That said, a statement such as "don't worry, we're aware of that, everything's ok" would be nice.
Too much of that and you run into BFL territory. I think board members are entitled to more transparency, but smaller shareholders should learn to not know everything - as long as you don't hear them panicking, you're probably ok - Friedcat coming by once a month for brief updates is very acceptable. IMO the crowd working itself into a mess of questions/doubts/requests: that's fine as long as it's within ourselves, but detrimental when directed at ASICminer.
I agree. Even though I'm a proponent in getting questions asked to Friedcat, I do have criteria for I what I would vote for to be in the poll. I will not include questions that are rooted in greed, unhealthy paranoia, or pure speculation.
At some point you have to assume a business is acting responsibly, and stop obsessing over its operations as if you were an employee.