Community mulls slow-motion Qwen4 release rollout

An r/LocalLLaMA post traced Qwen4's drawn-out rollout, from architecture hints and conference reveals to teaser images and early X access, predicting the launch may land near ANT's IPO. It also mocks the expected day-one inference and quant chaos, reflecting community fatigue with the slow release.

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