Quote from: l8orre on June 02, 2016, 05:01:27 PM

Quote from: iotatoken on June 02, 2016, 02:45:41 PM

Where do people get these ideas? Where and when have we ever said that we'd somehow exclude the original IOTA network? Never. People should really stop lying and act like adults who actually read terms of sales before they purchase something.

people are scared and concerned given this environment and these circumstances. this may be unfounded and irrational but it is not as outlandish as your rethorical questions implies.

Being accused of 'blackmailing' when telling people that they have to test the software before we can launch is not outlandish?
Being accused of 'threatening' when informing people that we're free individuals and not slaves is not outlandish?
Being accused of 'keeping the community hostage' because... I don't even remember what insanity the guy who used this term alluded to, but it was most definitely just as outlandish.

So I completely disagree Dirk. This is indeed as outlandish as imaginable.

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do you feel you are being coerced or bullied if your customers want their concerns calmed?

No, have I ever ignored customers? No. Have I ever refused to answer any question? No. In fact I have answered these concerns so many times that people are constantly asking me why I even bother wasting my time responding to the questions, which I inform them sadly is my duty, whether troll or not.

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do you consider it an outrageous abuse if your customers are insecure and scared and ask you to give them piece of mind that this will not happen?

We have software purchasers as customers. ANY concerns regarding the software will always be answered expediently and honestly. One such question was precisely "When can we launch?" to which we have replied: "It's up to you as customers, either everyone tests it and launch happens fast, or we have to do all the testing ourselves which takes months". This is software development 101. This is when we were accused of blackmailing, because we won't release unfinished fintech software that hasn't been properly tested. So yes, it's outrageously stupid.

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do you blame your customers for being insecure?

Insecure about what? Validity of tangle technology? So far I have not seen any concerns about that. If our customers *happen* to also be speculators who are concerned about speculator issues, then that is none of my concern. Just like it's not your car salesman's job to alleviate your concerns regarding whether the car you just bought from him will turn out to be a collectors item. We have been brutally honest about this since day 1, so anyone insinuating anything along those lines are objectively full of shit and will be treated as such. For EVERYONE who is genuine or concerned about something legit we always respond promptly, honestly and respectfully.

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the only professional action to be taken by a competent community figurehead in such a case is to post a simple one or two liner to disple any such irrational fears.

so what does it cost you to simply explicitly state that?

Which I have done 100 times, to the point where the IOTA chat is filled with people asking me why I still even bother to go way beyond my duties to continue responding. I know that it's easy to think that simply stating the truth is sufficient, but as can be witnessed in this thread 100 times, that is not enough, in fact you have to write a fucking book to explain the very basics of commercial transactions, why slavery is not a good thing and the psychology of a troll just to get things moving.