"we found it quite annoying to go on using the name SteemitBoard (yes... a youth error...)"

Have you not now made the same error, by putting the current chain's designation in your username again?

We didn't know the future of Steemit when you named yourself with that word, and it turned out to be a bad idea. We assumed Steemit (or blockdhains and their communities) last forever, but that turned out to be a bad assumption. Now, we don't know the future of Hive, but you've gone and done the same thing. :P

Anyway, I don't need gamification, but I do enjoy your occasional notifications about milestones etc.