This Forum Was Actually Literally Dog Shit Before 2023 - ( OVER FOR ''MUH MUH TIKTOKCELLS INVASION'' COOPERS ) --- [HIGH EFFORT THREAD]

[HaileyWelshMogs]

nah these normies have ruined everything grey

 

[dawooddX]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

The problem is that these feelings of nostalgia for ''better times'' have no fundamentally solid basis. In fact, this forum before 2023 was literally dog shit, and in the lines below I will explain why:

for pre 2023 era coopers..

Chapter 1 - The forum was literally a ghost town at that time:

View attachment 4811284

Google trends helps us with a clear analysis of the fact that the peak activity on the forum before 2023 was in December 2022, but even so, compared to everything we've had since, especially the last 6 months when the forum reached peak activity, the forum during that period was literally a ghost town..

You would have made a thread about whatever, and you could have waited half a day for 10-20 replies, like there was literally no one online to see your thread bro wtf

View attachment 4811311

Web.archive it also helps us to get a clearer picture of things. I chose an evening of 1 am from Saturday to Sunday, October 9, 2021, to strictly see the number of online users

At that time when the forum was supposed to be at peak activity, there were not even 250 users online, that means a decrease of 80-85% of online users that we have on a random evening right now!

Can you imagine this forum with only 250 users online? Like who would have made threads, who would have replied to them, lol, you would have had to wait days/weeks to have the minimum engagement that today you can do in just an hour..


Chapter 2 - OffTopic at that time was full of dog shit water threads by todays standards:

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Here as an example I chose 10 pm, Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Off-Topic page, so the forum in theory at peak activity, let's see what we can see:

First of all, at that time, we can see at first hand a bunch of sticked threads in Off-Topic, a sign that the mods at that time were doing their job (in the idea that they were encouraged to search and stick threads) and that they actually stick threads that were relatively cool by their standards (water, dnr, tldr, kill yourself, ''nobody gives a shit grey'' type of threads for our time standards), while nowadays, to have a Stick thread, it has to be a PHD with 20+ images and clips in it and 1000+ words in which you explain the theory of relativity of looksmaxing or something, and then ask 5 mods to have the thread stick for like a few hours..

Let's take a look at some threads one by one, and what would be the reaction to them by today's standards:

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View attachment 4811523

What can we observe from these threads:

- The ratio of threads that would receive 0 replies & little traction in raport with relatively interesting threads was much worse than it is today (because there were much fewer daily threads, so the quality was less common. You would have had like 10-20 threads per day at most that were worth opening by today's standards),

- Threads that today would have received 0 replies because they were water / boring back then received much more traction (because there were much fewer daily threads)


Chapter 3 - Users will literally rep any water / unfunny shit like crazy, like dozens of reps for something that by today standards, you would get between 2 and 4 reps..

And the problem is that these huge amounts of reps were being done back then without tagging anyone..

Here I'll let the pictures do the talking:

View attachment 4811592
View attachment 4811630
View attachment 4811635

View attachment 4811611
View attachment 4811571

View attachment 4811641
View attachment 4811566

Also again, mods at that time were sticking any borderline thread that was more than 100 words long:

View attachment 4811653

It was for some random schzio rambling thread that will get 5 bumps and 3 dnr's today about why ethnics will go extinct because all of them will be whiteskin sooner or later in the future..

View attachment 4811671


Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

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View attachment 4811832
View attachment 4811824
View attachment 4811849View attachment 4811845
View attachment 4811811
View attachment 4811862View attachment 4811883

Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

I could go on and on, but the thread is already long enough, and you get the idea

The nostalgia of ''it was better before 2023'' comes from the fact that there were fewer greycels in general, which was a reality, because the forum was hella dead back then lol (fewer users- > fewer threads -> fewer bad threads, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist or weren't in the majority then), so you used to always see the same faces / users who were active daily, which gave you a sense of familiarity and predictability, in both good and bad things

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

@BigBallsLarry @Nexom @Jason Voorhees @iblamexyz @NumbThePain

by 2022-2023 there were alot more high effort threads for looksmaxxing that covers most softmaxxing knowledge today
thats when forum started picking up

 

[stonecold trucel]

damn

 

[ilovewhitewomen]

us dylan era 2023cels got the best of both worlds

 

[inyerta]

2025cels are just superior in every way im sorry

Anyone who joined after us is just jealous

 

[Axton]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

The problem is that these feelings of nostalgia for ''better times'' have no fundamentally solid basis. In fact, this forum before 2023 was literally dog shit, and in the lines below I will explain why:

for pre 2023 era coopers..

Chapter 1 - The forum was literally a ghost town at that time:

View attachment 4811284

Google trends helps us with a clear analysis of the fact that the peak activity on the forum before 2023 was in December 2022, but even so, compared to everything we've had since, especially the last 6 months when the forum reached peak activity, the forum during that period was literally a ghost town..

You would have made a thread about whatever, and you could have waited half a day for 10-20 replies, like there was literally no one online to see your thread bro wtf

View attachment 4811311

Web.archive it also helps us to get a clearer picture of things. I chose an evening of 1 am from Saturday to Sunday, October 9, 2021, to strictly see the number of online users

At that time when the forum was supposed to be at peak activity, there were not even 250 users online, that means a decrease of 80-85% of online users that we have on a random evening right now!

Can you imagine this forum with only 250 users online? Like who would have made threads, who would have replied to them, lol, you would have had to wait days/weeks to have the minimum engagement that today you can do in just an hour..


Chapter 2 - OffTopic at that time was full of dog shit water threads by todays standards:

View attachment 4811348
View attachment 4811350
View attachment 4811352
View attachment 4811355

Here as an example I chose 10 pm, Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Off-Topic page, so the forum in theory at peak activity, let's see what we can see:

First of all, at that time, we can see at first hand a bunch of sticked threads in Off-Topic, a sign that the mods at that time were doing their job (in the idea that they were encouraged to search and stick threads) and that they actually stick threads that were relatively cool by their standards (water, dnr, tldr, kill yourself, ''nobody gives a shit grey'' type of threads for our time standards), while nowadays, to have a Stick thread, it has to be a PHD with 20+ images and clips in it and 1000+ words in which you explain the theory of relativity of looksmaxing or something, and then ask 5 mods to have the thread stick for like a few hours..

