My comment history has been calling Altman a menace for a minimum of a year or two, probably longer.

For a long time it got me downvotes and dirty looks. Then it was few votes and the occasional “no shit”, then it was just kind of quiet, and it’s about to be consensus.

There was a big PR campaign around him personally, and it worked as intended, and if he hadn’t gone this far this fast, it might have remained effective.

It still might.