Lol. Michael is the dude who was making those threads in bold and colors and included the cigar-smoking emo at the end of every one of them? He was pretty lame though, at least at that point of his metamorphosis.
Pretty much, although there's still a few Uchiha fans that still debate old school style and keep the fan base going.
I don't recall exactly when the Hinata/Sakura Wars emerged but I just know around the time I joined there was already something brewing.
I think 2017 was the ultimate Hyuuga era because at that point, there were was a lot they were expecting in terms of Byakugan development and the Hyuga clan, and automatically, that came with the shunning of the Sharingan, because well... Hyuuga base thought they could celebrate early, and the Uchiha side wasn't having it either.
The main defense before Sarada vs Buntan being the Uchiha had near 700 of relevance (in exaggeration), then after the fight there were was Sharingan potentially having more development than it already got, and that's when Hyuuga base began to shy away and slowly retract their words, and eventually losing their shit and finally packing up when AO didn't do anything ocular that spanned a good amount of threads of hype (all those prediction threads made in pure innocence). Lmao. Fun times.
Anyway, that's the greatest turning point for the Sakura/Hinata thing because focus shifted then, after that it shifted to their kids and Sarada was losing it before the consecutive disappintments that practically stockpiled over another, with the showcasing of the Fireball jutsu and Taijutsu fight, etc.
Honestly, we should have just let them pick their own fights. Thing is everybody thought they could join in on the party and turn the tides for the wife of their favorite, but everybody wanted to be hereos. So that ended up being Sasuke vs Naruto all over again, except a lot more gay and a lot more dramatic.
I for one enjoyed it, because it was a grand opportunity to troll and rustle mad jimmie's whilst at it.
Micheal stopped giving a shit after actual members left and he realized that you newer guys didn't respect rank and thought u could shitpost your way to the top. Any actual Sasuke fans and Naruto fans left are no where near their prime in debating because the competition is nonexistent. You new members report, deflect and troll until your faction circle jerks. Unlike back then where you had to 1v1 or at times 1v2 people in debates. This stupid ass Like/Dislike system ruined that because it promoted circle jerkin you see on other sites. (facebook for example).
2017 was not the peak of the hyuga era. That was around October of 2014. because that was when you couldn't avoid the bubbling that was growing in the pairing thread.
2017 "hyuga" fans and the opposing factions were shitposters and pairing fans who you see as Hinata fans, "LB, Melanin etc." who all came from that sticky. Prior to that, there were few actual Hinata/Hanabi fans and more people who just wanted Hinata to end up with Naruto to shit on Sakura.
The greatest turning point was the fall of NaruSaku. Hinata fans went from quiet shippers to rivaling Sakura fans in terms of how much everyone couldn't stand them. Thats why Sakura/Hinata fans and trolls are still around and no one else.
Sarada getting feats just gave shitposters (not actual fans) ammo at this point. The ones hyping Boruto were no different.
The only victims in the situation were the new members who were baited into picking a side. That's why you have new members shit posting till this day.
Naruto fans didn't claim Hinata until Sasuke fans realized that they were stuck with Sakura. They shit on Sakura more than anyone on this entire site because
Sasuke fans back then shit on everyone who wasn't Sasuke. Sakura being naturally hated got it worse than even Naruto fans because of Femme's stupid ass posts.
the pairings backfired because SasuSaku meant that was a part of Sasuke, and a part of Sasuke can't look back. Thats a sign of weakness that Naruto fans can exploit. Recovering from VOTE 2 took everything they had. And with Sarada wearing glasses didnt fucking help, neither did her saying shannaro.
So they made an executive decision, let femme in SB then left, lmao. Naruto fans (and Sasuke fans) by that point were already on the way out regardless as the site was overan with idiotic pairing fans and retards asking for The Last: Naruto the movie links.
And the horrible, horrible ending that was chapter 700.
Which is why OG's consider anything past 699 filler bullshit.
And it's true, as much as I like Boruto as a character and want the series to succeed.
Deep down, anything past chapter 699 (and by extension, the Last) is filler.