Let's take a look at some threads one by one, and what would be the reaction to them by today's standards:

View attachment 4811450
View attachment 4811523

What can we observe from these threads:

- The ratio of threads that would receive 0 replies & little traction in raport with relatively interesting threads was much worse than it is today (because there were much fewer daily threads, so the quality was less common. You would have had like 10-20 threads per day at most that were worth opening by today's standards),

- Threads that today would have received 0 replies because they were water / boring back then received much more traction (because there were much fewer daily threads)


Chapter 3 - Users will literally rep any water / unfunny shit like crazy, like dozens of reps for something that by today standards, you would get between 2 and 4 reps..

And the problem is that these huge amounts of reps were being done back then without tagging anyone..

Here I'll let the pictures do the talking:

View attachment 4811592
View attachment 4811630
View attachment 4811635

View attachment 4811611
View attachment 4811571

View attachment 4811641
View attachment 4811566

Also again, mods at that time were sticking any borderline thread that was more than 100 words long:

View attachment 4811653

It was for some random schzio rambling thread that will get 5 bumps and 3 dnr's today about why ethnics will go extinct because all of them will be whiteskin sooner or later in the future..

View attachment 4811671


Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

View attachment 4811815
View attachment 4811832
View attachment 4811824
View attachment 4811849View attachment 4811845
View attachment 4811811
View attachment 4811862View attachment 4811883

Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

I could go on and on, but the thread is already long enough, and you get the idea

The nostalgia of ''it was better before 2023'' comes from the fact that there were fewer greycels in general, which was a reality, because the forum was hella dead back then lol (fewer users- > fewer threads -> fewer bad threads, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist or weren't in the majority then), so you used to always see the same faces / users who were active daily, which gave you a sense of familiarity and predictability, in both good and bad things

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

@BigBallsLarry @Nexom @Jason Voorhees @iblamexyz @NumbThePain

I'm not reading ts dawg 11k+ posts. I expect more from you, add some colors next time, holy fuck

 

[inyerta]

nah these normies have ruined everything grey

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[Verdam]

november org was def better than now, thats what ill say

 

[Daddy's Home]

I'm not reading ts dawg 11k+ posts. I expect more from you, add some colors next time, holy fuck

 

[alurmo]

dnrd lookism prob mogs this site

 

[AmericanMTN]

Pretty good thread
Did read
Mirin the effort

 

[Daddy's Home]

Pretty good thread
Did read
Mirin the effort

 

[LiL 369]

If you were Sallundon and made a dog shit water thread literally with 5 words, you would get between 50-100 reps+, like the level of dick riding of users for him was soooooo crazzyyyy back then..

Bro that literally happens rn with clavicular, with the same amount of reps.

 

[annenisikeyim]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

The problem is that these feelings of nostalgia for ''better times'' have no fundamentally solid basis. In fact, this forum before 2023 was literally dog shit, and in the lines below I will explain why:

for pre 2023 era coopers..

Chapter 1 - The forum was literally a ghost town at that time:

View attachment 4811284

Google trends helps us with a clear analysis of the fact that the peak activity on the forum before 2023 was in December 2022, but even so, compared to everything we've had since, especially the last 6 months when the forum reached peak activity, the forum during that period was literally a ghost town..

You would have made a thread about whatever, and you could have waited half a day for 10-20 replies, like there was literally no one online to see your thread bro wtf

View attachment 4811311

Web.archive it also helps us to get a clearer picture of things. I chose an evening of 1 am from Saturday to Sunday, October 9, 2021, to strictly see the number of online users

At that time when the forum was supposed to be at peak activity, there were not even 250 users online, that means a decrease of 80-85% of online users that we have on a random evening right now!

Can you imagine this forum with only 250 users online? Like who would have made threads, who would have replied to them, lol, you would have had to wait days/weeks to have the minimum engagement that today you can do in just an hour..


Chapter 2 - OffTopic at that time was full of dog shit water threads by todays standards:

View attachment 4811348
View attachment 4811350
View attachment 4811352
View attachment 4811355

Here as an example I chose 10 pm, Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Off-Topic page, so the forum in theory at peak activity, let's see what we can see:

First of all, at that time, we can see at first hand a bunch of sticked threads in Off-Topic, a sign that the mods at that time were doing their job (in the idea that they were encouraged to search and stick threads) and that they actually stick threads that were relatively cool by their standards (water, dnr, tldr, kill yourself, ''nobody gives a shit grey'' type of threads for our time standards), while nowadays, to have a Stick thread, it has to be a PHD with 20+ images and clips in it and 1000+ words in which you explain the theory of relativity of looksmaxing or something, and then ask 5 mods to have the thread stick for like a few hours..

Let's take a look at some threads one by one, and what would be the reaction to them by today's standards:

View attachment 4811450
View attachment 4811523

What can we observe from these threads:

- The ratio of threads that would receive 0 replies & little traction in raport with relatively interesting threads was much worse than it is today (because there were much fewer daily threads, so the quality was less common. You would have had like 10-20 threads per day at most that were worth opening by today's standards),

- Threads that today would have received 0 replies because they were water / boring back then received much more traction (because there were much fewer daily threads)


Chapter 3 - Users will literally rep any water / unfunny shit like crazy, like dozens of reps for something that by today standards, you would get between 2 and 4 reps..

And the problem is that these huge amounts of reps were being done back then without tagging anyone..

Here I'll let the pictures do the talking:

View attachment 4811592
View attachment 4811630
View attachment 4811635

View attachment 4811611
View attachment 4811571

View attachment 4811641
View attachment 4811566

Also again, mods at that time were sticking any borderline thread that was more than 100 words long:

View attachment 4811653

It was for some random schzio rambling thread that will get 5 bumps and 3 dnr's today about why ethnics will go extinct because all of them will be whiteskin sooner or later in the future..

