So why not pitch in? Write up an article or three on how to handle it, then contribute? <<<

Well, I have to confess. I did try to sign up after my last post, but one thing is preventing me from doing so. I don't have a "personal site." While I have a URL, it's gone undeveloped for years because I dread the thought of designing it. LOL

So I'm thinking that maybe they might want to rethink that part of the signup requirements. I'm not really a "content creator" any more in the strict sense of the word ... but I can be a fairly decent mentor.

Politics is easy to separate when you know going in that you're dealing with a bunch of folks whose goal combines art and sales. The trick involves respect. <<<<

Yup, and there's a lot to be said for that. This isn't about "us vs them", or "this app vs that app", because it all works together. It can all STILL work together. When times are a changing (as they are in a big way now), it doesn't do any good to fight the changes. You deal with them and move on to learn to live with them all.  And ALL of that involves respect.