sometimes, the only winning move is "Insufficient data for meaningful answer".

You certainly dont have to have an opinion. I personally would like to have an informed one. To each their own.

Aardvark

in most softfork scenarios, if you're not a miner nor an economically active node, you can abstain from expressing an opinion, keep your coins on both sides if there actually is a chain split, and decide after an indefinite amount of time spent observing the outcome rather than buying into either side's propaganda.

AskSN

bitcoin

lightning

What year does avoiding a soft fork become riskier than implementing one?

why force people to have an opinion?

in most softfork scenarios, if you're not a miner nor an economically active node, you can abstain from expressing an opinion, keep your coins on both sides if there actually is a chain split, and decide after an indefinite amount of time spent observing the outcome rather than buying into either side's propaganda.