It sure seems that way. This was really a place to converse, debate & educate.
But with the new model of posting a ton of comments at once & only doing it every few days the charm & usefulness is gone.
Please, YWN either give it to us straight that the CR is no longer part of your business model or get it up and running like it was not long ago.
Ty!
Maybe CR can go to post-censorship: posters who pass enough and after basic keyword or chatGPT check get their posts posted automatically, and then reviewed if there are complaints (maybe have a complaint button). After being post-censored, the poster goes back into pre-censorship pool.
Another option: the post is released to certain readers first and if they do not complain, posted for everyone.
I’m going to guess that the moderators have been short on time.
this could be for many reasons: one or more of the moderators have found a different job, fallen ill, have family issues, become more heavily involved in the news side of YWN, or any other reason.
There are many online forums (is it fora or forums?) that have volunteer moderators. Perhaps that might be an option here.