submitted 7 months ago by Infamousblt@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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It feels like it's dying. Just anecdotally it seems like there have been less threads lately, less quality threads, and less discussion overall. More anecdotally I feel like the last couple of federation / defederation slap fights ended with many users leaving as well. I can think of a few who left because we were federating, some who left because we then subsequently defederated from lots of the fediverse, and then even a few who said they would leave if we didn't defederate and then left anyway when we did.

I feel like mostly overall I have seen very few new posters, and have seen less and less of some certain power posters.

Is this just a illusion or is this really what's happening. What is to be done?

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[-] pooh@hexbear.net 61 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Having been here since basically the beginning, I feel like it’s only gotten better. Some good changes I’ve noticed:

Far more explicitly pro trans than it was initially
Generally seems like more of an effort is made to be welcoming
More activity and fun community events like movie nights
Struggle sessions are more or less a joke and angry struggle sessions seem much more rare

Some things I miss:

Posters like tervell, brookebaybee, UlyssesT, and others who aren’t as active or no longer around at all. If you’re out there reading this, come back and say hi!
President Parrot has also disappeared from the public eye following the last scandal that was in the news. I think it was the one where President Parrot was naked or something.
Also, this was kind of always an issue, but there are lots of smaller commas that could use more love.