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If the poster stopped acting like an emo teen from the 90s (“Clownflare”, really?), he would be aware of the why of the late Linux usage spike, but maybe he wouldn’t like it (it is mostly because of “Omarchy”)

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I don't see a reason not to call them Clownflare.

If you want an explanation: that kind of name-calling is an attempt to use your authority to diminish someone else's standing. It has up to two effects: it either diminishes that someone's standing, it diminishes yours, or both. I think the effect is decided mostly by how much authority you as writer have in the opinion of the audience.

If you don't have much, you risk a reaction such as "oh, that writer is just another name caller in the peanut gallery".

It could be a lot of "AI Agent" traffic getting detected as GNU/Linux use for all we know.

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