What is the origin of '4chan was better when I was a kid'?

In 2016 there were a lot of users saying '4chan was a much better place years ago'.<br><br>Then in 2018 I saw the same thing, users were complaining that the website was not as good as when they first joined.<br><br>Then out of nowhere, in 2020, '4chan was a much better place years ago' made a return. What is the origin of this?