

area? THIS IS A BLIGHT ON SOCIETY AND MUST BE STOPPED!”Īctually, you know what? That could be exactly what happened. Nobody in Congress was cruising the internet one day and came across and say “oWo, what’s this? I’m gonna make a profile! What’s that? Nobody’s responding to my ad for a hung taur looking for yiff and scritches in the D.C. I mean, it’s not like that was their specific intent. In short, it was a nice little corner of the furry fandom where folks could meet each other. It launched in 2003, and since that time was apparently the progenitor of many a happy (and no doubt quite a few unhappy) furry relationships. Think of it like EHarmony, but a little stranger and a lot fluffier. “ make a profile and list personal ads, which were then searchable by other furries, and would make connections with each other through the site. Prior to FOSTA’s passage, was, as pseudonymous legal commentator “ BoozyBarrister” wrote Friday , “a free furry personals site where furries could go and put up personal ads to look for friends, lovers, what have you.” FOSTA-SESTA), a bill allegedly designed to curb sex trafficking, but in reality a dangerous scam that will harm consenting sex workers, according the EFF, the ACLU and the Center for Democracy and Technology.Ĭraigslist has been in operation since 1995. Craigslist announced last week that it would cease hosting personal ads of any kind, in response to FOSTA (a.k.a.
