The answer is this:
Fuentes started out more mature and presentable than he is now to the point he is the Benjamin Button of online political commentary. Whether it was the success of the groyper wars and the creation of AFPAC going to his head, getting kicked off twitter isolating him from broader outside scrutiny, or the Feds twisting his arm after Jan 6, in just under a year and a half he went from up-and-coming influencer who might have been able to work his way into a seat at the republican table to total pariah. The signs were always there - Nick was just as obsessed with McDonalds and nigger noise in 2019 as he was in 2021 - but they were kept under control and people were willing to cut him some slack on account of his youth and the fact he was trying to appeal to youth.