As someone who came in "late" to Darkcoin the past few months, I literally could not care less about all the "instamine" drama everyone whines about.  There was obviously plenty of time when people could have bought in by the thousands for dirt cheap and they didn't do it.  They're just angry that they blew their chance.

Before I bought Darkcoin I looked into the technology, where it was going, and what some of their ideas for the future were.  I looked at the dev team who pumps out a higher number of more innovative and bigger features faster than I've seen any other coin produce. And I looked at the fact that Bitcoin essentially hasn't changed the entire time I've been a proponent of it...  That's really what sold me on it.  Darkcoin gets stuff done.  They have the most innovative ideas, they have the skill set to back it up, and they're not afraid to adapt and change things to make the technology better- even if it makes a few people angry.

The community is also amazing and very active and will help you with any questions you have.  Or you can get help from iCEBREAKER...  He seems like a pretty reasonable and intelligent source.  It looks like he's pretty into bashing religions and things?