View attachment 4811671


Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

View attachment 4811815
View attachment 4811832
View attachment 4811824
View attachment 4811849View attachment 4811845
View attachment 4811811
View attachment 4811862View attachment 4811883

Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

I could go on and on, but the thread is already long enough, and you get the idea

The nostalgia of ''it was better before 2023'' comes from the fact that there were fewer greycels in general, which was a reality, because the forum was hella dead back then lol (fewer users- > fewer threads -> fewer bad threads, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist or weren't in the majority then), so you used to always see the same faces / users who were active daily, which gave you a sense of familiarity and predictability, in both good and bad things

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

@BigBallsLarry @Nexom @Jason Voorhees @iblamexyz @NumbThePain

current oldcels posting schizo ramblings and serial killer edits so 2025 mogs

 

[Jager]

2025cels are just superior in every way im sorry

water 2025cel superiority

 

[inyerta]

dnrd lookism prob mogs this site

Wasnt it just a slightly less incel version of puahate and sputhate

 

[alurmo]

Wasnt it just a slightly less incel version of puahate and sputhate

lookstheory originated in sluthate whcih was the center for every incel idea
after sluthate got raped some of the users made lookism which focueses wholly on the lookstheory aspect, so in a way it is just sluthate users who liek the lookstheory subforum

 

[Francisco_Bs]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

The problem is that these feelings of nostalgia for ''better times'' have no fundamentally solid basis. In fact, this forum before 2023 was literally dog shit, and in the lines below I will explain why:

for pre 2023 era coopers..

Chapter 1 - The forum was literally a ghost town at that time:

View attachment 4811284

Google trends helps us with a clear analysis of the fact that the peak activity on the forum before 2023 was in December 2022, but even so, compared to everything we've had since, especially the last 6 months when the forum reached peak activity, the forum during that period was literally a ghost town..

You would have made a thread about whatever, and you could have waited half a day for 10-20 replies, like there was literally no one online to see your thread bro wtf

View attachment 4811311

Web.archive it also helps us to get a clearer picture of things. I chose an evening of 1 am from Saturday to Sunday, October 9, 2021, to strictly see the number of online users

At that time when the forum was supposed to be at peak activity, there were not even 250 users online, that means a decrease of 80-85% of online users that we have on a random evening right now!

Can you imagine this forum with only 250 users online? Like who would have made threads, who would have replied to them, lol, you would have had to wait days/weeks to have the minimum engagement that today you can do in just an hour..


Chapter 2 - OffTopic at that time was full of dog shit water threads by todays standards:

View attachment 4811348
View attachment 4811350
View attachment 4811352
View attachment 4811355

Here as an example I chose 10 pm, Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Off-Topic page, so the forum in theory at peak activity, let's see what we can see:

First of all, at that time, we can see at first hand a bunch of sticked threads in Off-Topic, a sign that the mods at that time were doing their job (in the idea that they were encouraged to search and stick threads) and that they actually stick threads that were relatively cool by their standards (water, dnr, tldr, kill yourself, ''nobody gives a shit grey'' type of threads for our time standards), while nowadays, to have a Stick thread, it has to be a PHD with 20+ images and clips in it and 1000+ words in which you explain the theory of relativity of looksmaxing or something, and then ask 5 mods to have the thread stick for like a few hours..

Let's take a look at some threads one by one, and what would be the reaction to them by today's standards:

View attachment 4811450
View attachment 4811523

What can we observe from these threads:

- The ratio of threads that would receive 0 replies & little traction in raport with relatively interesting threads was much worse than it is today (because there were much fewer daily threads, so the quality was less common. You would have had like 10-20 threads per day at most that were worth opening by today's standards),

- Threads that today would have received 0 replies because they were water / boring back then received much more traction (because there were much fewer daily threads)


Chapter 3 - Users will literally rep any water / unfunny shit like crazy, like dozens of reps for something that by today standards, you would get between 2 and 4 reps..

And the problem is that these huge amounts of reps were being done back then without tagging anyone..

Here I'll let the pictures do the talking:

View attachment 4811592
View attachment 4811630
View attachment 4811635

View attachment 4811611
View attachment 4811571

View attachment 4811641
View attachment 4811566

Also again, mods at that time were sticking any borderline thread that was more than 100 words long:

View attachment 4811653

It was for some random schzio rambling thread that will get 5 bumps and 3 dnr's today about why ethnics will go extinct because all of them will be whiteskin sooner or later in the future..

View attachment 4811671


Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

View attachment 4811815
View attachment 4811832
View attachment 4811824
View attachment 4811849View attachment 4811845
View attachment 4811811
View attachment 4811862View attachment 4811883

Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

I could go on and on, but the thread is already long enough, and you get the idea

The nostalgia of ''it was better before 2023'' comes from the fact that there were fewer greycels in general, which was a reality, because the forum was hella dead back then lol (fewer users- > fewer threads -> fewer bad threads, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist or weren't in the majority then), so you used to always see the same faces / users who were active daily, which gave you a sense of familiarity and predictability, in both good and bad things

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

@BigBallsLarry @Nexom @Jason Voorhees @iblamexyz @NumbThePain

Cope, knowing about bp before 2023 was like knowing the secret of the goverment lil nigga

 

[Divineincel]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

The problem is that these feelings of nostalgia for ''better times'' have no fundamentally solid basis. In fact, this forum before 2023 was literally dog shit, and in the lines below I will explain why:

for pre 2023 era coopers..

Chapter 1 - The forum was literally a ghost town at that time:

View attachment 4811284

Google trends helps us with a clear analysis of the fact that the peak activity on the forum before 2023 was in December 2022, but even so, compared to everything we've had since, especially the last 6 months when the forum reached peak activity, the forum during that period was literally a ghost town..

You would have made a thread about whatever, and you could have waited half a day for 10-20 replies, like there was literally no one online to see your thread bro wtf

View attachment 4811311

Web.archive it also helps us to get a clearer picture of things. I chose an evening of 1 am from Saturday to Sunday, October 9, 2021, to strictly see the number of online users

At that time when the forum was supposed to be at peak activity, there were not even 250 users online, that means a decrease of 80-85% of online users that we have on a random evening right now!

