Well, I still think you are seeing only the bad side.
A smaller KC (even if filled with pictures of little girls, and political psyops, and avatarfags) is still very nice.
There was a point in old KC where it grew too much and too quickly, specially with 4chan pol refugees and suddenly you were not able to find threads from the day before on the catalog, something which seems the staple of a cosy board where people are able to hold continuous discussions
Kohl has a bit of this old KC feeling.
Also you need to take in the account that no imageboard will ever be good, it's just a paliative for real human interaction, even the best imageboard is you being alone and going to this place with schizo and losers to get your daily dose of social interaction.