I've noticed that too. Do you have any idea why? I haven't seen a reference to that, just lots of new people showing up. It usually means that some other service screwed the pooch and people are looking for a replacement.

Yeah, Cohost is shutting down, or possibly has already, I'm not sure. I wasn't very aware of the site, but it was popular with people I follow on Mastodon and they were lamenting its end.

(denise mentioned Cohost shutting down in the latest news post so I'm a little surprised you haven't heard about it, but maybe you don't read dw_news?)

I saw your community recs in my journal! I will edit my post to add them, thanks!