Lots to say about this if it's anything like you're describing, but the espresso has just started to kick in so I need to work.
Will see if I can bookmark for later.
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Probably just be a series of tweets.
Short version is I got most of my early attainment off a left-hand path stuff. There were some... side-effects. This stuff sounds kind of comparable.
If so, it's not simply "not optimal"; it's malicious.