Do you know who "Robby" actually is? Can you put a name to "Robby"? Also, who are the other people behind the project? I believe there are 2 guys at least.
Robby Dermody, an individual many of us highly respect
Herp, while I love the enthusiasm for the project, your brash, hostile defensiveness on this thread is not doing MasterProtocol's image any favors. In fact, your behavior on this thread is quite inflammatory and is something I cannot support because it also creates dissonance within our own efforts, despite however good your intentions may be. Risking being pedantic, please read what you write before posting and perceive how such writing may be perceived by others. We're all working together here. For the record, bitcointalk user Herp nor anyone else not officially representing and working specifically with the Mastercoin Foundation do not reflect the Foundation's viewpoints and positions.
That's a very narrow and cliche mainstream point of view but you're fully entitled to it.
I'm not here to defend "Mastercoin", by the contrary. I've been highly critical in many areas that have been neglected or handled poorly. I'm just someone with a stake in the project that wants to make his voice heard.
Foundation doesn't have a full time PR person but some guy involved in several other projects at the same time. Mastercoin doesn't have much of an established image and I really hope for the sake of this project Mastercoin Foundation won't let someone like you handle PR or community interaction of any kind. An "official" should never interact with a community member in such a vulgar, abrasive, direct fashion as you did, expressing his own point of view. You should have just said I'm not affiliated and don't represent the MSC Foundation and leave it at that.
We're all working together here.
You're quite naive if you believe that and this kind of cheap hypocrisy you display doesn't fly. Many people, myself included, find it pretty repulsive. Competition isn't working "together" with you but against you to enrich themselves. This "we're all working together" might work at presentations and public events, but it's common knowledge there's plenty of backstabbing and mudslinging going around, done in various ways (like troll fake accounts posting disinformation among other things).
Conflict is good and a highly creative force, motivates and shakes people out of lethargy. Complacent "peaceful" consent for the sake of keeping up with appearances, going out of your way trying not to hurt someone's feelings is not. You can't be in peace and harmony with everyone. Show me someone who has no enemies and I'll show you someone who has no friends but acquaintances.