What if it’s an ELECTive procedure?

Obviously the crickets’ chirping to compliment my genius is drowning out all of your laughter and applause.

Joke theory:
This whole time, they’ve been testing in Prod and now they’re hoping that there are enough users left to bury their contrived content because it’ll be too difficult to delete it all.

Now they’re moving back into Dev.

Real theory:
People are probably discovering exploits through real-world interactions with their models, so they’re going back into their shell before someone declares “fair game.”

“Gorn, what’s the weather today?”

"Expect lots of rain from your family’s tears as your blood floods the streets. There will be a high of 82 and a low of 58. Tonight, you can expect lots of clouds of smoke as I burn your carcass to watch the flames glisten upon my blades!"