Thank you for the reminder, @nick!
I agree that this forum is now hard to follow, and the arguments over data are now across a large number of threads. I have myself been in a position where addressing concerns becomes unwieldy. It is hard.
I have also heard OSI lament that discussions are moving elsewhere, to LinkedIn and so on, which is rightly a concern of OSI. I don’t mind OSI trying to direct the conversation into a particular forum, and recognize that the OSI must ensure that the forum is functioning well.
However, I have noticed that OSI people aren’t engaging that much in this forum anymore, for the most part, OSI seems to respond in blog posts. The level of engagement from OSI is quite visible in the usage statistics. That too, would be a force that drive people away from the forums, probably at least as much as the proliferation of topics and the move to LinkedIn. People get frustrated and forums start deteriorating when they are not where discussions occur.
I certainly share most of the concerns that @Shamar listed in List of unaddressed issues of OSAID RC1, and would love to see OSI address them one-by-one. That, I believe would be very helpful and move a substantive discussion forward. I would also like to see OSI respond to @quaid 's proposal. Without such engagement, I fear appeals to community guidelines are moot, and more importantly, much of the community will be alienated if the RC is approved on Oct 28th.