Unfortunately, that's the downside of internet forums: the people with the most free time and with strictly limited intellectual abilities dominate the topics.
Says the guy who then proceeds to type a multi-paragraph post... I'm going to try to keep my responses to you brief.
Even with zero trades for several years on his failed exchange
This isn't true. We sold out of Namecoin back in Feb.
There are still small trades here and there, but when we had 3000 Namecoins for sale... a buyer bought them.
Also, it's really easy (less than a few days effort) for a user to use our faucet enough to buy enough Namecoin to afford to withdrawal, so small is ok. It's cool for me to even see someone pull 0.05 NMC off FreeBitcoins.
Beside selling guns and rifles on Bitcointalk, he also sells slimy snails, by the way.
Cute.
The slimy snail business navigated the feds, only receiving a federal warning, and kept on operating for years with a new business plan. Feds and snails... smh.