Yeah me too I have the same thought . Well here you have the information . To summarize , everything start to degrade massively . There is few sections that are spared but I think the SB quality and open-minded have decreased massively . Merry Christmas in advance by the way .

TBH, I don't think I ever went to the VS section. It was stupid already in the early 2010s, no need to go there. :-P

Granted some of their wisest seemed to use their heads and allow a short pause before the debate start over and over . The fun is that they say in their new set of rule , no hypocrisys allowed but they allow hypocrisis . Which mean they take a side to allow it winning this debate.
As for fanfiction section , It is still good so there is no bullshitum on this section . No what is more worrying is that it started to get more policing . I don't know how it was on your time but they seemed to take huge step in conservatism and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in a level of stupid .

Many of them literally take litteral interpretation without having a brain and think a second time before jumping in conclusion . The level of arguments have diminished both in term of quality and self-reflexion ( Hope you can understand this what I meant ) .
There is new rules that allow that new state of " shut up I'm right and my argument sound solid" . That and the moderator seemed to be turn more hostile than ever before , using their authority to close the debate without any form of moratorium .

Well , you are not going to like it a bit . I'm going to segmented it in many arguments to show you what has been transpired since you left . I recently left ( a almost a couple years ) due to my social life and since I have reach a master degree after finishing my stage .
Let's start with the Vs Section and other stuff , People turn more and more fanboyish in the debates and cannot take a self analysis about them being in the wrong . There is starting growing people who have used other source like VS Battle to enjoy their disillusional vision over some series .

Err, what news on SB? I have not been there for half a decade an I have no socks of any kind either so I will need some more precision.