This is partly why, from the perspective of another person at a company working on a language used by people, it's important to: 1. Embed yourself in the commu

This is partly why, from the perspective of another person at a company working on a language used by people, it's important to: 1. Embed yourself in the community rather than shy away from it. It's impossible to escape the criticism of "acting on behalf of the company", but being a member of the community can certainly help perception problems 2. Act more slowly on accepting things so that as many voices as possible can have a say 3. Scope what you do to what you're capable of doing _well_ Even if a given feature for a given release isn't what the majority want, people will use it if it solves a problem and is designed and implemented thoroughly.