We haven't recovered. Like Harr said, things have gotten worse. This forum is actually one of the least toxic, if not the least toxic place in the community. You've only seek the tip of the iceberg...

The most toxic place being.......?

From the screenshots I've seen, I'd have to say the Slack. It's 100% elitist and against all other parts of the fandom.
2nd place is Flash Nation, which is like Slack but not quite on the same scale. Also, bonus toxicity points for it being the first place Monte goes when he makes a new alt.
3rd place is the Official Discord. To sum its toxicity up: ssims.
4th place is this forum actually. I was wrong when I said it was the least toxic place.
5th place is Anther's. People on Anther's are pretty good sports. They do s*** talk basically all the other parts of the community sometimes, but this is rare, since it's usually pretty dead for the most part. It can't be toxic if it's dead.

I'm gonna throw in my few cents here and say that we must've recovered quite a fair amount if Monte's name is being used as a meme now.
At least on these forums, the so called "tip of the iceberg". I don't visit any of those other places so I wouldn't know.
I really do feel like this is just yall pessimism bringing back up the past for the most part though.
And if it really is that diseased in those parts please don't bring said disease over here by mentioning it.

Also welcome back DS!
Now we just need TS, NS and SS. Coupled together with JS and DS that should be the return of the _S's

We need you! Come back!