/an/ is one of my favorite places online because it's just a bunch of stoners and zoologists arguing about cave snails and shit.

I first discovered /b/ in '09 so I can't attest to anything prior, but it always met my expectations of what a free as in freedom social space would be like. It won't be the idealistic pretty picture most people wish it was. It will be a mirror reflection of life and humanity. The good the bad the ugly no more no less. Don't like what you see in the mirror? Take it up with the big man upstairs I guess.

I liked their tabletop RPG forum, there were fun posts there. Even /b/ had its moments: I remember one thread where everybody had superpowers and my guy turned everybody into a park bench. Another guy could heat up hotdogs with his hands. At the end of the story pretty much everyone somehow got turned into a park bench. Can't remember the specifics now, I was kinda drunk.

/b/‘s downfall basically toxified the rest of the other boards over time. /fit/ for example is a shadow of the pre zyzz days. Although I can’t say I miss brapp posting. I do miss the avg Korean gf posting though