Why can't y'all remember noob vs newb/newbie

[Burmecia]

Want to know why? Because people just do not care.

I am not even native English speaker and I do not feel like googling too hard atm.
But I'd see the root for all these variations (nub, noob, newb, etcetc) being just newbie/newcomer. Simple, right?
And then people have just done with the word what they do the best, shortening and/or stylizing it to fit whatever context/space/conversation/community the words had been brought into.
...Goodness this thread gives shivers by rousing some stupid memories from my GaiaOnline days. They liked to be very specific about newb =//= noob for some godforsaken reason.
Like, newb was much more wellmeaning title for someone who was just new to the forum, and noob was the annoying and loud and rude idiot new person to the forum. Like, devil is in the details at most.