He doesn’t know that the question was clickable
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Neopets is a great example because in that other half hasbio is still around and since they see fluffys as a product (which in such headcannon they are) treating them in a mass production churn it out regardless of practicality would be very on brand
as long as the money flows
and ye mr owl got it, didnt know the question was clickable 
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Ah, my apologies then. I’ve edited the text so it’s more clear it’s clickable!
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as for the original question, id say what is a fluffy is in the eye of the beholder and its hard to moderate because we dont know what the OP was thinking as far as his ideaof what i fluffys for me a fluffy is a tubby loaf shaped pony pig looking thing, that seems to be the general conception that gets adopted, i feel as long as someone is willing to share there creations as long as they see it as “on topic” let them cook, we could end up pushing away high quality artist of the idea of “NOPE NOT A FLUFFY TRY AGAIN”
Ripoffmcgee ill use as a example, i never saw his content as being fluffy related, i would however say he contributed alot on the basis he was a very talented artist.
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all good 
tbh i skimmed mr owls op so i missed the original point.
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Does your “fluffy” looks like the lovechild of a pony and a pig? 
Does your fluffy need a whole wiki to explain why is part human and has a tendency to choke on human penises? 
If your creation falls on the second… fuck it, fuck it sideways with a rusty rake
To me, if you grab someone who dropped this fandom on the early days and you show them one of the oc and say " oh yeah, this a fluffy" then its a fluffy. It’s something you can easily recognize as is. I dunno if a half human half pony can recognize
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Sadly this issue goes far further then just anthros, NOW THAT is a real issue. i dont think anthro posts would drive anyone, not many anyway, but logging on the home page to see a foal getting the Piledriver4000 from a owner thats gonna leave a big impression on what someone thinks this community is.
This isnt R34 this isnt E621
It will not leave an impression. Such content is locked behind controversial. Something that new users won’t figure out at first
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And hopefully they never figure it out
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Oh this is gonna be a shit show.
Every time we have this discussion we always seem to cut our community in half. Then the site dies.
So here’s my definition of a fluffy and fluffy content.
A fluffy is a biologically engineered multicoloured horse creature that humans use as pets, entertainment, and profits. What Users want to see is them exploring the world that either accepts or rejects them in the best or worst of ways.
Personally the purpose of these discussions never really go anywhere, besides ostracizing a few users and chasing them out.
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Ironically he would rudely yell at people all the time for theirs.
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There’s a lot I don’t like to see and a lot of just straight up porn that’s disgusting to me but I just block it. I agree with most people that we need to keep their mannerisms consistent and make sure they’re separate from both humans and animals. That being said I don’t see the problem with expanding it into things like BFM mentions about bird species. Again, I prefer OG stuff but I don’t see anything wrong with letting people experiment a bit. This shit can get stale fast without any variety.
After the recent discussions I’d be happy to see anthros and OCs and all that weird shit gone but they’ve already got their own groups and it just doesn’t seem especially fair to take that away from them.
I was gonna say that I haven’t seen any OCs or fluffies acting like people but I remembered a certain artist that posts the cringiest shit I’ve ever seen that oversteps the boundaries imo
I’m not opposed to giving people a space who want to post some more… controversial stuff. But if that’s all you post then you don’t belong here. This isn’t a porn site.
I’ll stand by that at least. There’s a place for it here technically but I fundamentally disagree with it.
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Ok if we’re cool I’ll delete my messages now
I’ve been seeing you replying for like 20 minutes now
I know some people don’t like anthro fluffies, but I still do it even if it makes people despise me. It’s a hobby that people around and before me enjoyed because it was interesting concept. It just has to be done right and if nsfw tarnishes it then I’ll stop.
This won’t fix every issue in the community. Personally I think there’s too much complaining and not enough creating.
Sorry for the wait this site won’t let me type without closing drafts.
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Yeah I’m really torn on the issue. Being completely honest I don’t think most of your stuff belongs here but that’s not up to me and I’m not gonna be pushy about it
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It doesn’t matter. No one knows what they want to see here.
I mean I think I do
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Anthros delenda est.
No furry or waifu shit, thanks much.
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I disagree. Subspecies are not only a realistic extension of the universe, they provide new avenues to explore while still remaining fluffy-centric. The only rules I would add is that any new fluff-species needs to be heavily discussed and scrutinized, not everyone is able to come up with something sensible, and it’s easy to run into OC territory, but by and large I am fond of the idea.
Before I joined the team, I wasn’t even subscribed to the anthro category. Wasn’t even aware they existed here. My point being, there’s a good percentage here that might not be fans, but we have them as a separate category and you legit don’t even have to interact with it if you don’t want to.
Anthros are in so far okay as to clearly state that it’s on some level parody material, and for that reason alone I’m against removing them outright. They aren’t “fluffies”, they should never be considered “fluffies”, and they are only acceptable in the Non-fluffy category of the website. If necessary we will make a category exclusively for anthro, but for the time being that’s my stance on the situation.
This is a genuinely good point raised. We have a strict “non-human violence” rule in place. If anyone chooses to draw anthro, then for all intents and purposes, that’s considered a human in my eyes. And by extension, if you draw anthro, violence should be off the table.
I’m fairly certain we’ve listed similar things, but you are correct, something that’s universally identifying and can easily be called out on would cut down on anyone deviating from the norm. I like the proposed qualifiers. I think it’s easy to forget that all of us veterans know this by heart, but newcomers might not.
Excellent point that can be combined with the previous argument. If we have a unifying rule that either limits them by appearance or behavior, we’re pretty much set. Birdfluffies are an edge-case, they might alter the appearance of the fluffy too much, but if they’re still flightless like pegasi, it might be ruled okay.
I’m going to spend the day (once I’m done working) to make a couple of new groups, I think. Specifically, one for anthro. That will further help separate the content people want to see.
What this discussion has illustrated to me is that, at the core, people have issues with anthros and/or subspecies, but there’s also fervent supporters of them. To ban either is to alienate a portion of the website, and if we start resorting to that, it’ll open a can of worms of what will remain okay to exist.
This will also follow, as soon as I’m able. This list will also go into detail about some rules of subspecies.
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