Be sure to go send a bunch of love to CorrieZodori for creating such a stunning banner for us ❤️
We are shaking things up with a night time banner update 🌙✨
This piece was done by the amazingly talented
CorrieZodori!We love the warm summer nights here and watching the fireflies in the distance. With the hottest part of summer behind us (hopefully) we welcome the cooler breezes and sense that pumpkin spice season is just around the corner🎃we can almost smell it!
We also wanted to inform you all that we will be attending and selling merch at Furrydelphia August 22nd-24th. We hope to see some of you there! You can find more information about Furrydelphia here: https://furrydelphia.org/
⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords for us to easily locate submissions!
What are community banners?
Well, that’s where artists submit banner ideas through the year and if chosen they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of a week - sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount to how many that we will choose! We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your tags for us to easily locate submissions! We ask that at least one of the mascots are featured or both of us! All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300.Be sure to go send a bunch of love to CorrieZodori for creating such a stunning banner for us ❤️
July 21st, 2025- Staff Changes, Bug Fixes, and Advertising
News & Updates | General | Posted 11 months ago
Hey there fuzzies!
We weren’t expecting to make an announcement on this quite yet, but some of you have noticed some things that were unintended to go live. Hopefully we can get everyone caught up on what transpired over the weekend.
There has been some restructuring to our coding team as we had a departure in our Tech department. We thank them for their many years of service, and wish them the best in their future endeavors. This may cause some delays in our current Road Map items, so pardon our dust as the new tech staff get acclimated to our infrastructure!
As a result of this, when one of our techs pushed some staff-related updates and general bugfixes live, they also pushed out what the previous dev was working on before they were given more time to be fully tested and implemented for our upcoming update. Please provide us with feedback on this item and how it works (or doesn’t!) via our ticketing system here
In the future we will ensure that this doesn’t happen by establishing a better review process for new code submissions; however, the part of the feature that went live has already seen some good feedback, so we decided to keep the changes live while cleaning up the rough edges.
Meta Keywords - These reflect the selections under our submission upload dropdowns. They can now be blocked via our tag blocking feature. The ability to use them in search as searchable terms has yet to be added and will be implemented in a future update.
⚙️ Fixed a bug where pressing enter on the search page did not reset the search results back to page 1
⚙️ Moved “General Art” to the top in the Theme drop down when uploading
⚙️ Added the following categories in a new "Animation & Media" category group:
-2D Animation
-3D Animation
-Pixel Animation
-Interactive Media
⚙️ Reworded Neer’s Famous Taco Recipe for Clarity
⚙️ Adjusted coloration of the Mature Art labels in the Modern Light Theme to be more readable
⚙️ Fixed an issue with replacement thumbnails using the dimensions of the original thumbnail and not resizing appropriately.Upcoming changes in advertising
In short, Fur Affinity will be implementing video ads in the near future. They will be visible to logged out guests only, and will be a big help in bringing on new paid staff. If you are signed in, you will NOT see these. Again, these are going to show for signed out users only.
We are planning an update to our in house ads in the near future in regards to different pricing options and sizes that we hope many will be interested in but it isn’t something we are ready to launch just yet. One such option is geotargeting for community ads, which has been highly requested!Even though these were pushed early, we hope it’s something that helps improve the site experience for you all!
[art by Eden Vale]
Reminder to be excellent to each other in the comments!
We weren’t expecting to make an announcement on this quite yet, but some of you have noticed some things that were unintended to go live. Hopefully we can get everyone caught up on what transpired over the weekend.
There has been some restructuring to our coding team as we had a departure in our Tech department. We thank them for their many years of service, and wish them the best in their future endeavors. This may cause some delays in our current Road Map items, so pardon our dust as the new tech staff get acclimated to our infrastructure!
As a result of this, when one of our techs pushed some staff-related updates and general bugfixes live, they also pushed out what the previous dev was working on before they were given more time to be fully tested and implemented for our upcoming update. Please provide us with feedback on this item and how it works (or doesn’t!) via our ticketing system here
In the future we will ensure that this doesn’t happen by establishing a better review process for new code submissions; however, the part of the feature that went live has already seen some good feedback, so we decided to keep the changes live while cleaning up the rough edges.
Feature we’re talking about that was unintended to be pushed live at this time-
Meta Keywords - These reflect the selections under our submission upload dropdowns. They can now be blocked via our tag blocking feature. The ability to use them in search as searchable terms has yet to be added and will be implemented in a future update.
Bug fixes also pushed live-
⚙️ Fixed a bug where pressing enter on the search page did not reset the search results back to page 1
⚙️ Moved “General Art” to the top in the Theme drop down when uploading
⚙️ Added the following categories in a new "Animation & Media" category group:
-2D Animation
-3D Animation
-Pixel Animation
-Interactive Media
⚙️ Reworded Neer’s Famous Taco Recipe for Clarity
⚙️ Adjusted coloration of the Mature Art labels in the Modern Light Theme to be more readable
⚙️ Fixed an issue with replacement thumbnails using the dimensions of the original thumbnail and not resizing appropriately.Upcoming changes in advertising
THIS APPLIES TO LOGGED OUT USERS ONLY
In short, Fur Affinity will be implementing video ads in the near future. They will be visible to logged out guests only, and will be a big help in bringing on new paid staff. If you are signed in, you will NOT see these. Again, these are going to show for signed out users only.
We are planning an update to our in house ads in the near future in regards to different pricing options and sizes that we hope many will be interested in but it isn’t something we are ready to launch just yet. One such option is geotargeting for community ads, which has been highly requested!Even though these were pushed early, we hope it’s something that helps improve the site experience for you all!
[art by
Eden Vale]Reminder to be excellent to each other in the comments!
