>>36242374/nyan/ was always full of shippers. They restrained themselves until Nyan admitted it. It didn't kill /nyan/, that was the long break and react streams. The "nyangosling" is probably one of the most overblown things in /vsj/ lore. I was probably the biggest Nyangosling and she's still my favorite streamer. A ton of people larped as Nyanfags just to shit up the thread. There are also a lot of Nyanfags that really just didn't want to post in /vsj/ anymore. That's why there are comments in the old /nyan/ threads about how they're just not coming back here even if that general dies. Thread quality does matter. Though I'd say the threads have been much improved for a while now.