I was very pleased to hear from @ned. For a while I was very critical of him, but I think it's easy to boo from the sidelines when someone is trying to build something. However, I think it's also important to listen, learn and adapt as a project grows.

I still feel that @ned doesn't really appreciate the investors who buy up the coins steemit inc sell everymonth. Who exchange their hard earned funds for steem. If these people lose patience and pull out their funds, steemit inc will enter a death spiral and will either need to seek new sources of funds or go under.

Thank you @aggroed for getting the right balance of providing feedback while also offering support.

I remember a while ago @steemitblog asked for writers from the community, but I can't remember ever seeing any progress on that afterwords.

The level of communication could be forgiven for most other projects, but when the blockchain you are developing is a content sharing platform, the deficiency is hard to miss.

Anyway, in summary. I am glad @ned is okay and still working on the project. I hope he gets the support he needs, whether that's from steemit inc or the wider community.

I wouldn't support a fork of steem (for now).

@kabir88