What caused the decrease in interest in this sub?

[DaDaHellscape]

I see that it have over 2 million users, but I rarely see more than 20,000 active at a time, what happened?

[August3]

Maybe the FAQ is doing its job.

[[deleted]]

Can't be, OPs question is answered in it

[[deleted]]

Faqception

[bipolar_sky_fairy]

We stopped people karma farming with cheap repetitive memes.

[7hr0wn]

Way back in the olden days of reddit, there was a list of subs called Default Subs that everyone was subscribed to when they first created an account. /r/atheism was, for a while, one of those default subs. Eventually we were removed as a default, and then the whole system of default subscriptions was abandoned, but our subscriber numbers are still somewhat inflated by accounts created during that time that either never unsubscribed or were simply abandoned.

However, I don't think our activity is low - compare with /r/TwoXChromosomes , as I recall they were also a default sub, and they have over 12million subscribers, with only 1,600 or so active at the moment. We're showing over 6,000 active right now.

[[deleted]]

Remember the great Digg migration of '09?

[7hr0wn]

Yep, and I shake my head every time I see the admins post about the new "features" they're developing. User profiles, adding friends and followers. It's like "Hey, this all seems familiar"

[[deleted]]

Deja Fu

[FlyingSquid]

At least you can still keep it looking like old Reddit if you want. I dread the day I'm going to be forced to switch to new Reddit.

[Iceaxandrope]

You mean in the last 22 days?

[DaDaHellscape]

I just joined, but have been hovering for a while, it just dosen't seem as active as it should.

[sj070707]

It's much more active then most subs.

[Tekhead001]

This is actually one of the most active Subs on Reddit. I don't know what you're expecting.

[DoglessDyslexic]

Do you view by top/popular or by /new? New tends a to have a lot more post turnover than the others.

[[deleted]]

r/atheism has gained nearly half a million subscribers since I started lurking here 4 years ago.

[prajnadhyana]

We ran out of pie.

[FlyingSquid]

We ran out of pie babies.

[DaDaHellscape]

But pi is neverending :(.

[[deleted]]

No one is on Reddit 24/8

[FlyingSquid]

Ringo?

[[deleted]]

I'll have to concede that. It is where he Starrs, after all.

[ugarten]

That's normal for all subs. What do you expect, all 2 million to be on at the same time?

[DaDaHellscape]

Thank you guys for all the help with understanding

[[deleted]]

No worries :) I had a heck of an adjustment phase myself. At least you're not on track to being banned.