But it does feel like it's dying. For example r/linux has "679169 readers", but if you go to the /new page you'll see it has only had 16 submissions in the pas

But it does feel like it's dying. For example r/linux has "679169 readers", but if you go to the /new page you'll see it has only had 16 submissions in the past day. New users are automoderated and shadowbanned to hell. There are subreddits where the experienced users with new accounts go and users upvote each other until they have enough karma to post where they want.