Is it just me? (a message to Civitai newbies)

Over the last few days of doom scrolling the main images gallery, looking for some genuine inspiration for new content, it almost feels like I've time warped back to 2023 or so. I'm seeing a lot of new users (or old users that are coming back after years of being silent), still using ancient AI technology like SDXL, Pony, etc. Seems like a bunch of new users are just straight remixing the same old tired images from years long past. AI has grown so much in the last few years, it seems it would be better to let those old architectures die a dignified death. Am I nuts, or have y'all noticed this trend too lately?