In reply to Ryan Hellyer.

There has been vast improvements in how the WP Core team works. There is much more transparency now and its easier to follow the progress of things. On the other hand I think the outside of WP concerning WP folks(or any folks in OS and else where) has changed for the worse. People have become overly sensitive about political stuff and also the whole stupid behavior of "protecting" people with safe spaces, don't read the comments remarks and so forth. But that is not a WP Core issue that is a societal issue.