> Are you actually optimistic?
replyNot particularly. When I posted the request for comment to HN it got crickets [1].
Not enough people care about this. And the "safe" option has kind of shifted with the other index providers having moved first. That said, there were a lot of proposals and I'm not expecting all of them to be adopted.
There's no obviously correct answer here.
replyNot changing rules would seem quite obvious and correct at the same time.
replyA: posted a fact
replyB: but what about your emotions
Very glad to see HN stereotype being upended :)
A: This has not happened yet.
B: Are you actually optimistic that it won't?
replyThat's a request for an opinion, not an emotion.