Did Chess.com get harder following COVID-19?

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jimdroberts
Just after the start of the COVID pandemic my rating plummeted by 200 points, and I just can’t get them back. Has anybody else felt that players between 1200 -1400 are a lot tougher now?
MACchessSA

Absolutely harder now.  I am a better player and my rating has DROPPED accordingly. 

Marcyful

Most likely has to do with regular public chess being unavailable at the moment. So most of the good players migrated to online chess.

TCSPlayer
I don’t feel so, but I’m constantly getting better, the only feeling I have is that my improvement speed deprived but I count on the fact that higher the rating harder the progress, didn’t even consider that maybe chess.com rating is tougher now.

It could have been affected in lower bracket, but higher rated players were already in.
AunTheKnight

More people came since OTB was stopped, so probably.