We all have been to bonfire at least once in-game but what worries my floofy butt the most is that every time I go there I see a mate center right in the middle. For me this is extremely irritating, especially when all i hear is "___ go to the middle" or "Can i go next?"
The thing is that people get called up and most of them get rejected. That makes them feel bad so they lose confidence. However many floofs there return to the circle and start quoting for example "No one loves me", "Why does everyone reject me?" *Turns around and starts crying*. And what does the mate center do? He/she tells them "sorry '__' Maybe next time".
Personally, i think that mate center is stopping floofs liking others for their personality and grabs attention to the fur colour, eye colour or fur markings. In particular, how their character looks like. To be exact, their liking towards another floof is because of how they look like. Not how they act. Although you meet new floofs that you may or may not like, it's the same every time, they just leave after a while and return to the well known mate center.
Also in my opinion it is unrealistic as you would NOT see wolves, foxes, lions in an open area sitting in a circle and picking out a mate in real life. Not only that, it does affect realistic characters, who could be paired up with a ridiculously unrealistic wolf/lion.
So when you sit in the middle, others will judge your character on how she/he looks like and only then decide if they like you or not. Therefore you cannot be certain of the reaction you will get from other floofs in mate center.
But please state your feelings on Mate center.