We had the first 4+ years to learn that "malice or incompetence" is not the right question. There's been more than enough pathological input to show it becomes

We had the first 4+ years to learn that "malice or incompetence" is not the right question. There's been more than enough pathological input to show it becomes a denial-of-service attack on observers. The correct answer is both, until and unless the perpetrators wish to come forward and defend themselves as just malicious or just incompetent.