Crush! Yiff! Destroy!

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Crush! Yiff! Destroy!, also known as CYD, is a website with an associated forum which is frequented by furs, ex-furs, nonfurs, and anti-furries alike. Its guiding principle the uninhibited discussion and poking of fun at what its members see as excesses and/or vices of the furry fandom.

The site's name is a parody of the phrase "Crush, kill, destroy" uttered by the android IDAK in an episode of Lost In Space. ^[1]

Addresses:
- Website: http://crushyiffdestroy.com/
- Forum: http://www.crushyiffdestroy.com/forum/
Webmaster: Mitch
Mascot: Rankin the raccoon
Ran from/to: 2002 - present

1 Mission and content
- 1.1 Media content
2 Forums
3 Affiliations
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Mission and content

The founding concept of CYD was the exercise of freedom of speech among like-minded individuals who shared a sense of exasperation at the fandom's more bizarre aspects.

[edit] Media content

Favourite front-page topics at CYD include the political antics of the webmasters of popular furry sites, stories and fanfiction, online drama and overreaction, furry spirituality and fursuits.

CYD also provides an extensive collection of documents valuable to those researching early fandom history. Some of these aren't available elsewhere. Also included is an extensive collection of links to other furry web sites, the majority of which are favorable to the fandom.

Imagery and other type of multimedia pro or con about the fandom can be found to be hosted in situ, such as Jonn Wood's How To Be a Furry.

[edit] Forums

The CYD forums are often considered the heart of CYD by those trying to characterize it. This has caused trouble in the the past, as evidence for almost any agenda can be found by selectively filtering posts. The forum members are an eclectic mix of active furries, vehement anti-furries, and nonfurs. While some are hostile to outside furs, a number of furry artists and fans have gained acceptance there and are active members. As a result, the nature of forum threads and posts vary wildly.

Topics are a selection of furry and non-furry discussion, usually focusing on the absurd or silly behavior of the subjects. Moderators tend to keep their hands off the user threads, while nudging the forums to better quality by locking threads and banishing users considered too childish to post. Threads are locked when deemed too offensive, too irrelevant, or simply too mindless and anti-furry - most thread lockings occur after participants become too worked up, i.e. "taking the Internet too seriously."

Advocating and/or committing vandalism against furry online resources or harassing furs is explicitly forbidden by the site's owner, who has banned people for this.

[edit] Affiliations

CYD has often been accused of being an offshoot of Portal of Evil or Something Awful, but it has no ties or affiliations with either of these sites, and indeed has been labeled a "furry site" by them. This idea may have arisen because a few of CYD's forum members are also members of these sites; unlike them, a high percentage of CYD's members are active in the fandom.