As I've browsed this website, which is full to the brim with NSFW art, it brings about a strange sense of melancholy. There's plenty of lust buried deep within the chasms of this fiberoptic website, but...what about love? Where is it to be found? And how can it be found?

Sex without love to me is like icing without the entire cake, it's all your getting and nothing more. And to be honest, that's not what most people want out of a relationship. Lord knows I don't. So why do so many people come crawling to websites like these to pleasure themselves? Is it because they're lonely? Do the depraved and the cynical create artwork out of a sense of longing and isolation?

That got me thinking. What if furry sites like these weren't solemnly used for pornographic purposes, but also for dating purposes?

There's millions of people lonely out in the world today, and sometimes, all they need is a little love in their lives to make a change for the better. So where better to propose the idea of a dating forum than on a site that attracts people who have sex on their minds?

It's time for the lone wolf to be reintroduced to the pack.

I can only speak for myself, of course, but I personally haven't ever really been lonely, or felt longing and isolation over relationships. A quick google of furry dating sites shows that there are a few out there, not sure how good they happen to be.
With regards to adding a dating element to art archives, I think it's kinda out of the scope of what they do and wouldn't be a particularly natural fit as an addition to an already well established site. It would seem vastly more sensible to have separate sites for such vastly different purposes.
Also, I'm not one hundred percent sure it was intended, but the way you write about the users and artists comes off to me at least as a touch contemptuous.
Thank you for coming to my TEDx talk.

barbecuebacon said:
That got me thinking. What if furry sites like these weren't solemnly used for pornographic purposes, but also for dating purposes?

What you're looking for is the furry dating app Barq.

barbecuebacon said:
So why do so many people come crawling to websites like these to pleasure themselves? Is it because they're lonely? Do the depraved and the cynical create artwork out of a sense of longing and isolation?

Plenty of people who are in relationships still enjoy porn.

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Awesome comics, by the way, Dood!
◠‿╹)~★

In all seriousness,
Sex doesn't have to be romance and romance doesn't have to be sex.
They're two entirely different things, One does NOT imply the other.
Not in tags and not in life.

I doodle lewd biz because I love to do it, Not out of longing, loneliness
, or any of the dark stuff! Like a peep playing Blazblue They play for fun, I draw for fun. I draw as an expression
of myself and of these rad ideas I have to get down because-
"Wouldn't it be SO COOL IF THOSE PEEPS-~!"
So on and so on. No need to feel sorry for me or any other
lewd artist who's just doodling what's on the dome, Dood!
◠‿╹)~★

quenir said:
I can only speak for myself, of course, but I personally haven't ever really been lonely, or felt longing and isolation over relationships. A quick google of furry dating sites shows that there are a few out there, not sure how good they happen to be.
With regards to adding a dating element to art archives, I think it's kinda out of the scope of what they do and wouldn't be a particularly natural fit as an addition to an already well established site. It would seem vastly more sensible to have separate sites for such vastly different purposes.
Also, I'm not one hundred percent sure it was intended, but the way you write about the users and artists comes off to me at least as a touch contemptuous.
Thank you for coming to my TEDx talk.

I Concor, Can't talk for future me but present me is an Eternal Blaze, Dood!
In a good way, I swear! ◠‿◠)

And yeah, Like I said about sex and romance being two entirely
different things. The same goes for this art archive to a dating site,
It'd be like a Bakery turning into a strip club. Though there are
great places out there, e621 becoming one...may cause more
problems than it's worth, Dood.
=‿=;)

We already had a vaguely similar thread recently, ^{where I wrote two very stupid comments and deleted them}. I'm going to comment now without deleting it.

barbecuebacon said:
It's time for the lone wolf to be reintroduced to the pack.

That's sorta related to what's been on my mind for the last two months. Through social anxiety, I've isolated myself from ever having meaningful connections with anyone to the point my brain doesn't even have a good concept of what a "friend" is. A romantic partner is a concept I've never entertained historically. I sometimes like to lie to myself that I'm schizoid and aromantic, but the schizoid one is almost surely wrong, and the latter may or may not be false. At any rate, I probably need to stop being the world's largest shut-in for my own sanity. Cloudpie's comments (including last thread) could prove quite helpful.

I’m here to find stuff to tease my girlfriend with (and sneasel content for myself).

Not everyone here matches the stereotyped and cynical view you made of the userbase.
There’s no need to be a doomer or try to psycho-analyse an entire website’s userbase.

I don’t think this website needs a dating section. It would bring in lots of issues and stray away from the site’s purpose to archive furry artwork, as well as many new issues and loads of work for the moderators. I saw a user get banned for grooming today: I don’t want to see this happen more often.

First off it's so much easier to date someone you already know is on the same wavelength as you than trying to convince a typical person irl from 0.
I personally don't recommend using dating sites as it's awkward and inorganic usually. It's much better to get to know a person better on forums and social media and then date them than the other way around. The favorites section and comment history can also tell you a lot about the person, mostly their sexual side and maybe sense of humor. Not saying you should date here but if you're savvy enough you can make it work.
Also you shouldn't overthink it too much, it's just porn and we're horny. No other reason for its existence :P