Can you imagine this forum with only 250 users online? Like who would have made threads, who would have replied to them, lol, you would have had to wait days/weeks to have the minimum engagement that today you can do in just an hour..


Chapter 2 - OffTopic at that time was full of dog shit water threads by todays standards:

View attachment 4811348
View attachment 4811350
View attachment 4811352
View attachment 4811355

Here as an example I chose 10 pm, Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Off-Topic page, so the forum in theory at peak activity, let's see what we can see:

First of all, at that time, we can see at first hand a bunch of sticked threads in Off-Topic, a sign that the mods at that time were doing their job (in the idea that they were encouraged to search and stick threads) and that they actually stick threads that were relatively cool by their standards (water, dnr, tldr, kill yourself, ''nobody gives a shit grey'' type of threads for our time standards), while nowadays, to have a Stick thread, it has to be a PHD with 20+ images and clips in it and 1000+ words in which you explain the theory of relativity of looksmaxing or something, and then ask 5 mods to have the thread stick for like a few hours..

Let's take a look at some threads one by one, and what would be the reaction to them by today's standards:

View attachment 4811450
View attachment 4811523

What can we observe from these threads:

- The ratio of threads that would receive 0 replies & little traction in raport with relatively interesting threads was much worse than it is today (because there were much fewer daily threads, so the quality was less common. You would have had like 10-20 threads per day at most that were worth opening by today's standards),

- Threads that today would have received 0 replies because they were water / boring back then received much more traction (because there were much fewer daily threads)


Chapter 3 - Users will literally rep any water / unfunny shit like crazy, like dozens of reps for something that by today standards, you would get between 2 and 4 reps..

And the problem is that these huge amounts of reps were being done back then without tagging anyone..

Here I'll let the pictures do the talking:

View attachment 4811592
View attachment 4811630
View attachment 4811635

View attachment 4811611
View attachment 4811571

View attachment 4811641
View attachment 4811566

Also again, mods at that time were sticking any borderline thread that was more than 100 words long:

View attachment 4811653

It was for some random schzio rambling thread that will get 5 bumps and 3 dnr's today about why ethnics will go extinct because all of them will be whiteskin sooner or later in the future..

View attachment 4811671


Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

View attachment 4811815
View attachment 4811832
View attachment 4811824
View attachment 4811849View attachment 4811845
View attachment 4811811
View attachment 4811862View attachment 4811883

Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

I could go on and on, but the thread is already long enough, and you get the idea

The nostalgia of ''it was better before 2023'' comes from the fact that there were fewer greycels in general, which was a reality, because the forum was hella dead back then lol (fewer users- > fewer threads -> fewer bad threads, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist or weren't in the majority then), so you used to always see the same faces / users who were active daily, which gave you a sense of familiarity and predictability, in both good and bad things

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

@BigBallsLarry @Nexom @Jason Voorhees @iblamexyz @NumbThePain

@BigJimsWornOutTires do you agree?

 

[lastofus123]

I feel like most people are talking about covid times when lockdowns were in full effect and everyone was rotting on here than 2022 or 2021

 

[Swarthy Knight]

As a 2021cel who only started postmaxxing during the tiktokcel invasion, I don't know who to side with in this beef

 

[childishkillah]

Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

View attachment 4811815
View attachment 4811832
View attachment 4811824
View attachment 4811849View attachment 4811845
View attachment 4811811
View attachment 4811862View attachment 4811883

Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

Prolly cuz they were actual incels and truecels rather than socially ankward and insecure teenagers.

 

[kana]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

The problem is that these feelings of nostalgia for ''better times'' have no fundamentally solid basis. In fact, this forum before 2023 was literally dog shit, and in the lines below I will explain why:

for pre 2023 era coopers..

Chapter 1 - The forum was literally a ghost town at that time:

View attachment 4811284

Google trends helps us with a clear analysis of the fact that the peak activity on the forum before 2023 was in December 2022, but even so, compared to everything we've had since, especially the last 6 months when the forum reached peak activity, the forum during that period was literally a ghost town..

You would have made a thread about whatever, and you could have waited half a day for 10-20 replies, like there was literally no one online to see your thread bro wtf

View attachment 4811311

Web.archive it also helps us to get a clearer picture of things. I chose an evening of 1 am from Saturday to Sunday, October 9, 2021, to strictly see the number of online users

At that time when the forum was supposed to be at peak activity, there were not even 250 users online, that means a decrease of 80-85% of online users that we have on a random evening right now!

Can you imagine this forum with only 250 users online? Like who would have made threads, who would have replied to them, lol, you would have had to wait days/weeks to have the minimum engagement that today you can do in just an hour..


Chapter 2 - OffTopic at that time was full of dog shit water threads by todays standards:

View attachment 4811348
View attachment 4811350
View attachment 4811352
View attachment 4811355

Here as an example I chose 10 pm, Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Off-Topic page, so the forum in theory at peak activity, let's see what we can see:

First of all, at that time, we can see at first hand a bunch of sticked threads in Off-Topic, a sign that the mods at that time were doing their job (in the idea that they were encouraged to search and stick threads) and that they actually stick threads that were relatively cool by their standards (water, dnr, tldr, kill yourself, ''nobody gives a shit grey'' type of threads for our time standards), while nowadays, to have a Stick thread, it has to be a PHD with 20+ images and clips in it and 1000+ words in which you explain the theory of relativity of looksmaxing or something, and then ask 5 mods to have the thread stick for like a few hours..

Let's take a look at some threads one by one, and what would be the reaction to them by today's standards:

View attachment 4811450
View attachment 4811523

What can we observe from these threads:

- The ratio of threads that would receive 0 replies & little traction in raport with relatively interesting threads was much worse than it is today (because there were much fewer daily threads, so the quality was less common. You would have had like 10-20 threads per day at most that were worth opening by today's standards),

- Threads that today would have received 0 replies because they were water / boring back then received much more traction (because there were much fewer daily threads)


Chapter 3 - Users will literally rep any water / unfunny shit like crazy, like dozens of reps for something that by today standards, you would get between 2 and 4 reps..

