The 80% or whatever huge premine is not really being taken seriously either, that is probably making some nervous of getting in. I mean the holding address was published on some page in the thread but really no effort to look legit has been made on the OP. Anyone reading it will probably consider it could be dumped out at any time in the future. No information about the company set up on the OP. Basically you come to the thread notice the coins are all premined and given out on the pool but after all the scams on this board there is not enough accountability here to give total confidence. Get burned by a few scams and you will be sure to give cast iron proof on the OP to convince people the premine is more than safe. Who even holds it, what happens if they get hit by a bus? dump and run?
A Public Ledger site is being created, which should ease some of your fears. There's a lot of information on the new website as well.
It's being taken seriously, but there's nothing that can be done to help anyone's opinions until the ledger is out there. The devs could bend over backwards to assure people, but it wouldn't matter. They might as well keep their focus on finishing and publishing the ledger.
And some people will never trust a central holding, even when it's in the hands of a 501c3 nonprofit. For them, there is no help.