It seems like Schadenfreude or sour grapes. Chat is a slightly more dynamic market than email for user acquisition, but it's still damn hard to get new users.

It seems like Schadenfreude or sour grapes. Chat is a slightly more dynamic market than email for user acquisition, but it's still damn hard to get new users. Who but a bunch of rubes would use a previously nonprofit service that was publicly obliterated? Or is the end goal a new, commercial brand strategy? No one in tech with any sense will use them.