And the problem is that these huge amounts of reps were being done back then without tagging anyone..

Here I'll let the pictures do the talking:

View attachment 4811592
View attachment 4811630
View attachment 4811635

View attachment 4811611
View attachment 4811571

View attachment 4811641
View attachment 4811566

Also again, mods at that time were sticking any borderline thread that was more than 100 words long:

View attachment 4811653

It was for some random schzio rambling thread that will get 5 bumps and 3 dnr's today about why ethnics will go extinct because all of them will be whiteskin sooner or later in the future..

View attachment 4811671


Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

View attachment 4811815
View attachment 4811832
View attachment 4811824
View attachment 4811849View attachment 4811845
View attachment 4811811
View attachment 4811862View attachment 4811883

Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

I could go on and on, but the thread is already long enough, and you get the idea

The nostalgia of ''it was better before 2023'' comes from the fact that there were fewer greycels in general, which was a reality, because the forum was hella dead back then lol (fewer users- > fewer threads -> fewer bad threads, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist or weren't in the majority then), so you used to always see the same faces / users who were active daily, which gave you a sense of familiarity and predictability, in both good and bad things

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

@BigBallsLarry @Nexom @Jason Voorhees @iblamexyz @NumbThePain

My old account was here for the entire year of 2023. I swear to god it was quite active and users were far more reasonable and less harsh with ratings lol

 

[lnceIs]

Waterrrr

 

[iblamexyz]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

The problem is that these feelings of nostalgia for ''better times'' have no fundamentally solid basis. In fact, this forum before 2023 was literally dog shit, and in the lines below I will explain why:

for pre 2023 era coopers..

Chapter 1 - The forum was literally a ghost town at that time:

View attachment 4811284

Google trends helps us with a clear analysis of the fact that the peak activity on the forum before 2023 was in December 2022, but even so, compared to everything we've had since, especially the last 6 months when the forum reached peak activity, the forum during that period was literally a ghost town..

You would have made a thread about whatever, and you could have waited half a day for 10-20 replies, like there was literally no one online to see your thread bro wtf

View attachment 4811311

Web.archive it also helps us to get a clearer picture of things. I chose an evening of 1 am from Saturday to Sunday, October 9, 2021, to strictly see the number of online users

At that time when the forum was supposed to be at peak activity, there were not even 250 users online, that means a decrease of 80-85% of online users that we have on a random evening right now!

Can you imagine this forum with only 250 users online? Like who would have made threads, who would have replied to them, lol, you would have had to wait days/weeks to have the minimum engagement that today you can do in just an hour..


Chapter 2 - OffTopic at that time was full of dog shit water threads by todays standards:

View attachment 4811348
View attachment 4811350
View attachment 4811352
View attachment 4811355

Here as an example I chose 10 pm, Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Off-Topic page, so the forum in theory at peak activity, let's see what we can see:

First of all, at that time, we can see at first hand a bunch of sticked threads in Off-Topic, a sign that the mods at that time were doing their job (in the idea that they were encouraged to search and stick threads) and that they actually stick threads that were relatively cool by their standards (water, dnr, tldr, kill yourself, ''nobody gives a shit grey'' type of threads for our time standards), while nowadays, to have a Stick thread, it has to be a PHD with 20+ images and clips in it and 1000+ words in which you explain the theory of relativity of looksmaxing or something, and then ask 5 mods to have the thread stick for like a few hours..

Let's take a look at some threads one by one, and what would be the reaction to them by today's standards:

View attachment 4811450
View attachment 4811523

What can we observe from these threads:

- The ratio of threads that would receive 0 replies & little traction in raport with relatively interesting threads was much worse than it is today (because there were much fewer daily threads, so the quality was less common. You would have had like 10-20 threads per day at most that were worth opening by today's standards),

- Threads that today would have received 0 replies because they were water / boring back then received much more traction (because there were much fewer daily threads)


Chapter 3 - Users will literally rep any water / unfunny shit like crazy, like dozens of reps for something that by today standards, you would get between 2 and 4 reps..

And the problem is that these huge amounts of reps were being done back then without tagging anyone..

Here I'll let the pictures do the talking:

View attachment 4811592
View attachment 4811630
View attachment 4811635

View attachment 4811611
View attachment 4811571

View attachment 4811641
View attachment 4811566

Also again, mods at that time were sticking any borderline thread that was more than 100 words long:

View attachment 4811653

It was for some random schzio rambling thread that will get 5 bumps and 3 dnr's today about why ethnics will go extinct because all of them will be whiteskin sooner or later in the future..

View attachment 4811671


Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

View attachment 4811815
View attachment 4811832
View attachment 4811824
View attachment 4811849View attachment 4811845
View attachment 4811811
View attachment 4811862View attachment 4811883

Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

I could go on and on, but the thread is already long enough, and you get the idea

The nostalgia of ''it was better before 2023'' comes from the fact that there were fewer greycels in general, which was a reality, because the forum was hella dead back then lol (fewer users- > fewer threads -> fewer bad threads, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist or weren't in the majority then), so you used to always see the same faces / users who were active daily, which gave you a sense of familiarity and predictability, in both good and bad things

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

@BigBallsLarry @Nexom @Jason Voorhees @iblamexyz @NumbThePain

Good thread I agree I think most users think the site was just as it is now

but with less tik tokcels which isn’t the case

 

[tomahawk]

Good read

 

[Daddy's Home]

Up

 

[asdvek]

showed in the thread how those ''cool threads'' from that time, most of them are dog shit if we take them by today's standards. If I make the forum from that time come back again today, right now, you, asdvek of today, March 2026, would not click on any thread for days, because how water and boring the title of everyone of them would sound

It had a better atmosphere or something idk

 

[VrillFatNoob24]

14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

i feel targetted

 

[karmacitathugmaxx]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

man thats even deader than current gg Or at least it probably is, gg hid their 'active user' display

this probably explains why people remember it as being good, they only recall all the good shit they read from OG users and weren't rotting 4 hours on straight mumbai tales

Maybe this is why i didn't join back in 2023

 

[luuk]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

The problem is that these feelings of nostalgia for ''better times'' have no fundamentally solid basis. In fact, this forum before 2023 was literally dog shit, and in the lines below I will explain why:

for pre 2023 era coopers..

