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What is Othercon?

Othercon is the first ever annual 3-day virtual convention for members of the Otherkin, Therian, and general Alterhuman/Nonhuman community.

The purpose of this convention is to provide a space where people within (and outside) of the community can come together to socialize, educate, and entertain for a fun-filled weekend!

#alterhuman #othercon

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Hey,

I submitted a proposal for a panel at the upcoming othercon. I would like to know if my talk is accepted or not. How and when do you normally inform people of this?

I tried emailing you but it seems your email address isn't working atm. I got this error message regarding it: 554 5.7.1 : Relay access denied

We found out pretty late that the email had broken during the move between webhosts, and it took a while to find the cause. It was fixed yesterday though, so emails have been sent to artists and panelists. Staff members should get their emails sometime today. They had to be scheduled since our email provider doesn't like a lot of emails being sent in a short span of time

#othercon questions

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New Website + Forms Open

The full news post can be found here:

But to summarize: The new website is up! Artist, panelist, and staff applications are open right now and can be found here. Those forms auto-close on June 30th at 11:59pm (US East). This year's mascot vote is also open, and can be found on the same page. The mascot vote only lasts a week, so get your votes in! The email newsletter is also being retired in favor of RSS, with more details available on the news page.

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Sending a reminder that tomorrow is the last day for submitting artist, panelist, or staff forms!

arethinn

Is the RSS feed working as intended? I haven't gotten anything through it since the "hello world" post on May 30.

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There has only been 1 so far, with the next arranged for later today.

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New Website + Forms Open

The full news post can be found here:

But to summarize: The new website is up! Artist, panelist, and staff applications are open right now and can be found here. Those forms auto-close on June 30th at 11:59pm (US East). This year's mascot vote is also open, and can be found on the same page. The mascot vote only lasts a week, so get your votes in! The email newsletter is also being retired in favor of RSS, with more details available on the news page.

otherconvention

Sending a reminder that tomorrow is the last day for submitting artist, panelist, or staff forms!

New Website + Forms Open

The full news post can be found here:

But to summarize: The new website is up! Artist, panelist, and staff applications are open right now and can be found here. Those forms auto-close on June 30th at 11:59pm (US East). This year's mascot vote is also open, and can be found on the same page. The mascot vote only lasts a week, so get your votes in! The email newsletter is also being retired in favor of RSS, with more details available on the news page.

#othercon news #othercon #alterhuman

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dinocanid

Making the post here since it uses a link to my Ko-fi and that feels strange putting on the official blog, but it's been decided that the Othercon website will be moving to Nekoweb from its previous host, which would cut our yearly costs almost in half.

The funding goal is $52 USD. Because the funding goal is so low, I'm using my Ko-fi this time instead of GoFundMe. It felt odd making an entire campaign this time compared to what GFM is usually used for, so I opted for this. Once the goal is met, I'll be able to pay the subscriptions and get the site up and running and migrate the domain over.

The goal progress will go uo through regular "buy me a coffee!" donations or buying something from my shop, although be aware that if you buy a physical item then part of the price involves getting the item made and shipped.

Want to support my work? Consider buying me a coffee!

dinocanid

The goal has been met, thanks everyone that helped! Between tonight and tomorrow I'll be able to work on migrating.

dinocanid

Making the post here since it uses a link to my Ko-fi and that feels strange putting on the official blog, but it's been decided that the Othercon website will be moving to Nekoweb from its previous host, which would cut our yearly costs almost in half.

The funding goal is $52 USD. Because the funding goal is so low, I'm using my Ko-fi this time instead of GoFundMe. It felt odd making an entire campaign this time compared to what GFM is usually used for, so I opted for this. Once the goal is met, I'll be able to pay the subscriptions and get the site up and running and migrate the domain over.

The goal progress will go uo through regular "buy me a coffee!" donations or buying something from my shop, although be aware that if you buy a physical item then part of the price involves getting the item made and shipped.

Want to support my work? Consider buying me a coffee!

#othercon news

Potential downsizing

Some might've noticed that the GoFundMe has yet to go up this year, and that's because it's currently unknown if we want to continue with our current host or downsize to a cheaper alternative like nekoweb. Currently our hosting is about $80(?84?) USD for a year, and asking for that much money for a website that only updates about once a year feels like a lot. We've been sunsetting the account system for a year or two now, and with the Discord update coming this year we're also sunsetting age verification, so a server to support those is no longer necessary. Email can be moved to a different provider like Gmail or Proton.

All of this information is currently not final, so it's not confirmed if a hosting change will happen or not, but it is likely and would greatly reduce our yearly costs. The current website has been backed up to prevent data loss during the billing grace period.

#othercon news

would othercon be accepting of a feral nsfw art discussion?

It would be, yes. It's been brought up in adults-only discussions all previous years, we don't really have an issue with it.

#othercon questions

We get suggestions yearly along the lines of "you should have [XYZ] panels next year", so I'm sending out a reminder that we are the wrong people to request for these!

Panels are user-submitted, so the best place to increase panel variety is to have discussions with fellow community members! Whether you want to organize an activity, or want to see more of a different subject that was missing from the current year, we encourage voicing what you want to see in community spaces and preparing for future years.

#othercon #alterhuman

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Othercon 2025 has ended!

Special thanks to everyone who attended, and to all of our volunteers. It was an amazing weekend! The server's member count peaked at 667 members, and we managed to raise $1085 USD for charity!

#othercon news #alterhuman

The server for Othercon 2025 is currently open and active! Come join in on the fun!

Please note that the last chance to join the server will be tomorrow night. An invite link is currently listed on our website.

#othercon #alterhuman

Will panels be recorded and posted to the youtube this year as well? I always look forward to them since I'm unable to attend the con itself due to scheduling conflicts

They will be!

#othercon questions

Hi! I was wondering about the schedule site. I would like to use the site to make an agenda for the panels I want to attend, but I need a ticket ID or relevant email. With how registration works, how would I acquire that?

Since we don't use the tickets feature for the event (at least not this year), there isn't really a way to do so.

#othercon questions

Othercon is the first ever annual 3-day virtual convention for members of the Otherkin, Therian, and general Alterhuman/Nonhuman community.

Othercon's schedule for 2025 is now available! By default the times are shown in the US Eastern timezone, but can be changed near the top where it says "Date and time is shown in (UTC -05:00) America/New_York".

#alterhuman #othercon #othercon news

•18+ Adults Only

Watch Anya Live on Cam

Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.

✓ Live Streaming✓ Interactive Chat✓ Private Shows✓ HD Quality✓ Free Actions

Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming

Was wondering if there are any 18+ panels planned for this year and how these will be handled with Discord's new age verification policies slapped on UK users. Some people like myself I believe have been verified as 18+ with Othercon but not with discord as a whole, and are uncomfortable giving our ID to third party companies for the verification. Maybe just making it an access role rather than actually age restricting channels? It's possible this is a non issue but I thought I'd shoot an ask for clarification at least

We do have some 18+ panels on the schedule this year! Unfortunately though, there's not much on our end that we can do about this that isn't risky for the server. If we're hosting adult content then in order to be compliant with Discord we have to mark those channels as age-restricted.

I've heard that using a VPN can potentially help, but I don't live in the UK, so I can't reliably test this.

#othercon questions

When will registrations be opened on the site? It's barely over a week until the 8th and the registration link for attendees on your website still goes to 2024's registration.

It's available on the website starting today, sorry for the wait!

#othercon questions

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