Tim .. I'm going to speak directly here and it may seem like an attack. It's not meant as such. It's meant me being honest to someone who I vote for as a witness and am trying very hard to maintain my respect for. I respect someone who will own their decisions. I might not agree with them, but they are at least taking ownership.

Finding a way to compromise and consensus requires listening to the various viewpoints and finding common ground to build on. That means that people involved need to be honest about where they are coming from.

I read your previous lengthy post and this response here and what I see is you alluding to not agreeing with the whole package but unwilling to own what you do believe in by stating it.

In many posts around the platform I've seen some of the witnesses coming out and stating where they differ or where they have preferred this to go. I've seen members of the community asking those questions of who supports what. It's a fair question. The platform and those on it are being impacted by the choices of 20 people, there is a responsibility for those 20 to own their views and help the community to understand the factors which brought forth the decision the group came to.

So, if you're good with the package as is, answer the poll with that option. If you have your druthers on some aspect of it then choose that option. Something close to where your true views are is a hell of a lot better than the bafflegab you've been engaging in.

And while I'm at it. There has only been one Witness that I've seen, actually heard, even try to explain what to expect in the short and long term if the HF as proposed goes into effect. The community is very aware of the situation with HF20.

That lack of warning about how those changes were going to impact the day to day use of the platform hit hard and served to push some folks away. On top of the bear market that was going on, it was just too much. Yes, I know, HF 20 wasn't tested effectively and there is a testnet running right now on HF21.

Information takes time to get around, we should be seeing some sort of communication on how things are looking, have issues been found that are being fixed? How does it look like it will play out? The witnesses are making the decision to include all this in the package, they have a responsibility to prepare the community for what is coming.