Appleman's an autist who has kind of run lainchan into the ground and let /pol/ have gains.
i disagree i think he's doing a fine job keeping them out. of course i see it now and then but in this day and age it's pretty much a given if you're running an imageboard. i havent been on arisuchan in a while but id expect to see the same or similar amounts of /pol/ posters (very little, that is).
but please why you think he let /pol/ posters run amock, i'm curious.
as for the arisuchan vs. lainchan thing i have no clue about it other than the fact that steph or whatever is dumb and essentially gave-in to russian fags who purely reside in their DDT board. i heard steph has terrible opsec in general. also the merger with that dumbass cult board (i forget their name - it had something to do with the universe being a simulation and said simulation would be reset so upload a bunch of shit about yourself and we can save you after the reset, also you have to die after May 20th or someshit), was it called SystemSpace or something?
as for the kalyx guy i kind of liked him, even if he is an asshole for wiping lainchan.org (as a prank - turns out appleman had backups on the same server - bad move both parties obviously). i find the whole situation hilarious as an outside observer.