Arcturus and his supporters went on to create ArtPlz. At that time Fur Affinity had 12,174 user accounts and nearly 100,000 submissions. The site was shut down on 1 August due to a disagreement between lead coder Jheryn and host provider Arcturus, the primary administrators of the site. Many of those who abandoned SheezyArt went on to sites such as Fur Affinity and y!Gallery when the latter decided to ban anthro art in May 2006 to refocus on its core topic, Fur Affinity gained further traffic.įur Affinity suffered from major security holes and hacking during the summer of 2005. This migration left many with few alternatives. Much of Sheezy's community was abandoned after the rules change took effect. Warnings were supposedly issued from the site's service provider, advising SheezyArt that they were not permitted to host adult content on their site. During that time period, Sheezy abruptly changed policies to both remove adult art and take a stronger stance against users and their uploads. The following is a history of Fur Affinity and its properties.į was launched on January 16, 2005, as an alternative to SheezyArt with the forum going live on that date and the main site being transferred a few days later from FurPaws.

2.10 Silver Eagle, the 'ClusterFur' and FurryDigital.

2.5 Former Furocity staff departure (2011).

2.4 Chewfox's appearance on The Tyra Banks Show.

1.17 Server Hack/Source Code Leak (2016).1.8 Server problems (November/December 2009).1.7 Server problems and IRC bans (July 2009).

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