Would you mind dropping the link talking about this point? (context: I'm a total outsider and have no idea what TFA is.)

TFA means "the featured article", so in this case the "Why wordfreq will not be updated" link we're talking about.

To be pedantic, the F in TFA has the same meaning as the F in RTFM.

It’s the same origin. On Slashdot (the HN of the early 00’s) people would admonish others to RTFA. Then they started using it as a referent: TFA was the thing you were supposed to have read.

Oh that I'm aware of, but it's softened over time too haha

I miss the old Atomic MPC forums in the ~00s.

The Fucking Article, from RTFA - Read the Fucking Article - and RTFM - Read the Fucking Manual/Manpage