Why all the haters?
NEM had the fairest IPO / distribution in digital currency. What sockpuppet fiasco? They did a census and only like a third of holders were inactive new accounts, but that doesn't make them sockpuppets. This may surprise you but most people don't post on internet forums. it's meaningless in a sense. This forum is also full of 'tards and trolls, so that keeps even more people away.
As for a fiasco - 2000 to 3000 real stake holders versus 13 - 22 for NxT or 5 for BTC (Satoshi and the early adopters mined a crazy amount). Where's the fiasco here? NEM has one of the fairest IPOs to date.
Oh I see, you must meant a fiasco by Altcoin community standards (or a lack thereof). "How dare they have a fair launch, how dare they!? Only scam coins and scam IPOs are tolerated here!"