I believe that so long as the Devs gets the formula right for providing reasonable opportunities for people to make posts while also discouraging spamming, confidence in the platform will continue to solidify. Stability, inprovements in ease of use and timely and clear communications from developers as well as Steemit's leadership will also play major roles in the the road ahead. The hiccups resulting from HF-20 should represent a point to take stock in how to improve the upgrade path for future deployments. One thing is clear, the long-term success of the Steem blockchain and the ecosystem surrounding it will depend upon continued innovation; innovation is often accompanied by uncertainty and a degree of adjustment pain. Nevertheless, Steemit has a good opportunity to solicit the community for constructive feedback, engage third-party developers to contribute improvements to the open source code base and grow membership by making it easy to join the platform. Finally, we all should encourage and amply reward those who strive to consistently provide quality content to the community as we will all benefit in the end.
RE: HF20 - Celebrate The Upgrade What’s to Come....