>>25211824I remember 2012 /mlp/. It was different, but I wouldn't necessarily say it was any better.
/b/-tier shitposting was a lot more rampant, threads were constantly derailed, most threads consisted of "Pony is beside you, what do?", /b/reads existed, we were still at civil war with each other.
Nowadays it's all about who can provide the best writefag prompt for the next general and lewd fanfictions.
Show discussion barely happened then, and it barely happens now.