User blog comment:EmpyrealInvective/Pasta of the Month: The Revenganing/@comment-25947144-20170731135056/@comment-25941663-20170731160840

Views/activity were in a steady decline ever since I became an admin (coincidence, I think not) if I remember correctly. The PotM being removed didn't change the decline rate at all. It is just a form of community engagement (in the barest of ways, anonymous one-off voting).