Look at the technical. Look at the community (Feathercoin.com forums just passed 800 registered users and it's been up a month).
Mmmmm, doing a little research disturbingly reveals a very large percentage of those 800 members are actually inactive accounts. (Registered days ago, but no posts.)
I strongly recommend people take some of these facts and figures with a large pinch of salt.
We have had 62 people register today and yesterday. On posts slightly less than half the user base have made at least one post. Users have to post at least once in the newbie section to post elsewhere. If the number of users not posting is higher than average then I will look into ways to make sure people find the newbie section.
I'd say you are a bit grandiose there with your disturbing research.