I fear this development of the proposal system will turn into a permanent thing whether it is actually needed or not, hope I am wrong.
I'd be much in favor of everyone paying their share if it is indeed needed at all, instead of some arbitrary group shouldering it all by themselves.
Seeing how many awesome dapps have been developed all without any centralized funding places - let alone coercive obligation to fund that development - and then seeing how little stinc has accomplished over a much longer period (as @pangoli has so eloquently pointed out) leads me to question whether a proposal system is what would improve this place considering the unchanged and unadressed permance of bidbots and trash in the trending page. I often feel like priorities are not made for the ebenfit of the platform but for the benefit of some well-positioned people on the platform though I certainly hope that is not correct.
Time will tell^^