Oldfags are pre-2012, 8chan was eventually created because 4chan became compromised by political gatekeepers who continued to censor their userbase while flagging more and more content which turned a lot of the oldfags; who were used to a free-for-all 'wild west' style internet; off. Seems like today everything is full of various safe spaces. Anons are drifting to corners of the internet that comfort them and reaffirm their own bias. The old days of the internet are almost dead now and probably never coming back. The future will become pay-for registration tech platforms while others live their lives mostly offline without much of a voice or say.

https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/