So folks are asking why the volume of content here is fairly low...but honestly has anyone been comparing our volume to other places like /r/conspiracy and 4chan?

Every "controversial" forum is seeing a marked decrease in content, and at record levels.

For example, I just checked out /r/conspiracy/new, and on the first page (25 links) it goes back 3 hours. I don't think I've ever seen that. IOW, in the last 3 hours, there have only been 25 posts on /r/conspiracy. Sure it's Sunday morning, but lately I frequently see the front page of /new go back 2 hours even during peak time.

In addition, /pol had a thread the other day saying the volume of posts there is at a record low in the last several years.

I personally think 60-90% of the fevered activity leading up to the election (and in the aftermath) was bot activity, and they were just shut off.

But something else is happening.../r/conspiracy is eerily quieter than it's been in half a decade.

Is something coming, or did something already come?