I think it's coz of the shift in attitude of the audience/readers, I've seen it before where people who drop site links are hailed as hero for letting others know, so there's like an infestation of those who wanna drop it first, whereas now they are more careful and will shame those who will reveal it publicly + there's more appreciation for creators so as much as possible lots of contents advertise it on the official platform as support
oof yea i remember the first time ever i discovered digital manga and manhwa and i was sooo grateful a friend of mine shared me this website ☹ that was like 8 9 years ago (damn yea i think we're getting old) and i remember that most manhwas got virality on covid but ig as u said only the real ones here now

i just wanna do a simple survey bcs i used to see this website getting banned or magically disappearing everytime it went viral on tiktok but these few years i dont even see this website getting recommended anymore (not that i disagree the less exposure it is the safer it is for us) im just really curious whether the younger generation just dont know abt this website and im getting old or people just share this web veeeeery discretely yk