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I agree you should keep your fursona to yourself, but I don't understand why this project is associated with any subculture. Replace branding with generic plac

I agree you should keep your fursona to yourself, but I don't understand why this project is associated with any subculture. Replace branding with generic placeholders and host it on a GitHub named something appropriate like "greatforum" instead of something inappropriate like "yiffchat". Operate your personal hosted version as a branded deployment of the main open source project. This has the advantage of teaching you to make software which and be easily deployed and customized by others. Ideally you should be able to pull the upstream down without blowing away your personalizations. It sounds like you've put a lot of work into this, and there's nothing like actual code to prove you know your stuff, it seems like a waste to stash it away. If an employer asks what you use it for, just say chatting amongst your personal friends. You don't need to tell your life story or interests to anyone else.

sarciszewski 12y ago
It's actually a backronym. https://github.com/soatok/furbb https://github.com/soatok/furbb This is a good idea, though. :)
- webmaven 12y ago
  Presumably FurBB is deployed somewhere. Definitely keep that URL to yourself. Feel free to link from that instance to the project, though. Meanwhile, change the branding on the project. Even the backronym may be too risky. Next, use the software to deploy a 2nd site that is more 'vanilla' which employers won't object to. Perhaps pick a hobby that some of the PHBs at your company indulge in (golf, fishing, etc.)? Or perhaps (depending on the market you're going to try and get work in), fixie bikes, pour-over coffee makers, hot yoga, etc. Heck, start a side project that does forum-hosting using your software... You'll learn even more that way, and the instance that was the primary instigator can just hide among the multitudes...
  - sarciszewski 12y ago
    Heh. Okay, I'll consider rebranding it.
    - webmaven 12y ago
      This may still be too close to provide plausible deniability, but perhaps 'FurbyBoard' (literally a board about and for Furby enthusiasts, rather than Furries)
      - sarciszewski 12y ago
        Heh well, I'm not concerned with maintaining NSA-paranoid opsec levels around this project.

sarciszewski 12y ago

It's actually a backronym. https://github.com/soatok/furbb https://github.com/soatok/furbb This is a good idea, though. :)

webmaven 12y ago
Presumably FurBB is deployed somewhere. Definitely keep that URL to yourself. Feel free to link from that instance to the project, though. Meanwhile, change the branding on the project. Even the backronym may be too risky. Next, use the software to deploy a 2nd site that is more 'vanilla' which employers won't object to. Perhaps pick a hobby that some of the PHBs at your company indulge in (golf, fishing, etc.)? Or perhaps (depending on the market you're going to try and get work in), fixie bikes, pour-over coffee makers, hot yoga, etc. Heck, start a side project that does forum-hosting using your software... You'll learn even more that way, and the instance that was the primary instigator can just hide among the multitudes...
- sarciszewski 12y ago
  Heh. Okay, I'll consider rebranding it.
  - webmaven 12y ago
    This may still be too close to provide plausible deniability, but perhaps 'FurbyBoard' (literally a board about and for Furby enthusiasts, rather than Furries)
    - sarciszewski 12y ago
      Heh well, I'm not concerned with maintaining NSA-paranoid opsec levels around this project.