Finally catching up to this.

We've definitely got a great many mindsets running on this platform, and one of them is waiting for an upvote from a whale or being discouraged when one isn't received. It seems to be a perpetual cycle of overly high expectations turning to disappointment and disillusionment.

And I agree that while there are a million users on this site, the 60,000 or so using the site on any given day is the tale of the tape. It's true, we're still in the early days here, and yet, it doesn't seem like development is as fast as it could be. I think that's partly due to the world we live in and how quickly and how often things change. I also, though, think that it's true—HF 19 was months ago (and yet there were 18 before it in what amounted to just over a year).

I can't blame you at all for not upvoting comments. I'm actually considering refusing upvotes on my comments and no longer upvoting anyone else's, unless it's truly warranted. I'm wondering what people might think about that. I feel a post coming on, so maybe I should save my thoughts for it. :)