- People can skip episodes they don't enjoy; we don't have to limit the audience to semi-retired geeks
 - Many of those who 'flocked' to the small web have kept it as an ancillary add-on to their other more mainstream tools: take it from one such Zombie
 - Marketing strategies don't by their nature sully anything, they simply make things easier for a target audience to find; it's up to our community to deploy them sensibly
 - Discord works just fine on Linux; I use it daily
 - There's a big difference between trying to attract some fresh ears and a splinter group trying to "win the day"

But maybe evolution isn't what the community wants. In which case I'm happy to let it continue on its way and meet whatever fate awaits it.