There was another thread about flag waving, and signs that someone might be into bestiality, and it got me wondering how others go nosing around to find out if someone is into bestiality. You know, without straight up asking, "hey man, do you like dog dicks?"
I have written some bestiality stories before, and when talking to people, I would always mention that I write. I might ask someone if they want to read some of my stuff, and if they say yes, that's usually my best "in."
I link them to the more normal stuff, or maybe just the list of stories, and tell them to be careful of what they click on, cause some might be things they don't want to read. I might hint at it, and mention that maybe it's a commission, or something I thought would be fun because it's just fantasy.
Other times, I've shown pics or gifs to people of furry art that have feral characters in it, and try to lead the convo that way, probing to see if they like it, and then send more and more risque stuff to see what their response is. It's hard to actually detail that, because it's different person to person, and can be dangerous and tedious to do. Though, starting it that way usually provides a good fallback of "Oh, I just like it in art/stories," so you can pretend you're not really into it.
If they get through "preliminary testing", then I might even mention that someone sent me something real once, and that I didn't know how to feel about it. Some get intrigued, others don't. If they're intrigued, I'm like, "well, maybe I can find it if you wanna see," and just lead the convo on from there.
What about all of you? How do you go about it?