Thanks for the updates.
It is useful for us to know who the witnesses are and what their thinking is about the platform. It makes it easier for us to decide who to vote on as witnesses. My vote doesn't count for much but I only vote for people who I see contributing to the community.
I share your concerns over issue number 323. I think these things need to be discussed on a more prominent forum than github before they are implemented otherwise it looks like authoritarian control on a decentralised platform.
I would prefer a special account and channel on Steemit that is purely for platform discussion. That way there are no accusations of things being hidden until implementation and there is also no confusion with @dantheman's personal posts.
Also thank you for bringing up the issue with the post editor. This is one of the worst parts of the user experience and frankly I wish I didn't have to use it. It was a complete nightmare trying to right my most recent post due to the length.
Which .html editor would you recommend?
Anyway thanks for letting us know what is going on it is appreciated despite other witnesses giving you flack:)
I don't have a good recommendation for an html editor, I just did a raw edit with a text editor, horrible as that sounds, but probably someone else can chime in with a good html editor choice.
I usually post with markdown, but I made the mistake of copy/pasting my post straight from openoffice writer this time. I think it would have worked better if I had pasted to notepad first, then copy/pasted that into the Steemit post editor. But this is exactly the kind of detail that no normal user should have to be aware of.
OK well hopefully the team can get to work on sorting this out. Thanks for replying:)
I use notepad++ to edit the raw html before posting. The program is free (but PC only), and its basics are very easy to learn. Will new site users take the time to learn rudimentary html just to post on steemit? Probably not.
If your running linux or Windows I highly trying Remarkable. It's a markdown editor but has toolbar buttons as you would expect in a word processor. Either way markdown is pretty simple and worth learning.