You think it’s that bad? I was thinking maybe we had chased off some of the folks who did some of the heavy lifting around here. I may have been guilty of that to a certain extent myself. Maybe that combined with some over-moderation of the sidebars and some inane nonsense where people chase ‘blog pimps’ away for daring to post content (for free!) on the site.
I know I post here a lot less than I used to, but I do still come to the site several times a day to read the articles. It did used to be feasible to use FR as your sole news source and not miss anything. These days, that isn’t the case. Many times, something (at least somewhat important) will happen and I’ll get it pushed to my phone via Polutico or something like that and sometimes it never even shows up here.
I used to check all of the overnight postings when I got up in the morning. Most of posts that caught my interest had to me deferred for later in the day, and some had to wait until late that night.
Most days, I have finished with everything, including reading the accompanying article by the time the coffee pot is ready. The discussion has either ended or has gone somewhere else.