Really feel like Iām now living the fool me twice/thrice life 
keep thinking ālast time Iāll get my hopes upā and then I do it again and then here we are months laterā¦again 
I get that, although Iām thinking they may save the release until @kieranmch is back from his time off, although he said somewhere above his team would handle the release in his absence, it wouldnāt be surprising. If I worked hard on something, iād want to see it through
I can see that I suppose.
Just hoping it (and custom categories, whether plus or not) arrive soon 
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Did he say when he would be back?
No, but I am just making an assumption they mightāve decided to wait as he did say his team will continue with the launch in his absence
From 7th June:
Itās possible weāre being overly harsh on the team. Iām sure theyāre working hard on this, we donāt know what challenges they are up against. I can only imagine itās disheartening for them to read critical comments when much of the current situation is outside of their control. I hope theyāre all doing well.
It reminds me of Valve around the time of half life 2. They wanted to be communicative with their fans, but they received such rabid criticism for delays that they gave up communicating at all, which only angered fans more. It ended up being the worst of both worlds. I think a company is better off either communicating and doing it properly and consistently, or keeping things totally under wraps until theyāre ready for release.
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Iām back on Monday! I hear the team have worked miracles in my absence (maybe I should go away more often? :D)
To be fair I donāt think there have been any critical comments in this thread and we are all grateful for everyoneās patience.
Itās vital to keep a positive & fair tone on the forums, nobody (staff or community members) wants to come on and post an update if they feel that they are going to be met with a barrage of unfair criticism, or asked to make promises when thereās a great degree of uncertainty. It should be a safe space.
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Can we pester you for updates from Monday then?
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Just about sums up this forum, sometimes.
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Iāve got a hunch that a lot of people in this thread will have got their hopes up over what could well turn out to be quite a minor new feature.
Iām very torn between hoping thatās the case, purely for the sight of all the pants-pissing - and hoping iām wrong.
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Weāre definitely into over promise and under deliver territory.
Which I fear will make Monzo even more reluctant to share these things. Kieran didnāt even post it on here originally, he just wanted to share his excitement at it being completed.
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Nothing has been promised to my knowledge (although there has been much hinting), so anyone who āexpectsā anything will be doing so based on supposition and wishes.
Those who start having a mardy strop should expect short shrift, in my opinion.
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Thatās the thing - no one has promised anything!
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Sorry, I didnāt phrase that very well.
I know nothing has been promised, but the way people are acting is if Plus, Pot to Pot and Dark Mode are coming when Kieran presses the go button.
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But expectations have been raised.
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My expectations have not been raised.
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Just for clarity, I was joking.
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+1 For the raised expectations club 
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Also I canāt believe this thread started in Mayā¦ I could have swore this was a pre-lockdown / February time thread.
I have lost all concept of time right now.
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