Ana Diaz does a pretty good job of explaining it here

I mean it’s right there in the intro monologue: “to timidly stay where everyone has already been”

For the most part, the people still commenting on big subs or r/all during the protests are people who are:

1. Too addicted to content to ignore reddit for a few days.
2. Not smart enough to find an alternative source of content.

These aren’t the brightest minds on the internet. Like you said - the decline in quantity has been minor, but quality has gone off a cliff.

solo or co-op? I tried solo years back and it didn’t stick, but I heard that co-op is actually pretty good