I see a lot of comments from bootlickers on how the protests are dumb and stupid and dont work and engagement metrics are still holding but the quality of posts and comments has noticeably depreciated imo. So much so that whenever I visit the site Im actually shocked at how bad it is.
Could be that the posts were always that bad, but now your perception is being colored by the current events. It’s certainly possible that a lot of the better contributors have left, though, or at least are less active.