I noticed that many of the apps (Mlem, Memmy, etc.) have issues with pulling in latest content, even when searching communities that have thousands of users in them, will come back as no content.
Then you add all the defederation and community blocking and it can seem dead when it really isn’t.
I’ve been tempted to run my own instance for myself only, just to get a raw feed of other instances/communities and decide for myself what to block.
I feel like stagnation is setting in. Niche communities I joined are barely posting, I see the same posts day in day out. I dont mean to be a pissimist though. I like competition and variety but feel like these elements have declined in the last month