I really think something like a New Social Governance Layer for Ethereum could be helpful in discovering community signal on the ProgPOW debate.
I think there needs to be a way to qunatatatively gauge the numbers surrounding what the community thinks about the issue so that core devs can make the most informed decision possible.
How can one decision or another effectively be made if the current tools we have to gauge sentiment on the issue are inadequete?
Having more data to back the decision would lend validity to whatever decision ends up being made (I have no opinion on what decision should be made, just want to create a system where sentiment on topics like these can be quantified for the core devs).