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If I recall the OP read like it was the, I guess 'socialising' thread, which is why I started there rather than looking any more deeply into whatit was.

> know about this
It's mostly an assumption based on random crap I've read over the years.
Moot hated the fandom, and when the threads were kicked off of /b/ onto /mlp/ one of the core changes was names being disallowed. 
I believe that it was done as a result of knowing that ifpeople are able to identify among each other they're much more likely to unify and do things.
I feel like the removal of names was an attempt at control and dissuasion from the group acting together, as well as from growing further.

I've been on 4chan since about a few months after its creation. However, I don't really accuse others of oldfag or newfag or whatever.

> none of us did
yeah, can't say that I saw where I'd end up 10 years ago either. 

> part in anything 
I donated for Verity and a couple other things too, but no, I don't spend time on /b/ anymore, nor /mlp/, I stick around on the thread on /trash/.
I can link it if you care to see it?

/trash/ is kind of what /b/ used to be like tbh.

> coincidental case
Yeah, my names rather unique when used in full. 
Even though 'Raptor' itself is incredibly common.