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What is the best format and process for getting those questions to the team? In this case, I've blogged them (as other witnesses have also), but would Github be a better place for lead-up to release questions? I see some activity on the SteemCommunity repo including questions about how to test certain features. Will that be monitored by the core dev team? I think many of us are willing to work with whatever process works best for the Steemit, inc developer team. Thanks for continuing to improve the process of communication with the witnesses and community.

GitHub is usually best for specific questions on stories the team is working on. General questions about the release would probably be best asked in the release announcement thread so everyone can benefit from the answer.
We don't currently follow activity on SteemCommunity as a team but we do read and listen to a lot from the community from many sources. It isn't always practical to respond but feedback is very appreciated and very useful.

Excellent. Thank you. :)