@Kerosene @ChristiJunior @DocScranton The other reason why the attempts to drive the shitposters out of the fandom (aside from the obvious of originating on imageboards) comes down to this:
The MLP fandom is very "uncool". No social climbing normies in 2024 are going to look at the MLP fandom and think "wow I should watch a girls show" like they would in 2012-3. It's simply not trendy anymore. It's as uncool as making a Kiwi Farms account with your main online username is.
The furry fandom on the other hand ever since the hit pieces and mass canceling has become a trendy hotbed for piece of shit normies, the usual troons, and more who want to get noticed somewhere. There's no barrier of entry like "watch a cartoon" when you can just crank your dick to whatever is on
e621.net.
Case in point, when Zoe Quinn (the best example of this) made a fursona and got art with the person in the furry fandom who pulled the same shit wootmaster did (which was to crybully people after antagonizing everyone, and going to her pals in the media). You won't see parasites like this trying to make pony OCs in 2024, but you will see them making fursonas.
https://archive.fo/G1TLgWhat worked for furries didn't for bronies for some very good reasons.