Thanks for taking time to reply @alexvan! Feedback like yours makes my writing worth the effort.
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You are right, @ned has a very agile approach, which is the right choice for a project like STEEM) and he just confirmed that here:
Your other strong point is communication and you are right again. Unfortunately I'm seeing this to happen too many times not just with STINC but in many organizations. Effective communication should be a priority, so I'm happy to see many updates from @steemitblog recently but that should be the norm from now on!