Greg, if you are reading this, let us know where we might keep tabs on your thoughts and plans. I, for one, am with you...although given the makeup of the ecosystem that might be taken as faint praise..
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The influence of the reddit XT fanatics and their venom should not be overestimated though. Its just a very small but vocal part of community. Most average users just want some reasonable compromise and do not have any of these extreme views. They like all devs and their contributions.
Most of the fanatics dont run nodes, dont have many coins, dont contribute much and therefore their influence in Bitcoin is minimal. They are just loud.
The tiny popularity of XT; nodes, hashing power, development is evidence for their low influence.