LOL

It seems to me the only ones who were shaken were a relatively few who posted the same paranoia over and over again. 

If you count the number of unique users making comments as opposed to total posts it seems to me like the first pages
of that thread, you mention, had more positive comments than negative...  and then there are all the users who might
not have posted due to... meh... 

I am neutral myself, perhaps tending towards somewhat positive.   I don't see the foundation as being any danger to Bitcoin,
nor of it being a great force bringing awareness and light to the masses.   

There are many ways it can help, sure, along with many other factors.