Resetera is cool if you stick to the threads that are largely shielded from the moderators (i.e. community threads - NHL, auto, cycle etc.). Those threads were pretty much the only threads I posted on in Old GAF in the years leading up to the break up, and they really don't have a remaining equivalent here. But with COVID19, a lot of those are of kind of dead anyways. I generally avoid the rest of the forum because its no fun being dog piled on and banned for simply having an unpopular opinion.
General GAF is generally a more comfortable/better place to post. I think I've posted more since the breakup due to less fear of being banned for saying something stupid or unpopular, but that fear isn't completely gone. I do wish moderators would communicate more and make it more transparent re: what is permissible and what is not. I had a warning a few months ago (?maybe a year) on one of my posts, and it was really vague and unclear why. I'm pretty sure my posting slowed down after that, and really only picked up after COVID. I do think the fear of being banned stifles a lot of content on these forums, and the best way to do that (short of just not banning people) is to be extremely transparent and clear with what is allowed and what is not.