This is the only answer

16 years there. Once Boost stopped working I got off the site and migrated here. I’ve read threads that come up in Google searches, and looked at some specialty subs since, but nothing longer than 5 minutes every few days.

This is it exactly: the difference in the discussions and posts between when I joined a few weeks ago and now is striking. It’s reminding me of early reddit before the Digg migration and I’m hopeful it will continue to improve