>>1023932311) /co/ is one of the most normie-attracting boards due to how much it got cleaned up by mods, how open, helpful and non-elitist the culture is and how low the entry level is (just watch a cartoon once in a while). If before it scared newfags off with loli and 34 threads, now we have no such luck.
2) /pol/ created a huge influx of newfags most of which are also moralfags who are sure anything sexy in a cartoon is a plot by the jews.