>>4834I would still consider 2006 to be a part of the glory days. It *is* when 4chan kind of become known by everyone and it brought a lot of people, but the culture of that time was still very prevalent. It then slowly died out as more and more people came, and the population of oldfags dwindled. By 2008, 4chan had changed drastically, especially /b/.
But it's really a matter of preference. I prefer 2004-2006 /b/. And there's no doubt that 4chan as a whole has changed. It's an almost entirely different set of people.
And really it's /b/'s fault. If they didn't cause such a ruckus with their 1337 h4x0ringz then Faux News and other mainstream media wouldn't have told everyone about our super secret club.