That's mean before 2010 Bitcoin was a privacy coin, but it's become pseudonymous after Bitcoin explorer is existing.
But it's better to have Bitcoin explorer than not because we can see we're really receive the coins or not if we don't carry our wallet/watch only wallet.
The first blockexplorer was actually created by theymos:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1727.0. This was before blockexplorer.com and it led to the creation of that which was a lot more polished and with more detailed information.
If he use more friendly domain name, I believe it can be popular until now and it can be used to promote this forum, but it's what it's.