two friends who I begged to join ATRL when registrations were open barely use ATRL anymore and one has less than 50 posts while other one has less than 30
I think the lack of quote-notifications also make the site less engaging to more casual people, most of the time it's like you are talking to an empty void and you have to go out of your way to see if someone responded to what you said. So in that way the site might become boring to people.
That's why the update is coming to slay!
We all felt so connected on the Beta