>>/8502/
> frown upon or treated like ...way too harshly and unwelcoming

I didn't do that initially, I was posting over here, but was given the recommendation to make a new thread to interact as the thread I was using wasn't suitable apparently
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 >>/8499/

I think a lot of that negative standing on introductions and name using stemmed from power mods on 4chan as names were common until /mlp/. 

> motivation
I like meeting new people in the community, always have. 
Someone I've known for like, 8 or 9 years now mentoined this place to me so I figured I'd come over and say hi as a result. pure curiosity really.

I typically post on the /b/read on 4chan, though I've taken a rbeak the last week or two.

> name
No, that isn't me. My full 'name' is Raptor Baptist, but for obvious reasons no one, not even myself really use th elast part of it.

 >>/8503/
Hi,

Lol, no not Rarity, I got my start posting Applejack and Luna and moved to Rarity sometime after that.
I'm kinda surprised anyone would unironically like sergals given their history