>boards had way more rulecuckery
>more non-rulecuck boards
>you got insulted for everything
>you got banned for everything
>bot spam was lesser
>no global daily captcha
>bui spam instead of /int*/ shitposts (preferred it tbh)
>rogue globals
>brown pills
>site actually worked well
>OC was actually created
>oldfags still used the site
>newfags still used the site and were better back then
>hotwheels cared
>no /meta/ threads on /operate/
>it was more friendly/relaxed back then
>any board ever was ever active enough for my standards with not autistic goons
>less normies and moralfags
>less pedos, bronies, and "bad furries"
>less /pol/ autists everywhere
>better Top 25 list
>I was younger and more simple-minded, one year made a big difference
>Hotwheels was a genius and interesting, figured out anything we needed
I wish old 8chan was back. :'(