Greetings, /endpone/. Comfy threads you have here. Working on a summary paste, if you have any suggestions or corrections, do advise.
https://ponepaste.org/10897
>>12061
I'd say the divide is a bit more specific than just "FiM vs free discussion." If you look at your pics 2 and 4, you'll see /opg/ and "the tripfag thread" (OPT/CPCG) being mentioned. As such, I think there's another question at play:
>Should general community banter be held off-board or in a dedicated thread?
NHNB leans more towards "off-board", whereas /mlpol/ sees a dedicated-thread approach. The main reason, I'd say, why /opg/ got the greenlight on NHNB is because they managed to convince the staff that "actually, we're just posting pony, the social aspect of the game is very minimal".
You can especially see this in effect on Desuarchive, where the CPCG thread-goers can't stop ranting about "rewatchtrannies" and how they're "ruining the board".
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/42141826