Could that be to do with when some instances got compromised and they had to log everyone out? I had to log out and back in as my profile/inbox weren’t showing after that, but it’s been fine since then.
Connect has been working well for me (a thousand times more reliably than the official reddit app ever has).
I’d love to see some stats on reddit engagement now. Anecdotally, I logged in just to look at my usual subreddits (the ones that are open) and they seem dead.
This is it though, of my subreddits that are open, it’s just complete trash being posted and a few comments (and even less meaningful comments).