>I'm not into all the insider moderator lore though
Prior to the more recent discussions about kuz's tips/netiqutte page during kaguya's reign (where it was basically n00bs doing it wrong and trying to protect what they thought was "Heyuri culture" VS me desperately trying to stop them), the brief discussions on them were in 2020 and 2021 when they were first added and ammended. These discussions were on the boards themselves, not in private or behind-the-scenes

Back then, hardly anyone commented on them other than myself (and none of us made any attempt to follow them, because why the hell would we?), and I was outspoken in saying "some of them are teh dumb, but as long as it's clearly stated they're not rules, it's whatever"

I'll post a copy I saved circa June 30, 2020 when they were first written - which includes the part about naming files - and hopefully you'll see why nobody took them seriously or paid any attention to them:

TOP TIPS FROM KUZ:

1. NAME YOUR FILES BEFORE UPLOADING.
2. CAPITALIZE YOUR ACRONYMS.
3. USE CAPS LOCK TO EXPRESS GREATER EMOTION IF NECESSARY.
4. dont use capslock
5. USE SHIFT INSTEAD
6. zOMG!!
7. USE THE *OLD INTERNET* THEME FOR BEST RESULTS
8. OLDER IS BETTER, OLD GIFS, OLD ANIME, OLD IMAGE MACROS, OLD EVERYTHING. USE THEM HERE!
9. DONT BE AFRAID TO CONVERSATE WITH PEOPLE.
10. PROTECT YOUR NAME, USE A TRIPCODE!
11. UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOARDS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE SUPERFAST, SO DONT BE ANNOYED WHEN THEY ARE SLOW.
12. MAKE OC
13. ???
14. PROFIT
15. WUT
16. START OVER

These arent rules, nor guidelines, just some helpful advice from yours truly.

Later on, the much-less-fun second half of the tips/netiquette page was added, and I was even more critical of those (and again, it was pretty much only me who said anything about them - everyone else took no notice and carried on not even attempting to follow them)

Just imagine if kaguya put up a page today saying "make sure to always use lowercase" and "always use mp4 instead of webm", and then 3 years later, newbies who weren't around when it was clearly added as a half-joke/half-irrational rant, started posting "use lowercase or gtfo" and "fuck off webm poster" without a hint of irony or sarcasm - cuz that's basically what happened with kuz's "tips"