I genuinely hope that Hivemind/Community actually does drop, first of all, and then second of all, is what we all think it's going to be. More like community, less like now.

I understand where you're going with moderators, and Community is suppose to allow for them. I just hope it's not needed beyond maybe keeping on topic. Using tags indiscriminately because they're popular not only shows a lack of understanding of how tags work, but a disregard for the entire tag system.

So, if you double down with a community about cars but have someone coming in regularly to talk about Listerine, I can see a moderator being of great use. And I suppose in some instances where a heated discussion carries on longer than needed and ends up off topic, a moderator would be useful there, too. But as you say, people probably won't respond well if the moderator ends up calling the shots and directing how discussions will go or what topics can be touched upon.

This delegation thing is pretty subjective. I have my own concerns about where official delegation goes, as opposed to a whale or someone else. Other than being pitched an idea an accepting it, I don't know how much vetting Steemit does with their delegations. Sometimes it seems like not very much.

At any rate, all of those are things that would help to make the experience on Steemit better.