It is a canned response. 'Shortly' doesn't mean what you think it does.
I think "Short" refers to the end of the stick we're holding
The network hash rate is 43 PH/s, up from 1 PH/s in October, and 21 PH/s 60 days ago. Shortly better mean something, or even 5x the hardware will be mining < 10 % of what it would have been in October.