That's exactly my point and especially when it comes to the DHF.
We've tried community moderation on the DHF and the outcome is that same people are getting funded and small project don't stand a chance cause there's no trust. Don't get me wrong, most funded projects are doing a great job but nothing will ever change if we don't give everyone a chance.
The excuse "we got screwed in the past so we don't fund small communities or individuals" is stupid, how are we supposed to attract builders and new projects this way?
We need an independent party to take care of this DFH transparency problem with professionalism or else as you said we won't be able to compete with other big blockchains where transparency is rule #1