You ever go through the Reddit blackout of 2015 or the API scandal of 2022? It's a common phenomenon. You move to sites and the people who are the most engaged will be talking about the reason they moved and their dissatisfaction.

It'll calm down in a month. Maybe. The current atmosphere isn't going away in a month like the API protests.

It's a hot topic now because of the presidential election?

Because, politically speaking, things are very far from normal right now.