I'm just voting everything that costs under 50sbd, those that seek to null dao funds, and the return proposal. If some big ones are close to being funded or unfunded I'll evaluate and consider. Also, I think I'll reconsider adding some important dev ones asking for over 50HBD a day soon.
for me priorities are :
maintenence
improved user experience
improved dev stuff
marketing
unimportant ones ive noticed are only offline meetups or gambling dapps ~ less than 50hbd a day is still cool.
as for the inner circle being on top, I think we can and are evaluating. I don't think anything is being finded that is terrible. as for justineh, she deserves funding for at least half of those 64 days and she said she will work for the other half. If her future results are even somewhat as good as her past results, it will be money well spent.
We can always turn off the gas if we think accountability or results are questionable until faith/value/trust is restored.
Any reason as to why? Right now we need blockchain devs, we need testing, and we need some expensive things that the huge powerdowns of stinc used to pay for. I think that as a community, we can get it at a much more reasonable price since we're not paying for an office in Texas, @ned's alleged ladyboy habit, and most likely a team of lawyers, but IMO the money is there to spend, and we need certain things, so why not spend it?
Well, I decided that below 50HBD requires little to no scrutiny. The truly awful proposals have no chance and for that price, even the alright ones are worth a shot.
After a couple days of thinking and considering, I am also voting for several more expensive proposals. But the more expensive it is, the more I consider it and the person behind it. Also, I do evaluate carefully mid proposal and if I feel it is too much or not enough is being done, I can remove my vote.
For example, blocktrades is asking for a staggering amount, but I realize, this is extremely important. It's a very rounded figure which is always suspicious, but blocktrades has put a hell of a lot into Hive and will probably make the expense well worth it.
I do think we should hire a few ladyboys for the next hivefest, we missed out on a good opportunity in Thailand, not sure about a Texas office or lawyers, tho.
The money is definitely there to spend, but I think if we establish better means for accountability and transparency it will be spent smarter and this will send a positive message to investors.
I agree with this, but I think this will require some trial and error, which is why I suspect you're hesitant to approve the higher cost proposals.
Right now I'm not afraid of making some mistakes to get things done. You gotta break a few omelettes to make some eggs.