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why do you think they left?
Mostly, my sense is that they found other things to focus their time on, which is some combination of boredom with Stacker News and interest in other stuff.
Ideally, they’d want to pursue those new things and share them with us, so the overarching solution is to make SN a more rewarding place to hang out.
There were also the two (now possibly three) big rage quit episodes: MSM, CCs, and Spark.
life certainly finds a way to get in the way
do you remember any specific nyms that ragequit over MSM or CCs though?
Well, @supertestnet was probably the biggest CC blowup.
Ragequit might be a bit strong for other, but I do recall many people souring on SN and becoming less active during those events. Some have come back, if only infrequently.
Was nemo still active as late as MSM?
Yes, I remember the period of mysterious paranemo events.
I stopped being active like three years ago. SN is awesome but real life is way better. I definitely lurk though, and sometimes I'll have bursts of activity. I doubt I'm the only one.
I hope so
I totally agree. The growth I want to see is mostly luring back some of the fun stackers of previous eras.