Vintage Furry Content @oldfurrystuff.bsky.social

It's really kind of crazy to think that furries' addresses and personal information was just being published so openly in those days: (Page censored for obvious reasons)

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Gon' E-Choo Gator @gonechoo.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 20, 2023 at 18:01 UTC

Frankly, the only real crime at that stage was arguably just drawing animal-headed people as far as any of these people probably suspected.

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Harwick @harwick.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 20, 2023 at 17:20 UTC

Interesting to not see any of the cities that are stereotypically “full” of furries now days like Denver or Seattle. I suppose in 1988 the tech industry hadn’t quite taken off yet beyond CA.

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🦄 Minty Melody - DJ MTV 🖤🩶🤍💜 @nostalgicunicorn.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 20, 2023 at 22:19 UTC

Because communities were very close knit and small. It was this way in the anime fandom at that time too. There were penpal lists. Having lived through the 70's-90's I can tell you, no one really worried about info like we do now. It was rare some weirdo harassed you unless you were famous.

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Dragonick T. HedgeWing @thatflyingfurry.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 20, 2023 at 16:24 UTC

I'm guessing that communities were so tight-knit and local, as well as the circulation of the zines so limited, to make safety not so much of a concern?

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SorcererLance @sorcererlance.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 20, 2023 at 17:13 UTC

Ahh, the wild west days of having pen pals... Definitely risky as hell having that info public nowadays.

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Darius Davis @2dwilddog.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 20, 2023 at 16:37 UTC

Pretty cool to see how far reaching it was throughout the country early on. As well as the beginnings of it slowly taken abroad.

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Charlotte Dragoness uwu soff dragon @bigladydragon.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 20, 2023 at 16:34 UTC

In an era before email and instant messenger programs that was the way to reach out to people.

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Roland Guiscard @rolandguiscard.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 21, 2023 at 03:37 UTC

We were once free from fear.

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Alpine @alpineshep.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 05, 2023 at 14:40 UTC

i suppose they thought of it no different than a phone book

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