I just noticed that the Bitcoin Forum has more than 14 millions posts in 540,000 topics, and is claiming to have almost 800,000 forum members.
I have to wonder - for the poor person who has just managed to save up more than $400 US to purchase ONE single coin, how will their voice ever be heard?
I think the point here is that Bitcoin has become so massive that unless you were in at the beginning and formed a close alliance with one of the main groups (such as Blockchain), chances are you will have no say in what happens with the coin.
What I do like with some of the smaller coins, is that everyone seems to have a say - from the veterans to the newbies. Opinions count and opportunities exist to shape the future of the coins. No one person is more important than any other. It's great - though perhaps a little more transparent than I would have expected.
So I suppose if I had $400 US to invest, I'd like to have a say in how my investment can best work for me - rather than having someone tell me how it's going to be.