Since the rules are secret, and probably not simplistic, no, I wouldn't say it's likely. Possible, sure. And it sounds like even so you can get the kind of traffic most creators on itch.io can only dream of. It's probably okay to make a new ticket after a while if your projects aren't indexed again, since it sounds like your previous ticket was taken into account already.
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We can agree to disagree there.
The traffic isn’t really the issue, I was just responding to your suggestion of promotion. That being said, a drop from 3-4k per day when indexed to 600-800 when not isn’t negligible.
In terms of my previous ticket, I got no response, and the issue wasn’t addressed. I’ll give it a week or so and submit a new ticket.
I do want to say, I’m not trying to come across argumentative, this is simply a very stressful situation for me. Especially since this is the only contact I’ve had from someone related to itch.