I have a little more hope now that witnesses might start thinking for themselves and challenging bad ideas with a little more effort than the kind of resigned fatalism we saw in HF20. That's an oar worth putting your back into.

I agree that this is what needs to happen moving forward. Witnesses and users need to take more ownership of the ship. DApps like SteemMonsters are a good example and have raised $1.3mil in the 5-months since launching. This knid of deveopment is sure to attract investors.

All the pieces are in place for more projects like this to step up.

Conversly, losing so many talented devs is disheartening and an opportunity for other projects to lure them into their teams. It's unfortunate this has happened.