Zcashers have had a lot of discussion lately regarding governance. My intention with this post is not to influence anyone about their opinions on governance. I don’t think I’ll be effective in doing so anyways. My intention here is to improve the quality of discussion on future matters. In order to do so I’ll first give you my opinion. My instinct as a relatively new (little more than a year) zcasher with no real insight into zcg is to gut it completely. What gives me pause is that “I don’t know what I don’t know”. I haven’t tried to engage with ZCG, and people who I respect and admire are proponents of it, so I am hesitant to follow my gut. In the end the compromise that has come about is my ideal solution. If we need to go further or made a mistake, we should iterate, but I’m glad there is motion in general. Now, the reason for this post is that while we came to my ideal conclusion, I was not happy with the process. A major flashpoint was targeting zcashers who were attempting to onboard users irl because they were sex workers. If that gets you so upset I’m not sure why you are in the freedom money game. You could argue that the money shouldn’t be spent without coin holder approval, which is fine, but you didn’t do that. You targeted this one effort, when it should have been no different than any other expenditure. I then saw people on both sides of the issue treat each other like shit. I can’t imagine all that negativity felt good. It didn’t feel good to watch it as an observer. You can have strong opinions about things without treating people poorly. I sometimes agree on certain topics with people who treat others poorly, and sometimes disagree with people who treat others well. I’d rather spend my time and energy with the people I disagree with that are capable of treating others well. I’m not asking any of you to be perfect moving forward. I’m certainly not. I’m just asking we all please take this as a learning experience to reinforce what not to do when we talk to each other. If you did say something you regret. Maybe take the time to reach out and apologize. Not for your beliefs, or opinions, but how you treated someone in our community. We are stuck together, and we have a long way to go onboarding more people. Onward. Together. Retweeted by @zooko from @Zpartan