>>49891078I think few were "chased off", but those few had been very important in creating memes, amplifying messages, stuff like that. Instead they became detractors. So all of those helium balloons lifting the branch up became lead weights dragging it down. It's especially severe because of how effective they are.
Because of this, not only is the branch no longer reaching new people and growing, instead it's being laid under siege by repeated drama and bad news which is driving down the long term prospects. The nose of the plane was pointed up, now it's pointed down.
It used to be that people speculated when NijiEN would surpass Holo. Now everyone's wondering when they will fall below Phase.
All the other companies take pains to satisfy their 4chan fans. But NijiEN does everything it can to shittest those people and purge them however possible. The people who are behind his crazy idea are obviously women.