The first Don Quixote book was so popular it spawned a lot of fake sequels. Cervantes killed off Don Quixote in the second book to preclude any more copycats. That’s what I remember anyhow from the preface of a paperback edition from way back.

Missed me by that much!

Ah, like the Cone of Silence from “Get Smart!”

Budibase.

Time heals all wounds. Make sure you don’t keep reopening them.

I played so much X-Com, Civ 2, and Final Fantasy Tactics back in the day.

In this day and age they would be TikTok stars.

Hashtags are your friend. It also helps if you have some active posters for the tag. I get good content from following #sciencefiction #coffee and #python.

Five years is too generous, I think. At the end of the day, Reddit is just a forum and forums aren’t profitable. Unlike the time of the Digg migration, the technology and platform have been commoditized.

It only matters if it’s to the death.