A few things. Only a quarter of the original posters from reddit migrated after we were banned. Of those, I'd say another large chunk of posters were lost after the first week because they realized that saidit just didn't have anywhere close to the same number of users and features as reddit. Which, I can't blame them. Saidit sucks and stopped developing as a site almost immediately after it was created. The only reason we moved here is it was the closest thing to the reddit format (because it's the same code essentially). Finally, as /s/eds_hemorrhoid mentions the site admins removed us from the main news feed a few months into our residency. This cut down what little engagement we had to a trickle. Most people liked posting on s/debatealtright because occasionally the thread would get shared or catch on fire in the main feed and get some new users asking questions and debating in good faith. That stopped happening after the admin banned us from main feed. It took almost two years to get back on the feed but by then we'd dwindled down to maybe 5 active posters and 20 lurkers. Additionally saidit is no bigger or better than it was 3 years ago. Thus the light of DAR flickers in the darkness and prepares to be blown out...

edit. Covid also had something to do with it. We had a nasty debate among core users about the effectiveness and potential malicious nature of the vaccine. This split the entire dissident community, not just DAR. After the dust was settled the 'malicious intent' side had one but the cost was division, bad feelings, and bitter rivalries established.

edit 2. I'm strongly considering just taking the source code for this site and making my own clone and restarting what reddit was supposed to be. I can think of no other solution to the issue. If you looking for ranked choice votting sites with some of our guys and active dissident discussion/jokes check out conpro:

https://communities.win/c/consumeproduct