As for the newcomers, sadly the opengov trend is that the good ideas are being downvoted or not voted for, often with very silly motivations such as bad UI or not enough content on the stage of an MVP.
Also, the ecosystem is a bloody mess when it comes to the “I want to consider Polkadot for my new project, let’s see what they have to offer” scenario. And there’s no single point of entry. And no, it shouldn’t be a Parity-maintained website. In my view, it should be something like this: Polkadot Candy Store.
To add to the problem of inviting new users in, the biggest community events (organised by Parity) over the last few years have been nice as usual, but misplaced. Sub0 is deeply technical, so that’s fine, but a Decoded-like event must take place close to x-city blockchain week. And the Web3 Summit also needs to be resurrected. Thankfully, the organisers of ProtocolBerg actually did it this year, and placed it very well, it was a huge success. This will also (partially) solve another ecosystem-wide problem of marketing.
I encourage you to give it a thought from this perspective. We need more of the Political Parties. And the ones that exist should consider using the methods like the one in the Events Grant.