Chapter 1 - The forum was literally a ghost town at that time:

View attachment 4811284

Google trends helps us with a clear analysis of the fact that the peak activity on the forum before 2023 was in December 2022, but even so, compared to everything we've had since, especially the last 6 months when the forum reached peak activity, the forum during that period was literally a ghost town..

You would have made a thread about whatever, and you could have waited half a day for 10-20 replies, like there was literally no one online to see your thread bro wtf

View attachment 4811311

Web.archive it also helps us to get a clearer picture of things. I chose an evening of 1 am from Saturday to Sunday, October 9, 2021, to strictly see the number of online users

At that time when the forum was supposed to be at peak activity, there were not even 250 users online, that means a decrease of 80-85% of online users that we have on a random evening right now!

Can you imagine this forum with only 250 users online? Like who would have made threads, who would have replied to them, lol, you would have had to wait days/weeks to have the minimum engagement that today you can do in just an hour..


Chapter 2 - OffTopic at that time was full of dog shit water threads by todays standards:

View attachment 4811348
View attachment 4811350
View attachment 4811352
View attachment 4811355

Here as an example I chose 10 pm, Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Off-Topic page, so the forum in theory at peak activity, let's see what we can see:

First of all, at that time, we can see at first hand a bunch of sticked threads in Off-Topic, a sign that the mods at that time were doing their job (in the idea that they were encouraged to search and stick threads) and that they actually stick threads that were relatively cool by their standards (water, dnr, tldr, kill yourself, ''nobody gives a shit grey'' type of threads for our time standards), while nowadays, to have a Stick thread, it has to be a PHD with 20+ images and clips in it and 1000+ words in which you explain the theory of relativity of looksmaxing or something, and then ask 5 mods to have the thread stick for like a few hours..

Let's take a look at some threads one by one, and what would be the reaction to them by today's standards:

View attachment 4811450
View attachment 4811523

What can we observe from these threads:

- The ratio of threads that would receive 0 replies & little traction in raport with relatively interesting threads was much worse than it is today (because there were much fewer daily threads, so the quality was less common. You would have had like 10-20 threads per day at most that were worth opening by today's standards),

- Threads that today would have received 0 replies because they were water / boring back then received much more traction (because there were much fewer daily threads)


Chapter 3 - Users will literally rep any water / unfunny shit like crazy, like dozens of reps for something that by today standards, you would get between 2 and 4 reps..

And the problem is that these huge amounts of reps were being done back then without tagging anyone..

Here I'll let the pictures do the talking:

View attachment 4811592
View attachment 4811630
View attachment 4811635

View attachment 4811611
View attachment 4811571

View attachment 4811641
View attachment 4811566

Also again, mods at that time were sticking any borderline thread that was more than 100 words long:

View attachment 4811653

It was for some random schzio rambling thread that will get 5 bumps and 3 dnr's today about why ethnics will go extinct because all of them will be whiteskin sooner or later in the future..

View attachment 4811671


Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

View attachment 4811815
View attachment 4811832
View attachment 4811824
View attachment 4811849View attachment 4811845
View attachment 4811811
View attachment 4811862View attachment 4811883

Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

I could go on and on, but the thread is already long enough, and you get the idea

The nostalgia of ''it was better before 2023'' comes from the fact that there were fewer greycels in general, which was a reality, because the forum was hella dead back then lol (fewer users- > fewer threads -> fewer bad threads, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist or weren't in the majority then), so you used to always see the same faces / users who were active daily, which gave you a sense of familiarity and predictability, in both good and bad things

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

@BigBallsLarry @Nexom @Jason Voorhees @iblamexyz @NumbThePain

Every forum/imageboard suffers from nostalgia merchants
People just miss the past

 

[N.N]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

The problem is that these feelings of nostalgia for ''better times'' have no fundamentally solid basis. In fact, this forum before 2023 was literally dog shit, and in the lines below I will explain why:

for pre 2023 era coopers..

Chapter 1 - The forum was literally a ghost town at that time:

View attachment 4811284

Google trends helps us with a clear analysis of the fact that the peak activity on the forum before 2023 was in December 2022, but even so, compared to everything we've had since, especially the last 6 months when the forum reached peak activity, the forum during that period was literally a ghost town..

You would have made a thread about whatever, and you could have waited half a day for 10-20 replies, like there was literally no one online to see your thread bro wtf

View attachment 4811311

Web.archive it also helps us to get a clearer picture of things. I chose an evening of 1 am from Saturday to Sunday, October 9, 2021, to strictly see the number of online users

At that time when the forum was supposed to be at peak activity, there were not even 250 users online, that means a decrease of 80-85% of online users that we have on a random evening right now!

Can you imagine this forum with only 250 users online? Like who would have made threads, who would have replied to them, lol, you would have had to wait days/weeks to have the minimum engagement that today you can do in just an hour..


Chapter 2 - OffTopic at that time was full of dog shit water threads by todays standards:

View attachment 4811348
View attachment 4811350
View attachment 4811352
View attachment 4811355

Here as an example I chose 10 pm, Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Off-Topic page, so the forum in theory at peak activity, let's see what we can see:

First of all, at that time, we can see at first hand a bunch of sticked threads in Off-Topic, a sign that the mods at that time were doing their job (in the idea that they were encouraged to search and stick threads) and that they actually stick threads that were relatively cool by their standards (water, dnr, tldr, kill yourself, ''nobody gives a shit grey'' type of threads for our time standards), while nowadays, to have a Stick thread, it has to be a PHD with 20+ images and clips in it and 1000+ words in which you explain the theory of relativity of looksmaxing or something, and then ask 5 mods to have the thread stick for like a few hours..

