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This also isn't to say "Oh, everyone hated SAO right away", it was an /a/ cult classic when it was an LN to the degree where it was on troll charts, but LN threads would be populated by about 20 guys. It's the least popular format here, and always has been, especially in the days when you were waiting weeks for bt to translate one chapter.
It is funny to see posts saying it went to shit at Fairy Dance I suppose.