This doesn’t need to be a long drawn out discussion.
Yes, and a poll was made and thus far users wish to reduce the restrictions to TL1. Thus, what exactly is it that the moderators are discussing?
Yes, and they have 1,621,348 users. Which is what the point of the poll was. Are current restrictions preventing people from joining this community? But, it seems you don’t want that kind of growth because you have a fear of
off-topic sidenote: I am also wondering why if a community member wants to discuss the forum, it must be hidden away in Meta but if a mod wants to give an update it gets thrown on the front page under Community. Why the double-standard?