What I noticed wasn't who was in my feed, but who wasn't in my feed.
Yeah my deat friend @denmarkguy. I've also noticed this recent trend on my feed. And consequently, this circumstance made me write a post five days ago, in which among many other things, I also touch tangentially the very same subject you are talking about here.
I suspect you will like to read it. Since if you do it, you probably will discover that the real substance & signals to check in order to know for sure if someone is still breathing and alive around us. It is by reading the comments tab section on their profiles actually visiting them. That way, same like me, you'll find the great pleasure that represents making click on that blissful TAB }:)