I hate rhetorical questions. Just say what you want to say. Most people won't react to them like me, but they won't expend the effort to parse them and understand your point either.

I'm not going to fact check every story I read. When I actually do something that requires choosing a platform I may look at the shootout. Or I may just try a few little programs myself.

You may think I'm being unfair, or moronic. But I suspect most people are like me. Even you, when you don't notice. PR feeds on the interested-but-uninvolved.

I find this thread tragic. People could have seen the shootout's side, but now most of them will remain uninformed because the herd passed through while you were asking rhetorical questions. It's the shootout's loss.