I suppose what I have learned is that there's a big difference between knowing how to write and knowing how to EXPRESS yourself.
I wonder how much of this has to do with your background? I find that Finns tend to have this issue, even though their language skills can be very, very high. I also think Scandinavians are less expressive in general.
Whether by chance or by sheer predictive genius, it seems that over the past four years that "problem" has really shown itself... and we have the solution. And that's really pretty damn cool!
I reckon it is by design, it is just that Ned didn't understand the design, otherwise he would have done more. The signs have been there for years and thankfully, we have even been talking about them on Hive since the start - so it isn't like people here didn't have a chance to take part.
RE: Four Years in the Hive, and Counting... Are We Having Fun, Yet?