I actually asked about the pairing after I ran a test, always reject the first pairing (to avoid the bot) and accept the 2nd. To see if the 2nd opponent would be weaker. They were, but I got suspended. First an hour, then I think it was a day. Whatever. And an email back from support telling me the pairing software was not going to be changed. Kinda proves something is going on.
Yeah, I have 10,000+ games played and the YO YO rating pattern has emerged, the stronger I got the stronger my opponents got but my rating did not really increase.
It's not normal. I think lichess got upset because all rating comparison with chess.com showed them 200-300 points higher and they wanted to normalize that. and somehow they have.
There are multiple threads on other sites saying it's gotten harder here over the past 18 months.
So you can accept your evidence or mine but stop pretending there is none. It's there.
Yeah, I have 10,000+ games played and the YO YO rating pattern has emerged, the stronger I got the stronger my opponents got but my rating did not really increase.
It's not normal. I think lichess got upset because all rating comparison with chess.com showed them 200-300 points higher and they wanted to normalize that. and somehow they have.
There are multiple threads on other sites saying it's gotten harder here over the past 18 months.
So you can accept your evidence or mine but stop pretending there is none. It's there.