Listened through and we're on the same page on many levels. Well spoken and words carefully chosen.
We share many similar questions since we're not yes-men.

There are generally too many eye-raising things for me to feel as confident as I did before. I think funds have been sorely mismanaged, and that's not a surprise when a few people have access to such large amounts of their own crypto, the ability to pump, and the keys to the castle.

While Ned always stresses the community, it hasn't felt that way with the information we're given, and the challenges we haven't had much opportunity/intel to be able to formally do much with as a result... until potentially the start of it today. It's time for the company to lift up the hood and let people help. It might not be pretty, but it'll get done the right way over time this way.

Something was very off about his SteemFest visit, so I feel that is par for the course for someone who didn't find enough value to stay for a couple of days to meet and speak with hundreds of people who love his project.

My challenge is in not having tech skills to help in the development regard. If Steemit could propose the type of help they could use from us (tech and non-tech), besides saying the well is dry, that'd be a big help.