The "Dash is a scam" argument doesn't work. Open your eyes. Look at the price.
Fiat money is a scam too. No one cares.
Got it in one. As a "clueless noobie", to quote a relentless troller on the Dash thread, I see that those in the Monero camp have a massive blindspot, about how,
despite being less than a pristine and pure coin,
Dash is succeeding. On Planet Monero, marketing seems to be a bad word, and user friendliness? Pshaw, too smart to need that!
Come on! If that is what it takes to elevate a "flawed" coin like Dash to greatness, then how amazing could a "superior" crypto like Monero be, if that strategy were adopted? Please be dispassionate, and look at it without bias. If Monero is technically better than Dash, and yet Dash outperforms Monero, then what could the difference be?
From this clueless noobie's viewpoint, the keys to domination in the Anonymous Coin Game appear to be marketing and user friendliness. And having trollers in the penalty box could be considered a negative factor as well.
Despite having better players, Monero is massively behind on points, as Dash is working better as a team, and its strategy is superior. Is it too late for Monero to learn this? The Anonymous Coin Game will only have one winner. Can M come from behind? Will D hang on for the win? Stay tuned!
Dash is turning into the Alex Jones of the crypto-world. It's being artificially pushed in people's faces simply because it doesn't represent a threat to anyone. Easy to control, protagonists that are easy to bribe/hire, and anonymity that is easy to break.
It's worth remembering that Dash only really has a very small community mostly of speculators, whereas Monero has a tripodic community of political activists, cryptographic nerds
as well as speculators.
Recently, Monero's IRC stats eclipsed Ethereum for the first time which has historically been a great indicator as to measuring the size of a crypto's longevity. It's in a completely different league effectively. Keep your eyes on Coinbase.
I fully understand though the determination of some of the Dash investors to try to recapture some semblance of credibility, but it's unlikely to last.
As soon as the Dash markets start to turn negative, the inevitable speculative propaganda levied against it by shorters will be far too rich for Dash to maintain any kind of foothold. People like to talk the talk while the sun is shining, but oh how quickly will the rains come as it begins to cloud over.