>>509029541
>Was this board always this shit or is this a recent development?
The decline happened after Trump threw his hat in the rings. So, I'd say about 2016. The Democrats got a clue and realized 4chan was a catalyst, so they did what Bolsheviks everywhere do and flooded in and shit in every corner. I think the term the think tanks use is "pissing into a sea of piss". They studied us extensively, discovered what we like, and ordered the jannies to slash & burn those topics. They also discovered what we hate, nick fuentes for example, and ordered the jannies to spam endless nick booger eating threads for year after year. Again, this is all being done deliberately. The same tired old topics are plugged into a bot and reposted every few hours, forever. Any legit anon that tries to post something relevant, it is immediately swept away by a deluge of "red pill me on..." or "why are women..." slide - demoralization - rage bait bullshit. There was a brief respite back during the 8 c h a n exodus, but the Democrats sent forth their minions to brainwash hotwheels, and when he flipped, all hope was lost. All in all, 4chan from 2005 is utterly unrecognizable from 4chan of 2025.