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> I just wanted to include him in my rhyme.
well,you made him to do this  >>/4199/. I guess that it managed to accomplish its purpose 

> /mlp/ seems a bit more active again. At least with what I can tell
there have been a couple of days in which /mlp/ stayed pretty stagnant but overall, they have been drawing that upward trend because of the slightly laxer moderation. 

> With /trash/ and 8chan taking up the fetish end /mlp/ having even bit of spontaneousness and more happier shitposting back I'm in doubt there is a market, at least among a core chan crowd
not only that, those are established boards that have certain fame in comparison to poni.fun even though /8pone/ is a shadow of itself. I would like to add that, as they are bringing a new board to the table, not only those boards compete for NSFW content.....but also it include us. That freedom is also offered here and NEXTchan, just that they simply don´t about them. How are they going to shill and make it popular? This process is what defines a successful board or another attempt that ends up as dust in the wind.

> would be no strong opinion either way, with people who have no loyalty to it being based on other factors of whether they'd think we were pretty cool or at least a novelty that we exist or hatred for being not /pol/ with a hint of the personal. 
yeah, they would be pretty surprised that despite dealing with politics, it´s not as they would imagine nor expect. /pol/ follows a discourse that speak for its inner self that won´t resonate and simply stay mostly in its comfort zone, there is no analysis nor posts that follow a down to earth logic or development for such thoughts. They instant and prefabricated and most of the times, not to mention that there is a ton of people involved and you don´t know what they actually think save a few words here and there. 

But indeed, it would be hard to put an stigma to this board despite dealing with politics.
> If it developed a userbase and culture I could see a merge mentality like 8/pone/ has arising even if it was somewhat more positive.
I highly doubt it. /8pone/ has fallen from the top 50 boards of the site and I believe that a handful of users would actually dare to give some activity to this place when their board is already struggling by itself. You don´t focus on another house when yours is already falling apart. 

> those who hated /mlp/ for baning certain content could have found it even on derpi or one of the smaller more edgy and NSFW websites. With the fetish covered /mlp/ may still be there preferred place for an imageboard environment. 
yeah, /mlp/ is the only choice mostly because of the activity and the main trunk of this fanbase. Derpi is often considered as the Pornhub of MLP because of its filters and impeccable accessibility. Porn boards make no sense these days when you have boorus or sites that offer everything in a more organized way. I suppose that the main purpose of them is about making a thread explicitly for a certain fetish in particular or just sharing your favorite images for those users to notice and enjoy them collectively, basically a sense of community and discussion while having the clop time at the same time.