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Originally posted by NE.
Definitely downhill.
Anyone before early 2011-ish doesn't know how live this site used to be. Now it's nothing but a breeding ground for trolls and clones with stale and overused shade. Members used to be distinguishable and have personality.
But this downhill trend may have to do with the dismantlement of the NHB and the large spike in new members.
I barely login anymore because the site is just straight up boring now. Even the biggest personalities on this site either stopped logging in or faded amongst the influx.
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I definitely agree with this. I really miss 2010 ATRL. ATRL has been going downhill for a while, but it seems like it's gotten a lot worse in the past year.
Sure, the server issues and censoring is annoying, but ATRL has gone downhill overall. It's the current members more than anything. It's getting harder to find active members that joined before 2012, and most of the new members are not what I would I call upgrades.
I hate to be one of those "back in my day" people, but this is what this post probably sounds like. Stan wars and trolls used to be funny, but now they've just become boring. It's like y'all don't even try to be creative anymore. NHB and SYG used to be fun, whether it was good dragging or just someone being stupid, but NHB is now closed and I have little interest in SYG.