I've been around long enough to have noticed several of these cycles. I could go for weeks seeing nothing interesting, then go nuts for a couple of days reading and posting. I don't know if it's me or hn, but I simply describe it as the natural ebb and flow of an organic entity.
Come with an open mind and have fun if there's interesting stuff that day. Get back to work if there's not. Either way, you win.
A couple of weeks ago there was a patch of articles that reassured me about the site.
The most significant difference I see between 'classic' and 'normal' is the article entitled "First Steps Towards Post scarcity" is 28 on classic, but 13 on normal. Could be there had to be some difference and its random, but I generally find articles on this topic pretty light on quality thinking.
Come with an open mind and have fun if there's interesting stuff that day. Get back to work if there's not. Either way, you win.