Hi, newbie here!
I used to dabble in Pr and I have to ask a question: do you think being hurtful to other fans is going to help the show? This is probably validated by TPTB, but.. this is a GREAT way to alienate fans and probably loose a chunk (how big or small is yet to be seen) of audience, IMHO. If the message is "We are done with Lauriver", it could have been delivered better and in an (almost) painless or more respectful way.
So far the show has been treading quite carefully around this subject, which obviously doesn't sit well with part of the fandom. It is not casual that SA has been chosen to talk about this more openly.
I am not an Olicity fan nor a Lauriver fan, but I expect that writers, Ep, executives and what not give me something interesting to watch, not hurt my feelings o generelly being offensive. Is this a way to end shippers war? Yes, terminating also a part of fans, in an unecessary rude way, considering this is an official account.
PS: apologies per any mistakes, English is not my mother tongue and my spellcheck works for a different language,