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1. metalcrow · 1790907309 · focus · HN ↗

   I gotta say I'm confused about the entire reason this is important. Any furry convention has just as many IT professionals (and probably a few AI devs), but people aren't posting about Anthrocon and talking about how many people get drugged and assaulted there in the context of IT. Why is this different?

   1. plorkyeran · 1790913299 · focus · HN ↗

      Because people get drugged and assaulted at Anthrocon a lot less often?

      1. metalcrow · 1790915487 · focus · HN ↗

         i honestly don't think that's true actually. especially since a lot more people go to anthrocon, but even per-capita i bet AC is higher

         1. agos · 1790930892 · focus · HN ↗

            Yikes, then it should be talked about even more
         2. zparky · 1790943224 · focus · HN ↗

            do you have any basis for that claim? the furry community is very tight-knit and there is a culture of looking out for each other.

            1. metalcrow · 1790946207 · focus · HN ↗

               I've been going to anthrocon for 10 years and a furry for longer. Ever year there are multiple posts about it, both on Twitter and in telegram. In fact once a friend of mine was drugged there.

               Also as a furry I dunno if I would say the community has a culture for looking out for each other.

               1. cindyllm · 1790946479 · focus · HN ↗

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            2. Hizonner · 1790963521 · focus · HN ↗

               I know nothing about furries, but I've been involved in, or close to, more than one subculture where there was tons of unrecognized and uncorrected creepy or outright abusive behavior, while lots of people kept saying pretty much exactly that.

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