As Posted on Wikifur by GreenReaper (Laurence Parry) on Wed 14 May 2014 – 10:32
In a sudden move, Bad Karma Networks has closed the Ychan image board, furry art community and forum Yiffy International, and stoner fur community site 420furs.org.
When we’re young the day stands still, but as we age time begins to speed us by until it seems there is never enough. We’re proud of how far the community has come in the 11 years since we opened our doors, but sadly we no longer have the time to make this the site that you deserve. We’ll miss you and the fun we’ve had together deeply – but remember that in every ending is a new beginning. We wish you the best in all your new beginnings to come!
Parts of Yiffy International – formed by a three-way merger in August 2008 – had been up since 2002, while Ychan launched March 2008. 420furs.org opened in 2007 as Bakedfurs.org.
One member had fond memories for Yiffy International:
I’d been a member for almost five years, hell I was a stalker of the site back when it first started. […] After FurAffinity, they were the second furry website I had joined, I had met many wonderful people there and I will miss them.
However, a Ychan user criticised the decision, claiming that the site was well-funded by its members:
Ychan.ca just lost ALL my little respect I had for it. they shut down a site that runs itself based on what the community puts into it, plus they’ve had countless donation counters asking for cash to keep the servers up, and when they reach their goal of several thousand dollars they put another one up. […] every week they asked for donations, sometimes more than once a week if they got their quota.
Bad Karma Networks had also taken over hosting of furryne.ws, but closed the site in March 2012 after six months of inactivity.
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