Only a handful of people shares your point of view. They all will get their money back.
I think as far as this thread goes you are correct, everyone is telling UP he is as good as gold.
Once NEM and 'utopianfuture' are launched, I fear the sockpuppet saga will haunt NEM, and limit the effectiveness of the message. NXT doesn't even bother with the fairness argument. It's all about the tech. As Adam B Levine put it, the NEM IPO was about "proof of give a shit", and it looks like the NXT stakeholders are doing decent things now as far as funding goes.
With NEM the argument is more emotive - we're the good guys, we're about community and fairness. That's what my warning is about. The sockpuppet saga can be used to show UP & NEM are just self-serving entities that will change the rules to suit themselves. Not a very good look.
If you play the 'good guy' card you have to be 100% trustworthy - that's so obvious!
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