Thank you for the update. I've been anticipating 0.19.x for a while now - hope to run it soon. I see active development on SMT / 0.21.x. However, any update on HF 20?

Everything you have pointed out about Communication is obvious. The important thing, however, is to keep pointing out the obvious. People are emotional and impatient, particularly for a platform they see significant potential in. Although it would seem logical to "shut up and ship", devote every ounce of attention to engineering, this is an aspiration to be a massive, decentralized, open social network, and people come first. Account for ill logic and irrational behaviour. Keep everyone updated, keep sending the same message every week, or any reasonable timespan, keep reminding people that you're working hard on it. Whilst it would be folly to reveal intricate details of your work for an abuser to exploit - and indeed, almost all of your audience doesn't care about these under-the-hood workings - it is most essential that they are reminded time and again that work is under progress. Even if it's a minor update, it's better than silence. Consider silence the devil's playground - emotional people will tap into their wild imaginations and spread FUD every which way. Communicate regularly, control the message.

Needless to say, again, all of this is the bleeding obvious, but I had to hammer it home, like you need to with us.