>>10719253You either have amnesia or are lying. The rampant shitposting and low quality bait you see here nowadays is appalling compared to ten+ years ago. Back then you could tell most people were actually having fun here, everything was more chill.
Hell, I even miss when generals weren't as enforced as they have been for so long now. It kept things fresh and brand wars were not as autistic as they are now.
Maybe you're comparing this site to a regular board, in that case of course you're going to feel it's been hostile since day one. But that's mostly becuase regular boards are gigantic hugboxes full of hypocrisy.