It is no less literally a coup attempt for that though, as summarized in the below linked article, which concludes

As to the rest, maybe I should add you to the two quasi-political groups I stumbled into on FB? They are less monolithic and more of a cross section, so more like wotmania used to be (except that Americans exclusively comprise both.) It is mostly libertarians and Libertarians, with a leavening of partisan loyalists, dash of radicals and a token acolyte of the FSM as well as a token acolyte of Alex Jones (though, after several months patient effort, I seem to have talked him off his ledge, and deserve a medal for that.) Radical trolling is not uncommon, but not the standard either, and there are plenty of intelligent substantive discussions representing diverse views.

Just a thought. It is ironic the CMB has reached this nadir after dart_board disavowed wotmanias on the grounds it was dominated by the liberal elite.