sadly it isn’t terribly effective because there’s way too much friction when it comes to local interaction
two people have to like each other first before they can even say hi? that’s like … literally the opposite of how meeting people works though???
that isn’t to say that DMs should be unlocked but rather that there oughtta be a localized/proximity public channel where you can just sorta microblog to the void and others who are nearby enough to see it can comment.
i’d call that system “howling”.
kinda like the twilight bark from the old animated 101 Dalmatians movie _
The cool thing about Barq for me, though, is that it functions as a proximity IFF transponder–or at least that’s how i think of it
because it shows you other furries within range. hypothetically speaking, if there IS a “local furry community” you’d want to connect with, some of them MIGHT be on Barq.
Like, by default, any fur you end up talking to on barq is going to be within hanging out / getting food / social activity range.
Just kinda wish it was a little easier to pitch group activities to the local area. I’d absolutely be interested in knowing if there’s any such events happening nearby but as it presently stands i have to actively search through fragnented and static message boards where the proximity feature has no presence, and there may be boards for your area that are not obviously named because the board names are user defined… And frankly, i have too much going on to set aside time for commiting to in-depth perusal on a regular basis where i might not even find out about anything actionable most of the time.
If the fediverse had an optional “see users near me in dirtspace” feature … I don’t think anyone would use it??? I dunno it just feels like the “meeting up with people” task and goal NEED to be compartmentalized to a specific system for that purpose so you can cut it loose entirely at a moments notice without destroying everything…
It’s also not ad-ridden, or full of rent-seeking behavior like the nightmare that is Grindr, so it’s just a better user experience generally.
They added a “friends” feature so maybe it’ll be used for friend-finding more than just hookups. All genders are welcome, but the fandom skews pretty LGBT/male so there’s a lot of explicitly gay guys on there.
As a furry it’s… Fine
It needs work. Chat has always been a pain point but almost all of us (unfortunately) use Telegram so it’s not the worst thing.
I use barq!
sadly it isn’t terribly effective because there’s way too much friction when it comes to local interaction
two people have to like each other first before they can even say hi? that’s like … literally the opposite of how meeting people works though???
that isn’t to say that DMs should be unlocked but rather that there oughtta be a localized/proximity public channel where you can just sorta microblog to the void and others who are nearby enough to see it can comment.
i’d call that system “howling”. kinda like the twilight bark from the old animated 101 Dalmatians movie _
For anyone, like me, who has (well had, now) no idea what barq is
we have that, it is called the fediverse, have you seen how many cute furries are there?
The cool thing about Barq for me, though, is that it functions as a proximity IFF transponder–or at least that’s how i think of it
because it shows you other furries within range. hypothetically speaking, if there IS a “local furry community” you’d want to connect with, some of them MIGHT be on Barq.
Like, by default, any fur you end up talking to on barq is going to be within hanging out / getting food / social activity range.
Just kinda wish it was a little easier to pitch group activities to the local area. I’d absolutely be interested in knowing if there’s any such events happening nearby but as it presently stands i have to actively search through fragnented and static message boards where the proximity feature has no presence, and there may be boards for your area that are not obviously named because the board names are user defined… And frankly, i have too much going on to set aside time for commiting to in-depth perusal on a regular basis where i might not even find out about anything actionable most of the time.
If the fediverse had an optional “see users near me in dirtspace” feature … I don’t think anyone would use it??? I dunno it just feels like the “meeting up with people” task and goal NEED to be compartmentalized to a specific system for that purpose so you can cut it loose entirely at a moments notice without destroying everything…
It probably has real good security though
You could sorta Yik yak before you join a herd?
Is it like Grindr (eg, mostly male + hookups)?
It’s used like Grindr
It’s also not ad-ridden, or full of rent-seeking behavior like the nightmare that is Grindr, so it’s just a better user experience generally.
They added a “friends” feature so maybe it’ll be used for friend-finding more than just hookups. All genders are welcome, but the fandom skews pretty LGBT/male so there’s a lot of explicitly gay guys on there.
As a furry it’s… Fine
It needs work. Chat has always been a pain point but almost all of us (unfortunately) use Telegram so it’s not the worst thing.