>allowing exceptions for one individual will undermine the integrity of that community. 

Yep, which is why the proposals from JS for the Steem layer are nonsense

>In one respect communities are miniature internal soft forks, their code is written in the rules created by the person/people creating the community.

That is an interesting way to look at it :)

>The choice may seem as if it is not ours to make, that these are matters for people with more power, but our choices do matter, we do make a difference. 

Yes we do, in many ways and we are the ones that are valuable long-term here, for price also.

So much going on, so much to do....

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