Fortunately we now have expirations for witness votes. I've noticed quite a big shift in the top 20 recently, a lot more movement which is nice to see. I also noticed a lot of witnesses either never post or very rarely interact. But I've considered that maybe they are just quiety creating/maintaining things they've created.
Regarding Discord: I think basically every Hive related discord is just a ghost town. I think people just got a bit bored of Discord and moved on. I'm one of those people that once frequented many servers but ended up leaving almost every single one. There isn't really much point in being in them. Most just hop in to share links in a sharing channel and leaving.
And given how small the developments on Hive really are, it doesn't surprise me that people can't be bothered to pop in and listen to a group of people talk about fixing a few backend bugs. It's not like we're all salivating, at the edge of our seats waiting to get the latest gossip on the next big feature anymore.
True @namiks all good points raised there. I agree. Good to know that they have expirations. I did not know this.