I also noticed that the 'Ion Foundation' that they tried to start a couple of weeks ago appears to have fallen flat on it's face (you can see the total amount of ion raised
here and an initial announcement
here), which again is probably a decent measure of how many people are truly engaged enough as investors to really care and contribute to the 'project'.
The ION Foundation is in the round 1 funding phase and looking for members of the community to donate so the round 1 goal is achieved!