Former r/fountainpens Reddit refugee here, and I agree 1.5m users doesn’t generate the kind of traffic for my hobby to figure in any sort of way. I miss the engagement

Everyone should do this, let the whale die, small venues and direct to customer sales only

I lol at ticket prices now

Honest answer: by op’s friends!

Most people don’t mind the parasites? Great! Let those who wanna be part of the system subsidise those of us in the margins who don’t.