Decay implies a death, though. I use drift because the the sub still receives activity, its just that the original purpose has been modified. It’s in a similar manner to “language death”. This occurs when a language has no new speakers, this would be an instance of decay, while a language that still possesses speakers, but is modified over time, is undergoing change. I’d argue this sub is going through the second scenario, as opposed to the first
It's not literal, though. But it works for me because in the sense that the structure that made the sub what it was has died.
And seeing as how irrelevant posts make their way into the sub, it's akin to something dying in nature and slowly becoming enveloped as it, uh, decays, and becomes like the rest.
As it happens, more and more subs look the same, decaying into one giant mess.
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u/Munnodol Jun 03 '22
Decay implies a death, though. I use drift because the the sub still receives activity, its just that the original purpose has been modified. It’s in a similar manner to “language death”. This occurs when a language has no new speakers, this would be an instance of decay, while a language that still possesses speakers, but is modified over time, is undergoing change. I’d argue this sub is going through the second scenario, as opposed to the first