The tag alias #61715 akunim -> smekbo has been approved.

Reason: Based on their NSFW and SFW (not used since 2022 but their NSFW still uses the name) Twitters being associated with the name smekbo, as well as the links in their bio, I believe that they no longer associate with the akunim name and haven't for a while. Honestly, I don't think I've ever seen them use it outside of 4chan drawthreads, and the anons who upload on the boorus associated with those never update names.

EDIT: The tag alias akunim -> smekbo (forum #361370) has been approved by @Rainbow_Dash.

The best I can find is that some of Akunim's earlier posts (like this one) source to their defunct Tumblr which links to their Twitter. "One post" even sources to an FA client of theirs who links to Akunim's long defunct FA. Of course there's all those sources in drawthreads, and more recent pictures (example) source to one of the Twitters smbsml links to above. Given smbsml's apparent greater experience with 4chan drawthreads, I'll have to defer to their judgement.

In case anyone here feels doubtful they're the same person, here's a random example of an image posted in a booru under "akunim" and in one of their Twitters under "smekbo":

https://the-collection.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=106113
https://twitter.com/isatorus/status/1454315825561841668

Bump, as this issue is persisting with works now split between the "akunim" and "smekbo" tags. I really don't want to go through 659 posts (as of writing) to re-tag, nor remove the smekbo tag.

Some more links of comparison/proof:
https://the-collection.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=115021
https://twitter.com/isatorus/status/1669869313623306240

https://twitter.com/isatorus/status/1672495827321774091
https://the-collection.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=115117
https://the-collection.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=115100

The tag alias akunim -> smekbo (forum #361370) has been approved by @Rainbow_Dash.