I get the feeling people don’t stick around on SW.

Most of them are alt. Accounts.

I have been away for a long time too. I felt led to come back.

I have a lot of those. Uh humm? They were all catfish or gold diggers

I think that does seem to be the case

It's the internet
People come & go all the time

Some do stick around

Seems to happen a lot, the good ones are hard to find and rarely stick around, and I find myself taking very long breaks too because of this.

only just noticing it? this place used to have way more people

I went through my friends/followers/Following. Most said online weeks ago. Not many stay long

Best to think that they're life is too full to fit SW in.

It seems to me that many around here just switch names/accounts. I see many of the same voice, but with a different name.

It definitely can happen. A lot of fake accounts too so most get pushed out.

I see a lot of people comment about how it used to be a lot more fun here. I am a newbie so I don't really know what changed or what made it more fun in the past, but it does seem like a lot of people have bailed.