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The Furry-O-Meter:

  • 4 — SuperFur. Includes those who get quite in touch with their animal side, building their life around it or wanting to be their fursona instead of human. Much of their identity is based around their fursona, and they go to every convention.
  • 3 — Regular Furry. Loves to roleplay, has a fursona, commissions art and stories, attends cons, haunts the websites, has a fursuit, and is generally passionate about the furry world. May or may not have an anthropomorphism fetish.
  • 2 — Honorary Furry Fan. Feels comfortable around them and appreciates their works, but does not cosplay, wear a fursuit, or attend conventions. They are generally willing to participate in online communities, provided that they can remain somewhat anonymous. Might have a fursona, but may hardly use it, perhaps only in the occasional roleplay setting. Many furries that reach 3 or 4 on this scale start here for a time, while they "dip their toes" in the fandom and decide whether or not they want to get more involved and embrace the fandom as part of their identity.
  • 1 — The Tangentially Related Artist. Has a non-fandom rationale behind featuring anthro characters in their works, either because Furries Are Easier to Draw, they like Talking Animals, they enjoy a work that happens to be Popular with Furries, or because they simply want to draw fanservice that simply happens to be furry, which they see as being no different to regular fanservice. May still appreciate their attention and be friends with some members.
  • 0 — The Neutral. Unsure of their relationship to the Fandom, or just indifferent to them.
  • -1 — The "Mundane". Definitely not a furry, but doesn't tend to mind them, except for those approaching type 4.
  • -2 — The Mildly Squicked. A little uncomfortable around furries and may ask them to keep to themselves. Still capable of civility, and may even call people at -3 or -4 out for their behavior.
  • -3 — True Anti-Furry. Generally has a Not In My Back Yard attitude towards furries and wants them off their forums/chatrooms/other regular haunts so they don't have to deal with them.
  • -4 — SuperAnti-Fur. Committed blind basher incapable of being reasoned with. Unlike the previous category, the mere existence of furries seems to enrage them, causing them to actively seek furries out and harass them, or otherwise post malicious comments about them at every opportunity. They might even oppose anthropomorphic animals in general because they see them as being inherently connected to furries.

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