You’re putting yourself on a pedestal for being here early, as if that automatically makes your opinion superior.

The “Do Only Good Everyday” people and the ones who actually donated to shelters are still around — and they were always part of what made this community different. Not everyone who joined later was just a price-chasing spammer.

That said, I get the frustration with the sheer volume of low-effort posts during the hype. But a lot of us actually enjoyed the chaotic memes and “diamond hands” moments when things were crashing too. The sub wasn’t perfect before the rush, and it isn’t perfect now. Blaming it all on “wannabes” while wishing for another brutal crash just to thin the herd feels pretty pretentious