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Sath I think it happened before that. It was already on a steep decline way before he retired - the active boards got flooded in politics leading up to the 2012 election, a lot of it was just people...I think it happened before that. It was already on a steep decline way before he retired - the active boards got flooded in politics leading up to the 2012 election, a lot of it was just people memeing, but it never really left. Later, it started bleeding into the rest of the site, but at that point it had definitely reached way past the point of ironic joke and reached... whatever /pol/ is today.
(Side note: I love how this community is actually small enough that I can recognize usernames after a little browsing. That's not an experience I've had in a loooong time. Sorry it was you who made me realize it, I can edit this out if you'd rather not be recognized.)
I know people claim that internet browsers flock around a lot. Has any of that actually happened within the last decade, though? For better or for worse, the internet looks more or less the same to me now as it did five years ago.
What has happened in the meantime?