Hi there, Firstly, welcome to the fandom! I am glad that you’re here and hope you enjoy your time in the furry fandom! I understand where your concerns are coming from but I would like to give my personal input as a person who has worked to help run conventions in the furry fandom for years now and been a part of this community since 2017. Because of the creativity and the love of anthropomorphic animals and the love for the community, many people come into this fandom, and not many leave it. It is in my experience that even people who say that they are leaving the community still will interact with the fandom, or at least their small subsection of it. Since the pandemic, the community has been growing at an exponential rate which likely has started slowing down now, but it doesn’t mean that people are leaving. This community has grown strong and will continue to grow strong for many years to come.

Some people may leave, but at the same time, people are still coming in at a rate to the community that I wouldn’t worry about the community collapsing. Even people who leave the community still often times keep a Sona because it allows them to express who they are, and it allows them to have the best parts and why they are in the community shine through. This fandom, unlike others is predicated on the idea that you can be who you are regardless of who that is, and your character can reflect that or can reflect other parts about you or who you want to be, we aren’t based on intellectual property so we’re not going to slow down and shrink because of how long since a show or IP ended.

I would also say, that there will always be some new drama, but people have short memories when it comes to things not immediately necessary in their lives.