I mentioned the glitches too. I was expecting them. Not these in particular. To be honest, if these are the only issues after hard forking we are way better than I had expected.

I tend to agree with the opinion expressed by others that major updates should be hard forked separately, otherwise there is the possibility there could be conflicts and unintended influences between them that are more difficult to test and catch.

Maybe the next hardfork should be focused on one thing alone.

I also heard the opinion that exchanges don't want to have too much work to update the code after a hardfork, especially since Steem is not yet a top crypto, and they might choose to unlist Steem if hardforks are too often. Not really sure what to say about that.

From my information, very few witnesses are really capable to audit the blockchain code created by Steemit. That needs to change (and we need to know who the witnesses with these capabilities - and willingness - are)!

I still think HF20 went on as expected, if nothing else is found broken.

The issues with depleted voting mana and negative RCs are simply too minor incidents, to not consider HF20 a success. It remains to be seen how RC system stabilization goes, there might be some concerns there for small accounts. If the whole incidents would have lasted 1 hour instead of several days, no one would have even mentioned it. Patience and staying positive, as you said, and everything will be ok.

I'm sorry for retracting my vote for your witness! I'm considering giving it to someone I liked during this hardfork. But nothing is final. If I like your future projects as a witness, you might have the vote back. Since I have already voted 30 witnesses, any change I make automatically means another witness loses (at least temporarily) my vote.