Let's take a look at some threads one by one, and what would be the reaction to them by today's standards:

View attachment 4811450
View attachment 4811523

What can we observe from these threads:

- The ratio of threads that would receive 0 replies & little traction in raport with relatively interesting threads was much worse than it is today (because there were much fewer daily threads, so the quality was less common. You would have had like 10-20 threads per day at most that were worth opening by today's standards),

- Threads that today would have received 0 replies because they were water / boring back then received much more traction (because there were much fewer daily threads)


Chapter 3 - Users will literally rep any water / unfunny shit like crazy, like dozens of reps for something that by today standards, you would get between 2 and 4 reps..

And the problem is that these huge amounts of reps were being done back then without tagging anyone..

Here I'll let the pictures do the talking:

View attachment 4811592
View attachment 4811630
View attachment 4811635

View attachment 4811611
View attachment 4811571

View attachment 4811641
View attachment 4811566

Also again, mods at that time were sticking any borderline thread that was more than 100 words long:

View attachment 4811653

It was for some random schzio rambling thread that will get 5 bumps and 3 dnr's today about why ethnics will go extinct because all of them will be whiteskin sooner or later in the future..

View attachment 4811671


Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

View attachment 4811815
View attachment 4811832
View attachment 4811824
View attachment 4811849View attachment 4811845
View attachment 4811811
View attachment 4811862View attachment 4811883

Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

I could go on and on, but the thread is already long enough, and you get the idea

The nostalgia of ''it was better before 2023'' comes from the fact that there were fewer greycels in general, which was a reality, because the forum was hella dead back then lol (fewer users- > fewer threads -> fewer bad threads, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist or weren't in the majority then), so you used to always see the same faces / users who were active daily, which gave you a sense of familiarity and predictability, in both good and bad things

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

@BigBallsLarry @Nexom @Jason Voorhees @iblamexyz @NumbThePain

this is epic bruh

 

[cortisolman2]

Need a TLDR

ik your scared to face me so heres proof of my iq

 

[Daddy's Home]

Bump

 

[spongebob]

People consider me a veteran and I agree this forum had much better quality 5 years back. And I was lurking for a year before I joined. It's not all brainrot.

 

[Sink]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

The problem is that these feelings of nostalgia for ''better times'' have no fundamentally solid basis. In fact, this forum before 2023 was literally dog shit, and in the lines below I will explain why:

for pre 2023 era coopers..

Chapter 1 - The forum was literally a ghost town at that time:

View attachment 4811284

Google trends helps us with a clear analysis of the fact that the peak activity on the forum before 2023 was in December 2022, but even so, compared to everything we've had since, especially the last 6 months when the forum reached peak activity, the forum during that period was literally a ghost town..

You would have made a thread about whatever, and you could have waited half a day for 10-20 replies, like there was literally no one online to see your thread bro wtf

View attachment 4811311

Web.archive it also helps us to get a clearer picture of things. I chose an evening of 1 am from Saturday to Sunday, October 9, 2021, to strictly see the number of online users

At that time when the forum was supposed to be at peak activity, there were not even 250 users online, that means a decrease of 80-85% of online users that we have on a random evening right now!

Can you imagine this forum with only 250 users online? Like who would have made threads, who would have replied to them, lol, you would have had to wait days/weeks to have the minimum engagement that today you can do in just an hour..


Chapter 2 - OffTopic at that time was full of dog shit water threads by todays standards:

View attachment 4811348
View attachment 4811350
View attachment 4811352
View attachment 4811355

Here as an example I chose 10 pm, Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Off-Topic page, so the forum in theory at peak activity, let's see what we can see:

First of all, at that time, we can see at first hand a bunch of sticked threads in Off-Topic, a sign that the mods at that time were doing their job (in the idea that they were encouraged to search and stick threads) and that they actually stick threads that were relatively cool by their standards (water, dnr, tldr, kill yourself, ''nobody gives a shit grey'' type of threads for our time standards), while nowadays, to have a Stick thread, it has to be a PHD with 20+ images and clips in it and 1000+ words in which you explain the theory of relativity of looksmaxing or something, and then ask 5 mods to have the thread stick for like a few hours..

Let's take a look at some threads one by one, and what would be the reaction to them by today's standards:

View attachment 4811450
View attachment 4811523

What can we observe from these threads:

- The ratio of threads that would receive 0 replies & little traction in raport with relatively interesting threads was much worse than it is today (because there were much fewer daily threads, so the quality was less common. You would have had like 10-20 threads per day at most that were worth opening by today's standards),

- Threads that today would have received 0 replies because they were water / boring back then received much more traction (because there were much fewer daily threads)


Chapter 3 - Users will literally rep any water / unfunny shit like crazy, like dozens of reps for something that by today standards, you would get between 2 and 4 reps..

And the problem is that these huge amounts of reps were being done back then without tagging anyone..

Here I'll let the pictures do the talking:

View attachment 4811592
View attachment 4811630
View attachment 4811635

View attachment 4811611
View attachment 4811571

View attachment 4811641
View attachment 4811566

Also again, mods at that time were sticking any borderline thread that was more than 100 words long:

View attachment 4811653

It was for some random schzio rambling thread that will get 5 bumps and 3 dnr's today about why ethnics will go extinct because all of them will be whiteskin sooner or later in the future..

View attachment 4811671


Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

View attachment 4811815
View attachment 4811832
View attachment 4811824
View attachment 4811849View attachment 4811845
View attachment 4811811
View attachment 4811862View attachment 4811883

Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

I could go on and on, but the thread is already long enough, and you get the idea

The nostalgia of ''it was better before 2023'' comes from the fact that there were fewer greycels in general, which was a reality, because the forum was hella dead back then lol (fewer users- > fewer threads -> fewer bad threads, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist or weren't in the majority then), so you used to always see the same faces / users who were active daily, which gave you a sense of familiarity and predictability, in both good and bad things

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

@BigBallsLarry @Nexom @Jason Voorhees @iblamexyz @NumbThePain

Water tbh lol none of the niggas saying that were even on the forum at the time it's just niggas tryna seem like they've been around

 

[SwissArms]

lookism.net was exactly the same shit 7 years ago

 

[180]

If you are new to this forum, like 2023-2024+ join date, you may have often heard how the invasion of teenagers from TikTok ruined the forum, and how before this period (2018-2022), the forum was at its peak, how the quality of the threads was much higher, more active users, etc. and how now it is full of 14 year old Indians who destroy Off-Topic

The problem is that these feelings of nostalgia for ''better times'' have no fundamentally solid basis. In fact, this forum before 2023 was literally dog shit, and in the lines below I will explain why:

for pre 2023 era coopers..

