I spent an hour or two tracking timelines of some of the men whose names cropped up during the surge of MeToo revelations a month ago. It was undeniably a heady period, with new accusations and allegations surfacing every other day, dragging supermen and relatively unknown entities kicking and screaming into the spotlight conferred enthusiastically by social media platforms. It was like a reality show that kept giving.

And so, I combed through the list of supposed victims. A number of the men accused had mysteriously run out of things to say. Their timelines on Twitter lay dormant, the usual rivers of self-congratulatory tweets suddenly running dry. A minister resigned, another talking head lost a few clients, and a few companies issued strong statements about how they believed in equality and did not condone harassment of any sort. And then, as if someone somewhere had turned a faucet, the anger faded. The outrage evaporated, and the movement slowed to a halt.