I can't think of a worse way to get your point across.

Agreed, as much as I dislike the acquisition, even I just wait and see. I'm setting up a migration plan right now of course, but I'm not going to activate it unless I have a good reason to.

Agreed, this is ridiculous.

Has there even been any kind of official confirmation that the sale is going ahead? Or the terms of the sale?

Sabotaging a pivotal part of your own development workflow entirely based on internet speculation doesn't seem "clever" at all to me.

I like it when ppl say I'm halfway clever.

Halfway clever is an aspiration for me.

He's implying he is at least 2x smart than we are.

I think he is just warning people he thinks should be warned of something that matters deeply to him.

I suspect he assumes that anyone reading his blog / HN is already All-the-way clever and one can read it as "everyone should delete their account"

Personally i am more sanguine