I'm really proud that ethereum does not have any culture of trying to prevent people from speaking their minds, even when they have very negative feelings toward major things in the protocol or ecosystem.

Some wave the ideal of "open discourse" as a flag, some take it seriously.

Having participated in dozens of (non-crypto) communities, my personal opinion is ethereum is about average, though definitely a lot better than other crypto. The area with a very large scope for improvement, is in "open discourse" of subjective matters.

Having participated in dozens of (non-crypto) communities, my personal opinion is ethereum is about average, though definitely a lot better than other crypto. The area with a very large scope for improvement, is in "open discourse" of subjective matters.

https://warpcast.com/vitalik.eth/0x7cb27023

i think where it’s lacking is the following: 

- discourse is too granular for all participants of the ecosystem to provide an opinion on (protocol people, onchainbuilders, onchain users).

Perhaps we need reps from each side to talk it out on livestreams or something so a true community can form.

lore @optimism | ex: @coinbase | views are my own | what if it all worked out? 

i also think this will grow in importance, as onchain apps hit greater scale, the end user opinion will matter a lot more than it does today in the early days. 

the chains that grow to meet the demand in both UX and scaling will be best positioned. 

It all starts by listening to everyone and having good deliberation

agreed very strongly. 

the general reason for this is that the promise of blockchains have been explained badly or not at all. 

I have a few ways of thinking about it I would love to share sometime. May make a post tomorrow. Essentially bite sized TLDRs of what crypto means for the world.

True, and also, a greater diversity of participants from different fields. Right now it's too many tech and finance people. Which goes to my criticism about poor discourse on subjective matters - Ethereum needs more artists, economists, designers, philosophers etc.