As the person who takes care of Worldcoin's marketing I go through this same thing every single second of every single day. Every crypto goes through it and you have to hold you head up high and try to work around it or at least defend from it, never attack. This is a terrible move, sorry.
Granted, but there is a difference between the 2, WorldCoin has been around for a decent period of time, is cemented as a respectable currency.
This move isn't an attack, it is a defense, which will allow me to concentrate 100% on what needs to be done RIGHT NOW as opposed to spending time tackling issues head on that are of no relevance to the project right now.
My thinking is that if I remove the call for investment, which is fueling these attacks, that is the best form of defense available to me right now. At a later stage, and in a step to discard any doubts of scam, vapourware, or anything else of the sort, we can hold an open beta for a few week, THEN revisit the idea of a public IPO to achieve the distrubution and other goals that we had in mind here.
That way at least, everyone that is interested has the chance to test drive the system and make up their own mind. At the moment it is a controlled beta, as that satisfies the development requirements currently, and that also is fueling this current round of FUD.
I think you're letting everyone get to you. The scam thing is not something that goes away. Heck even BTC still gets cries of scams, on a much larger scale than eMunie. You have to let it pass and sometimes it's better off being ignored.