Something else I have noticed. Is the hidding of the upvotes. May seem insignificant but it is a trend we see in other venues such as youtube. They are removing comments and fiddeling with the upvotes. Upvotes show rhe trend of thought by readers, and the suppression of those votes are an attempt to suppress the sense of rhe population and prevent further errosion of opinion for the left. This has been going on since late last year and where someone would get 200 votes up, they now get 1.  Interesting tidbits.