>>42457884 (OP)
I'm with you but it's a boiled frog situation, not a sudden increase. Or instead of a boiled frog, more like boiling idk, coca cola until all you have left is disgusting tar. The people who love themselves and believe in their own greatness and the greatness of ponies have trickled away, getting lives or going into gated discords and small friend groups, at least anywhere but here. It got a little worse after 4chan went down and the sharty started raiding constantly, but frankly not by much. In every corner of /mlp/ you find that the people with projects and drive have stopped coming here, or only come here to reach out to those very few like you who missed the boat - if you want a horsefucker community with real spirit, you need to find the right discord. Most of those who remain here are or have become perverts in the lacanian sense, who just want to make others feel uncomfortable.