>>420073072
It was much more common back then. We also had daily screenshots posted which often included solo shots of people's avatars.
Yes, people complained. People complain about everything on 4chan.

The thread was still much better back then when people were a little less shy about being themselves.
The problem with going too hard with muh anonymity is that the good posters will play by the rules and post nicely while the bad posters will go absolutely apeshit with schizoposting and false flagging and will scare off all of the good posters.
Which is exactly what happened...
I'm telling you that being hardcore about 4chan culture on /vg/ of all places in 2023 of all times is insane. What is 4chan culture, anyway? It's been completely rewritten several times in the time I've been here.
The thread should serve the needs of the community and the people within it before it should be enslaved by a misguided notion of "muh 4chan" that just delivers it into the hands of shitposters.