>>183773
this is sort of what i mean, in that evidence of the old userbase simply leaving is quite visible in more niche boards, and most of the boards are not exactly mass user boards depending on user demographics. do the grandpas that post on /pol/ all day even have any interest in videogames?

>That aspect in particular is probably a combination of it being near-impossible to post there these days (due to IP bans/distrust-by-default), the global increase in internet regulation/censorship
i have long since accepted 4chan is a pay to post platform, and will not even attempt to bypass the new multi-layer spam protections that never seem to fully stop it.

>and that the kinds of people who would traditionally find the site appealing have either left for good or don't ever venture outside The Platforms
this is the most ugly thing for me. i genuinely despise twitter, and i believe a great deal of the harm that has been done to the web is directly downstream of twitters existence and popularity. at least discord is a maze of interlinked sheltered enclaves that cant be destroyed so easily. i would still much rather an imageboard though.