Chapter 1 - The forum was literally a ghost town at that time:

View attachment 4811284

Google trends helps us with a clear analysis of the fact that the peak activity on the forum before 2023 was in December 2022, but even so, compared to everything we've had since, especially the last 6 months when the forum reached peak activity, the forum during that period was literally a ghost town..

You would have made a thread about whatever, and you could have waited half a day for 10-20 replies, like there was literally no one online to see your thread bro wtf

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Web.archive it also helps us to get a clearer picture of things. I chose an evening of 1 am from Saturday to Sunday, October 9, 2021, to strictly see the number of online users

At that time when the forum was supposed to be at peak activity, there were not even 250 users online, that means a decrease of 80-85% of online users that we have on a random evening right now!

Can you imagine this forum with only 250 users online? Like who would have made threads, who would have replied to them, lol, you would have had to wait days/weeks to have the minimum engagement that today you can do in just an hour..


Chapter 2 - OffTopic at that time was full of dog shit water threads by todays standards:

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Here as an example I chose 10 pm, Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Off-Topic page, so the forum in theory at peak activity, let's see what we can see:

First of all, at that time, we can see at first hand a bunch of sticked threads in Off-Topic, a sign that the mods at that time were doing their job (in the idea that they were encouraged to search and stick threads) and that they actually stick threads that were relatively cool by their standards (water, dnr, tldr, kill yourself, ''nobody gives a shit grey'' type of threads for our time standards), while nowadays, to have a Stick thread, it has to be a PHD with 20+ images and clips in it and 1000+ words in which you explain the theory of relativity of looksmaxing or something, and then ask 5 mods to have the thread stick for like a few hours..

Let's take a look at some threads one by one, and what would be the reaction to them by today's standards:

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What can we observe from these threads:

- The ratio of threads that would receive 0 replies & little traction in raport with relatively interesting threads was much worse than it is today (because there were much fewer daily threads, so the quality was less common. You would have had like 10-20 threads per day at most that were worth opening by today's standards),

- Threads that today would have received 0 replies because they were water / boring back then received much more traction (because there were much fewer daily threads)


Chapter 3 - Users will literally rep any water / unfunny shit like crazy, like dozens of reps for something that by today standards, you would get between 2 and 4 reps..

And the problem is that these huge amounts of reps were being done back then without tagging anyone..

Here I'll let the pictures do the talking:

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Also again, mods at that time were sticking any borderline thread that was more than 100 words long:

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It was for some random schzio rambling thread that will get 5 bumps and 3 dnr's today about why ethnics will go extinct because all of them will be whiteskin sooner or later in the future..

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Chapter 4 - Users will OVERRATE ANYTHING LIKE CRAZY

Very often we hear how during this period that there is a lot of underrating, that we are too harsh, anything being most of the time Subhuman - LTB / LTN (very often beeing correct tho)

But before 2023.. oh boy.. get ready, I'll let the pictures do the talking again:

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Keep in mind that I only chose some random examples from users with at least 5k posts, so users who presumably already had some experience on the forum.. So yeah..

I could go on and on, but the thread is already long enough, and you get the idea

The nostalgia of ''it was better before 2023'' comes from the fact that there were fewer greycels in general, which was a reality, because the forum was hella dead back then lol (fewer users- > fewer threads -> fewer bad threads, but that doesn't mean they didn't exist or weren't in the majority then), so you used to always see the same faces / users who were active daily, which gave you a sense of familiarity and predictability, in both good and bad things

In reality, compared to today's standards, it was a dead forum you entered like 2-3 times a day at most, and spent like 5-10 minutes at most each time, and then you were going to move on with your rest of the day, after you clicked on like 10-15 threads that were ''worth reading''

@BigBallsLarry @Nexom @Jason Voorhees @iblamexyz @NumbThePain

good thread

 

[Seven]

high iq

 

[killuacel]

ngl I would have preferred old .org

Less people more actually feeling like you know them and a real community instead of hundreds of new users a week.

 

[SwissArms]

I would say the big difference is back in the day, it was more doomer shit like women only want chad, and Chadfishes more of an incel site. Now I would say since the late 2022-2023, looksmaxing has turned into more productive about becoming chad or goodlooking rather than going over what we all know are facts.

 

[Daddy's Home]

Bump little shit skin @Salludon

 

[Banned User]

Bump little shit skin @Salludon

I notice most of the pics are 2022 you can find the 2018-2019 snapshots searching looksmax.me in wayback

 

[Daddy's Home]

I notice most of the pics are 2022 you can find the 2018-2019 snapshots searching looksmax.me in wayback

Summer 2019

 

[greycel]

Userbase was more original and people were their own individuals

Peaked in 22

 

[pfl]

It was funnier back then though

 

[GynoGladiator]

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Summer 2019

@autistic_tendencies

 

[UrGirlsMcm]

dnr

 

[autistic_tendencies]

@autistic_tendencies

It’s over if you didn’t save all the good stuff

 

[Obito]

This is my second account I made my first in Jan 2022

The forum at that point time was more than just looksmaxxing, it was a group of dudes small enough to basically recognize almost everyone that somehow found this obscure ass website to share their life stories and experiences with other people like them. That’s what made it so special, it was less of a general information Internet forum and more of a place where likeminded men congregated everyday to talk about a insane range of topics


That’s why people who were on it back then say it was better, because it genuinely was a second home to many of its users and it let each other know that they aren’t alone