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by nemothekid 951 days ago
>newposters all the way back in 2007

My recollection is that newposters was coined around 2007 for everyone who joined after the Habbo raids that had made /b/ much more popular. These newposters from Habbo were "ruining" the site.

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One night, visiting a friend, I overheard his kid complaining about the first big Habbo raid and how these people were everywhere. I slid into one of his schoolbook's a block-printed note reading POOL'S CLOSED. He never knew it was me.
protip: it was never good