As a former writer for 2020 I can say that the idea for exotics came from other source material and not the furry “culture” as it were.

you might have hit a server that was having an issue.

The way these servers are federated may be the issue. As federation becomes more prevalent this may become more robust.

Fair, thanx for your response.

That’s fair. Just curious, do you also disregard publisher forums as well?

I absolutely do, and moderate the Traveller group here as well. I like having multiple sources of news and engagement.

Digg is its own thing. I don’t know if they plan on RSS support, but I can ask.

Worked on, or owned?

RPGs, much like SF, have always been a mechanism to explore social issues in philosophy, governance, and thought. In Human society I don’t personally believe that “politics” can be avoided in any group anywhere. —of course that’s just one man’s opinion.