@icedquinn@Moon@teratology I think part of the novelty of gg at the time was how transparently corrupt the media was being. They were taking stories that were obviously, hilariously false on their face ("the 4chan trolls sent military snipers outside of my house"). This was at a time when the media still had a decent reputation so seeing them report stuff that was so patently false on its face was shocking.
If polling is to be believed (yes I'm aware of the irony) only something like 30% of Americans have any significant level of trust in the media now. Off the top of my head it was 11% of Republicans (how that number isn't 0 is beyond me), 25ish % of independents and 50% of democrats which has actually fallen greatly since 2018. And of those people who don't trust NOW, I'd think the distrust would be far more intense after the last decade of having the curtain pulled back.
Thankfully it seems like most people have just grown tired of them and ever since blackrock money started drying up they seem to be withering away.