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The decline off Ponibooru. One year after.

King Sombra
Thread Starter - Unpopular opinion time

It has been exactly one year now after the father of this site Ponibooru has stopped all capabilities to upload pictures.
 
Alot of you guys came here from Ponibooru and probably have some nostalgic feelings towards it.
 
So now 1 year after it, how do you feel about it? Was it better on Ponibooru? Is Derpibooru better? Have you ever been active there?
 
I was visiting Ponibooru for the first time on November 2011. But i never wrote anything there till it’s decline.  
So i really can’t say that it was better there then now here.
Feral_Socks
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Derpibooru is SO MUCH BETTER  
I will always owe Ponibooru for getting this community started, but literally everything here is so much better.
RIG
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Preenhub - We all know what you were up to this evening~
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Equality - In our state, we do not stand out.
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
Thread Starter - Five Nights at Freddy's thread
Perfect Pony Plot Provider - 10+ uploads with over 350 upvotes or more (Questionable/Explicit)
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012
Fine Arts - Two hundred uploads with a score of over a hundred (Safe/Suggestive)

The Anti-Normies
uhh…i can’t remember anything about ponibooru except the negative things (and i was one of the first members! inside the first 1000).
Ebalosus
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Silver Bit -
Sapphire -
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The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Build commie blocks!
I started going there around the same time as you OP, though I was a bit more talkative in my time there (not as much as here though).
 
I do sincerely miss ponibooru, regardless of all the faults it had. To quote AppleJackFrost:  
Derpi IS better but I miss the chaos that was Ponibooru
Thegug
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Ponibooru had lots more fun in the comments compared to here. Here is more moderated.  
Both have pictures of ponies and thats all I care bout.
King Sombra
Thread Starter - Unpopular opinion time

What i also remember about Ponibooru was that it was slow as hell.  
But i liked those pictures that they had for the questionable and explicit pictures.
Randomosaur
Duck - Like the movies Birds, but with just ducks. Ducks everywhere.
Thread Starter - Person Above You

I never used Ponibooru because I wasn’t a brony back then, so I can’t really say. All I know is that this site definitely has a much better community.
Thegug
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

@Randomosaur  
Honestly, I think the community is the same. Its just that here, things are better moderated. Hell, a lot of people here are the same people. Though some people didn’t make the jump… ;.;
Vree
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Fine Arts - Two hundred uploads with a score of over a hundred (Safe/Suggestive)
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

If Derpibooru had been Ponibooru, things would’ve been better.  
We could’ve stopped Derpygate from happening and all that.
 
Anything good I remember wasn’t really PB’s virtue, but rather the “brony age” that we lived in.
AaronMk
Celestial Glory - Helped others get their OC into the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Crystal Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Tree of Harmony - Drew someone's OC for the 2022 Community Collab
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Verified Pegasus - Show us your gorgeous wings!
Preenhub - We all know what you were up to this evening~

Sky funeral
I remember browing Ponibooru to see which pieces of my art were uploaded there and to see what people were saying.
 
That’s about it.
HeroInferno
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Finally a Red Mage
Ponibooru may be rather crap compared to Derpibooru, but Ponibooru will always hold a special meaning to me.
 
To Ponibooru.  
full
JP
Cutest Little Devil - Celebrated the 14th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Rainbow Rocks 10th Anniversary: Sonata Dusk - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of EQG Rainbow Rocks!
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
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Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
King Sombra - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Crystal Empire!
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!

I miss the show so much
I still have fond memories of Ponibooru from 2011. The memories of Ponibooru from 2012 aren’t that good, but there were still some good moments. On some days I miss May-July 2011. Hell, even Ponychan was good back then!
 
The Great Ponibooru Exodus of 2012 shall be remembered forever in the annals of our fandom. Forsaken by the Great Eco we were lost, but fortunately found a new home quickly.
soundtea
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
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Fine Arts - Two hundred uploads with a score of over a hundred (Safe/Suggestive)
Magnificent Metadata Maniac - #1 Assistant
A Perfectly Normal Pony - <soundtea> fappin to cartoon horses
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Ocellus is best buggo
Ponibooru was nice when I first got in the fandom (March 2011), but then it got really slow (lol cloudflare) around 2012. Still, it was pretty much the first site to gather all the pony arts into one easily searchable place, so it deserves recognition for that.
ClownDicks
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Derpibooru just feels… sterile, compared to Ponibooru. We can’t call out OP’s love of dick anymore, the roleplaying bullshit doesn’t hold a candle to the gif parties, the mods tend to have self-serving interpretations of the rules…
 
To my knowledge, people on Ponibooru never shitposted en masse to drown out discourse in the comments.
Itsthinking
Princess Ember - Derpi Supporter
Diamond -
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Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
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Friendship, Art, and Magic (2017) - Celebrated Derpibooru's five year anniversary with friends.
Silver Supporter -
Happy Derpy! -

🅱
@ClownDicks  
Hey, I figure that we have people like Sid that would be banned permanently instead of being allowed to run wild save for one thing.
 
I was there for PB. Nothing but RIB spam and Tumblr BS near the end. There’s a healthy medium to having moderation.
 
What do you think the whole point of .gif parties was? It was either to mock OP for an obvious troll attempt or mock others in the comments for taking this so seriously.
RIG
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Preenhub - We all know what you were up to this evening~
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Equality - In our state, we do not stand out.
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
Thread Starter - Five Nights at Freddy's thread
Perfect Pony Plot Provider - 10+ uploads with over 350 upvotes or more (Questionable/Explicit)
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012
Fine Arts - Two hundred uploads with a score of over a hundred (Safe/Suggestive)

The Anti-Normies
To my knowledge, people on Ponibooru never shitposted en masse to drown out discourse in the comments.
 
<_<  
dude, back in DB i have see shitstorms…insane shitstorms…shitstorms not even related to the pic in question…i know for real that this what you said is complete BS.
ЅℰℒᎯℙℋℐℰℒ
Pixel Perfection - Hot Pockets Spotted
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2020) - Took part in the 2020 Community Collab
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2019) - Celebrated Derpibooru's seventh year anniversary with friends
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2018) - Celebrated Derpibooru's six year anniversary with friends.
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
Magnificent Metadata Maniac - #1 Assistant

Pomegranates :P
@King Sombra  
You know what is ironic? That place was completely devoid of season 3 images: No King Sombra, no Crystal Empire, No Babs Seed, No Lightning Dust, No Princess Twilight. NO EQUESTRIA GIRLS!.
 
But it was fun when it didn’t crash like bumper cars. Shortly after AWC aired, Chrysalis had over 1000 images flooding in in the first few days. The place also saw the entire Derpygate mayhem. Almost absolute Anarchy there. Anons were easily able to contribute…and spam crap. SeraphimDawn did not come into existence until 3weeks before the shut down, that was shortly after The Great Ponibooru Downtime 2012.
 
The Great Ponibooru Downtime Memorial 2012  
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The Great Gasp 2012(First image to SLIP through)  
full
 
BTW,@King Sombra  
What username did you go by, back then?
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