Is it just me or chess isn't the same anymore?

It's not 'fun' anymore MAINLY because of unpunished blatant cheating. Heck if you ask support you can create an alt acount by their permission which imo should be heavily cracked down on. Because i've come across too many low elo alt accounts at my rating and half the time they're friends with their main account. Ands i'm sorry but if you like hikaru his speedrunning videos kinda most likely unintentionally promote the use of sandbagging in the low elos. But onto the fun part. I believe another reason to why this game has lost it's 'fun' is because of paywall. I thinks the max amount of free game reviews should three per day not just one. And the lesson thing should be shortended.

Yes I agree! Great post!

Those who cheat, are only cheating themselves. The funny part is, they'll never develop the brains to recognize how they are doing themselves the most damage.