There were other pop stars that existed before Gaga - Nelly Furtado, Gwen Stefani, Fergie, etc. etc. So, I doubt it was just Britney vs. Xtina threads.
I was here before the BTW era and it was better without the sudden emerge of hundreads of Gaga fans, it was more balanced because they were in par with the other stanbases now probably there are more Gaga stans here than the other stanbases put together which makes ATRL more monotone and somewhat "boring", there are threads about her every hour over the most irrelevant things. So yeah, I imagine ATRL before Gaga was much better.
I was here before the BTW era and it was better without the sudden emerge of hundreads of Gaga fans, it was more balanced because they were in par with the other stanbases now probably there are more Gaga stans here than the other stanbases put together which makes ATRL more monotone and somewhat "boring", there are threads about her every hour over the most irrelevant things. So yeah, I imagine ATRL before Gaga was much better.