I appreciate the quick response, and am glad at least that I was on the right track.

After investigating their post histories, I found which mod was responsible and blocked their account, but I don’t think that’s going to prevent them from doing the same to me in other communities.

I bet that anon texter practically jizzed himself to see how much chaos a few words could create.

It’s not about having a serious alternative, what twitter does can mostly be written by like 10 people in 3 months. The problem is scaling it to be big enough while eating that cost until enough people start using it.

AND the advertising budget.

There’s no real way to break into that now without a ridiculous amount of investor capital which investors are gunshy in offering for shit like this right now.

We don’t need an alternative, we need the next generation and I hate to say it but it might just be Discord if they get their shit together.

Social momentum is a hell of a thing

IT professional here, cheap initial purchase means that when I go to my boss with the required ‘3 options’, DESPITE me detailing why HP is super terrible and expensive long-term, they will ALWAYS insist on the HP.

Add onto that brand recognition and it’s basically impossible to convince any site I work on to switch to Brother unless they directly experience just how unreliable and expensive HP actually is. Even then it’s still a 50/50 if they’ll make the rational choice.

Long Covid gives me the same symptoms, feel like I’ve been living in a fog for 2 years now…