#BigFurs
Didn't know there was a name for the fandom at the time, but was lurking boards and surfing websites in 2000 before discovering the TF story archives. Which led me to @matakiwolf.bsky.social, @roguemegawolf.bsky.social, bigfurs, and @bigtig.bsky.social 's macrophile

Over half my life being a furry
November 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
sometimes i miss furnet irc and bigfurs irc . . .
September 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
August 29, 2026 at 12:15 AM
2. I've been active in the scene since 2014 or so! Started chatting on furnet and bigfurs. Got stepped on a looooooot!
December 6, 2024 at 1:36 AM
It’s so bad especially in the macro scene. I was on bigfurs irc well over a decade ago but these days it’s like people act like I’ve got a 3 day old blank furaffinity profile

I have depression but I don’t cause problems it’s so fucked up idk
June 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
And the bigfurs are welcome to come too if they wanna get away from grownup stress and give being a little a try
April 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
I certainly remember bigfurs but I'm not sure I remember offscale!
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Yeah! Was #bigfurs I'm pretty sure. If not, I at least knew OF Durrn back then.
June 20, 2026 at 12:57 AM
May 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Setting an example for the younger generation. This gym needs bigger and meatier beasts!

Sketch com for Rike (troy300)
#hypermuscle #bigfurs #gaymuscle #gymbros #getswol
April 17, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Wit came to pay a visit to my new place.
But... oh no! My lawn! It's broken!

Coloured sketch for Wittnesu
#hyper #bigfurs #heftyload #bigbulges
June 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I’m toying with the idea of setting up my own server, but, y’know, BigFurs is RIGHT THERE and has all the expected IRC goodies. And if you know nothing about IRC, the WikiHow article…isn’t terrible. www.wikihow.com/Get-Started-...
How to Get Started with IRC: A Complete Beginner’s Guide
Chat it up in channels thanks to IRC IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is an internet protocol that lets you communicate with people with text in real-time. While IRC has been declining in popularity in favor...
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February 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
... Being my big age is still having logs from 2005s Bigfurs and Offscale.

I hate it.

And I love it.

But I HATE IT!
February 10, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Had to search for a blast from the past (apparently didn't have to search this hard but damn I miss the BFCC days of BigFurs).

No, for real. I thought this was lost to the ether and I'm glad to find it again! Like the second pic ever of Dev.
May 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Thinking about being a bit goofy and bringing back BigFurs Community College for College Football 25
July 7, 2024 at 8:33 PM
"If you're giant, pin your friends under your sack (ack, ack, ack, ack, ack)"

- Billy Joel on the bigfurs IRC probably.
February 9, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Pre-Internet access my core inspirations were Sonic and Dragonheart (1996)

Post-Internet access it was voretex orcas > BigFurs > VCL
September 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
2. I wanna say for about....11-12 years? I started off participating in the Macro MLP threads on 4chan which then kind of got into bigfurs IRC and other channels like twitter. Basically since I was out of high school.
November 30, 2024 at 6:41 AM
It is truly amazing to see how people have progressed since the days of Lofty Bearings, Macrophile/com, OffScale, and Bigfurs.

Seeing artists grow in skill.
Seeing writers be more ambitious.
Seeing people change and grow to be whole new and better people.

The size community is beautiful.
May 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Another run of classic Benni Art.
Back from the days of 20xx??
When Live Stream sites were like Justin TV and such. I was in the IRC chats of Offscale and Bigfurs and doing simple things in Photoshop with no line stabilizer and correction. And using a basic non waccom tablet.
November 22, 2023 at 1:16 AM
Another from the ancient macro archives. Chaswari again. Some bigfurs getting fed up with how the tiny ones think that they are somehow significant and showing them their place.
October 16, 2023 at 11:16 AM
Were you on bigfurs back in the day??
December 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Mannnnn, BFCC was my introduction to world building in a macro/micro setting. Huge influence on Junior High me as I lurked in the corners of Bigfurs haha
May 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
2.

First discovered the fandom around late 2007/early 2008 when I came across the old Bigfurs .com story archive

Couldn't have asked for a better intro, tbh! Kusanagi, DTF, a few of ROGUE's old stories. Classics!

They definitely influenced my writing style, especially Kusa's stuff.
December 2, 2024 at 9:59 PM