Like Ytterbium said. At this point, even though I got most my shares at close to IPO, they've lost so much in value, I'd be having scraps if I sold. Might as well wait it out. 90% loss or 100% loss makes no difference to me. In the astronomical chance this will actually turn into something - which I doubt strongly at this point, even for an optimist as myself - I might as well just sit on the shares.
This is how you bring your emotions into the situation.
Everyone is proving this is scam. You are an Optimist, but even as a self identified optimist you see no hope in this. You rather just lose it all then lose a most it. You are contradicting yourself. If you were a true optimist you would rid yourself of the situation and look for greener pastures. There is NO hope in this, the only hope of salvation is to get what you can back as soon as possible. Why go down with the ship when the CEO abandoned you so long ago; when he can't spend 10mins on the forums to talk to his investors. Get the hell off the ship as soon as possible. This is super simple stuff.