That's not a very high quality website but it's hard to deny that this -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=109285.0;all is unsexy, but perhaps everyone was starting quasi ponzis back in the day.
There've been consistent mysteries and questions surrounding Bitfinex. No one seemed to care enough to bother clearing anything up. I wonder whether this situation is going to force out some answers.
And nothing's been heard from BFX today. They must be 'thinking' still.
On reddit they say they have an upcoming announcement they will be making addressing how they will deal with compensating users. They apologise for missing deadline after deadline, and say they are doing a "final review" before making it. I bet they will make another apology tomorrow and say they are doing yet another "final review".