At what point did Leftypol go from a place for politically incorrect left shitposting paired with insightful analysis to what it is today with Mods taking their role like Reddit mods circa 2016 and banning anything that isn't super serious effortposting?
You're overreacting, but yeah, current leftypol is most irritatingly sedate. We used to have entertaining sectarian shittalk beyond the common geopol shitflinging, active threads besides bait or happenings and genuine schizoposters too (no offense to newgene or king lear, but they're more troll-ish).
There are posters openly talking about leaving this place for xitter and it's a shame honestly: These clout-based engagement holes suck up any creativity and churn out daily discourse you need to actively participate in in order to make sense of. They don't leave behind archived threads or rarely as much as a stable community beyond whatever topic they concern, only screencaps of twitter threads and video essays about internet drama.
Post 2000s forum culture might seem like an intermediary in between topical discussion and todays microcommunities, but to me they feel like the only places on the internet actually worth contributing to. For all of its moderation faults and lack of broad appeal, this site remains more compelling than many other parts of the internet and any large social media site. It's the kind of place matrix cliques form around.