My recommendation to the Silk team, don't even bother doing anymore news announcements.  I would highly recommend doing ninja release announcements and ninja releases.

It was clearly stated what news was coming out.  This information was taken and twisted especially in the Poloniex chatroom.  The messages were there in plain sight.  Even when trying to correct the misinformation, the hype continued.

No matter what you do, things will always be hyped, always be pumped.  There will always be disappointments.  It is best to just release stuff and let everyone figure it out for themselves than to even mention anything.

As for the release of the DRKSLK ICO, I would again, recommend not saying or mentioning a specific time or date, just post it when ready.

You had good intentions Orestes, but that isn't how it was interpreted apparently.

With ninja releases, the only ones who can be disappointed are those that are late to the party.

This is a lose lose situation...  You give no info, you're the bad guy, you announce information at a specific time/date and you are still the bad guy because you created the "hype bubble" in peoples eyes.

My personal opinion is it doesn't matter to me.  I was in this a long long time ago and my opinion hasn't changed.  Unfortunately yes, the "new investors" may be feeling it but again it's crypto.  How many hundreds of times has this happened where things were hyped and pumped and the newbies get hosed.  Profit takers don't care.  But long term, people need to realize you can still win.

Here's a few examples of long term that played out: Emercoin, Solarcoin, Gamecredits

Silk Network is a long term hold folks.  Profit takers will always be there.  Don't be worried about counting pennies when in the future you'll be counting benjamins....