[Dilbert San Diego]

There is anecdotal evidence that some longtime Freepers have disappeared from this site.

We don’t really know why they left but it would not be surprising that the level of discourse on Free Republic has turned some people off.

This seems to be an ongoing problem . We do see from time to time the Robinsons put up their message about everyone being civil here.

[Lou Foxwell]

Not left, but have created other venues for open discussion. Some of us are hiding in plain sight on YT or other social platforms.

[daniel1212]

There is anecdotal evidence that some longtime Freepers have disappeared from this site.

It is not anecdotal as evidenced by the late :

nw_arizona_granny's Prepper Threads from FR's Clinton era:

1. Thread #1, 2008 - over 10k posts -
2. Thread #2, 2009 - over 10k posts -
3. Thread #3, 2009 - over 10k posts -

   Then there were

CottonBall's Prepper Threads

1. Thread #1, 2018 - over 17k posts -
2. Thread #2, 2020 - 226 posts -

The decline of Christian faith and rise of social media and many blogs and the median age increase. Thank God for what is good.