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I think many (some?) of us came here from QRV.

It was the only alternate officially endorsed by Q team.
What some people forget, is that it was not an alternate to 8ch, it was an alternate to /r/TheGreatAwakening.
In essence, the gateway.

So it makes sense that you'd find The Next Place there (as I did), but it wouldn't be there... at least, that's the way I interpret things.