Quote from: pinchecobadre on May 21, 2014, 07:25:39 PM

Quote from: nil8tor on May 21, 2014, 05:35:35 PM

Fuse,

That's perfectly fair and you have very valid points. It is for those very reasons you are witnessing a positive transformation of PotCoin. The recent pace is unprecedented as it relates to PotCoin and the company behind it. Sorry for the lack of context in regards to that statement. I can assure you that we are transforming in a very positive direction and it is in large due to the insight of people like you. We really do appreciate all commentary, even negative, as it helps us to develop in a direction commensurate with the desires of the community that supports us.

- Russ.T

Wow - I have to say, I am impressed with this person's ability to write intelligently. Something that has been lacking from those posting under the "Potcoin" username on these forums, who I suspect is Smokemon (aka Nick Iversen).

Potcoin, please please please don't let Smokemon make anymore announcements on behalf of this coin. I cringe every time I read anything he posts -- both here and on reddit. His usual posts have things like "guys, relax" or "haters will always be hatin'" and other dumbass comments that might appeal to those barely in their teens. Let's not get into his typos and other grammatical mistakes.....

I've said long long ago on reddit and I see that people here have said it too -- Smokemon lacks any level of professionalism. There appears to be zero thought into anything he does or says, zero thought into the how he will be perceived or his messages received, and zero concern for spelling / grammatical mistakes (even on their marketing materials they handed out on 4-20).

His public speaking skills are sub-par and when he chooses to look like an unprofessional stoner during interviews, it screams "slacker pothead" who can't be trusted. That interview with CCTV -- did you prepare for that at all? Did you REALLY need that flat-brimmed hat - are you serious!? It looked like he didn't care that he was being interviewed by a TV news organization.....anyway, I digress...

Smokemon constantly reminds us how far they've come and urges the community to be patient ..... but I have a hard time believing anything he says because he writes and speaks like how he looks in the videos we've seen -- unprepared and unprofessional pothead promising things he can't deliver. Each time Smokemon posts something, it's like Potcoin is taking two steps back and it's a damn shame.

If the coin is to be run like a business, then take care in the details -- all the small things matter. The Devs -- particularly Smokemon / Nick Iversen -- would do better to think before posting anything and most definitely proof everything before posting -- hell, run everything by Russ T, and maybe then official messages/announcements from "Potcoin" will start sounding the way they should.

Potcoin is in the process of doing exactly this, we have create a new blog on our website http://potcoin.info/index.php/blog. We are centralizing all public communication and information so that we can give a clear picture to the community of the what Potcoin is doing. We apologize for any miscommunications and we will be taking measures to put all of this into place so that Potcoin comes across as a professional business.

To be fare, smokemon never claimed to be a public speaker, a public figure, or anything but being the dev. He was put into this situation by default, so we have taken steps to replace him with a proper PR person.

This is all part of what happens when something grows so quickly and then needs to adapt in real time.

thank you for your feedback and we look forward to a brighter future together.

The Potcoin Team