I’d say a large part of that is quickly dissolving —- they had less than 2M users at the time, and now have over 13M. I’m no Matt Iglesias fan and I don’t expect him to ever be given a warm welcome by any zoomer-dominated space, but obviously threats are an easy no-go.

Hopefully they get a handle on that; a reputation for lax moderation re:violence could easily deflate their sudden hype.