They actually offered leaks to US newspapers and they all refused to take it. They didn’t want to be attacked by Trump I guess.
Seems like a tactical error since in 2016 Russia just put up a website and dumped it there as well as giving it to Wikileaks.
The internet always moves on; the most popular bulletin boards and usenet groups and web forums eventually fell and people moved away. Even Digg had a powerful following and heavy user traffic and due to Reddit style changes everyone left too. Reddit just as likely.