I didn’t really follow your path though I was keeping an eye out for a few other DUers who said they were facing economic hardship or other problems and don’t seem to post anymore: MLF (who I hope is not homeless), wandering harper, TSexile (she was about my age and seemed to have some similar issues) and Dennis Donovan.
Many others I think are just on at different hours.
DU has helped me psychologically. I was at the peak of my misanthropy 6 years ago when I came back and now I am, for me, back to the usual level 
No..people here are nice. Good crowd..and nice and quarrelsome rather than those creepy, fawning bots 
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There is something chilling about them. They remind me of this more than Gebru’s stochastic parrots:
https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/english/documents/pdf/centrevictorianstudies/guildeaetext.pdf
I hope you have a decent time ahead.
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