>>449It really is. /a/ is nothing like what it was, so that's why I'm mostly on /c/ and /w/, if I'm there at all. They lack the ridiculous attitude /a/ tends to have, plus they're just fun to be in.
Did old /jp/ have much elitism? Modern /jp/ and /a/ have repeatedly asked Hiro to implement kana CAPTCHAs in /a/ and /jp/, so they can show off how much basic nip they know to the "normalfags."