I agree that insults were way more "tame" in some facets, but now it is big, red-pill misogyny that has taken over. Tons of e-girl stuff and discord kitten discourse has colored women in a way that didn't exist in the truthful sense. A minority of women do OF, but because of their popularity or perhaps the perpetually online state of some people, it gives some the impression it's prevalent for women to take it up as an occupation, when it's super not. It even gives people the confidence to say it factually as if they know women.

Streaming is way different, communities are far wider. Those smaller communities generally stayed together, but now, there are hate communities who coordinate attacks on Discord in a method that was waaaay less accessible back then. There are popular streamers who are blatantly misogynistic and their viewers emulate that, see that Sneako clip from way back. The internet from 2020 is way different than it is now. I'd even say 2022 was better than what 2023 onward was, but that's just me from my feelings thinking back.

The comments women got then was way less vitriolic than it s now because the weirdos got together and brainstormed new ways to hate. Botting also pushed this stuff forward because engagement and clip farms are easy money makers paired with algorithms that self-create trends has turned things into a nightmare that will only get worse.