Well I guess how much the wow community has changed may depend on the server and the person's opinion but I myself got to the point where it was more of the community pushing me away then blizzard's choice's was.
And that was really the only time I let the community bug me. I decided would I rather spend my 15$ on wow and deal with a bunch of assholes or quit and find something better to do. I decided to leave after the choice's blizzard made I disagree'ed with and dealing with how the community was I said fuck it ill go somewhere else.
I been playing Rift for about 2 weeks now and everynow and then I see a troll but over all I think the community is really good and maybe one of the best I have delt with in a MMO.
Also like someone else posted this video sums up the thread: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...Filthy-Casuals