EP veterans, did you notice a big drop-off in comments on your stories in 2014?

My EP participation dramatically dropped in 2014. The reason was I noticed a shocking dropoff in comments on my stories, really remarkable. Up till then it didn't matter if I had a new story up--my old stories would get plenty of comments. I concluded that the terrible changes to the website made in the last quarter of 2013, especially the layout, were causing a great reduction in traffic on EP, and it sapped my motivation to post many new stories. It was in late 2013 that the worst part of the wrecking of EP by management took place.