Might just because I have no friends on here, but I feel like this site is getting smaller every day
I think perhaps we're just experiencing a lull because all the frenetic activity of Survival/Masquerade/Vesnali is finished. I see lots of people stop by, but they're just passing through until the next exciting thing happens.
It could also be due to exams and stuff irl.
I agree with . More people will be active during the events.
It does feel that way. We've seen such minimal interaction/response from staff for a long time now. So many things are broken and almost nothing gets fixed. Even the fixed stuff takes months and tons of user feedback.
I feel the same. But I was absent a few months so who am I to talk? XD Anyway, lots of my old friends here have deactivated their accounts or we haven't spoken in a long time so it's pretty lonely...
A lot of stuff in Subeta is in flux right now. Most of the changes look like they will eventually be good..., once all the bugs are worked out, but a lot of people are sitting back and taking a wait and see approach.
I know I'm personally frustrated by the loss of Pay by Cash options to get CSC, but as long as we can use sP and trades to get cash shop stuff from other users I'll stick around.
I've see a lot of new people joining lately, most are still in the process of looking around for new friends here.
A lot of people are busy with exams and school and stuff.
I feel that it also gets really busy when exciting things are going on, like events :)
There's about 1k people online at the moment, that's pretty good considering a couple years ago we could barely get over 400 online before the site killed itself, meaning page errors and slow loading the whole time. Events are what really draw people in though and I think we should be getting one this summer, unless memory serves me wrong and considering it's me it has been known to do that lol.

I recently joined, after playing neo for years. It seems like there's a ton more to do on here, I'm super entertained whenever I get on. Lol. Wanna see everything broke, go to Neo. ._.
It's the resting time of the year. we had non stop events from October until April.. so even we, the users, needs some rest :P Also, many new feature are coming soon, like the Antique Shop, so it's requiring a lot of time for coding and other things..
Yeah it's usually around this time when things are less active, it should pick up around mid-June or something along the lines. Usually if the site introduces a new feature/event/ect. something to occupy users, that's when you'll see more and more people online.
I remember when I first joined subeta, It was during the Councillor cruise ship thingy and I remember seeing 296 people online...That number stuck in my head because I got scared that I was about to invest myself onto a sinking ship....Since then I've never seen numbers online that low. So I don't really worry about it :)
Speaking only for myself right now: but I'm drained from all the big events and there isn't much going on right now so I'm not really visibly active. I just quest and do stuff all by myself and hardly post anywhere.
Plus: it are exams right now, heaps of players are studying. This "dip" in activity is the same every year, events end right before exams start, exams = quiet period and after exams our summer entertainment usually starts.

I'm thankful for downtime haha. This is my most active time of the year on subeta, all the business of April/first few weeks of May finally drops off and everything is chill for a while. I think a lot of users feel similarly- but people have a point, since I came back from hiatus in February this year I've seen that most days reach 800 users online at some point and that's fantastic compared to previous years. I remember when it was closer to 300 or 400. Fingers crossed this is Subeta finally stabling out.
I dislike the new forum so i hardly post anymore. :/ I feel like it takes forever to load and freezes my browser :/ You should have the shoutbox open: there is a lot of interaction there, lol
I've been gone for about 5 months now, and I feel like nothing has changed coming back today. :c Same old people, same old scene. Not a lot of new stuff by the looks of it. Maybe not smaller, but definitely sedentary.
I took a break for about a year, only coming back for events like a lot of other people do. But once I made more friends I definitely got a lot more active.
I always see 700+ people online when I actually check, and I think it's gotten bigger rather than smaller. A few years back if there were even like, 400 people online the site would be down every ten minutes for maintenance. Now I only really get lag if there over 1k users on, and only really get downtime when something new is implemented/events.
DESPERATELY LOOKING TO BUY:
I have the 2k users online achievement. If there is great looking event prizes, they will come!(or at least like 1.3k.) Oh and how those servers used to break, hahahahaxD