Nxt is a very original crypto because it was the first to dispense entirely with PoW mining and all its environmental destructiveness. (Also, the high cost of mining equipment makes mining an unfair mode of distribution.)
The reason Nxt gets so much hate around here is that it has rendered all that mining equipment that miners have spent thousands on, completely useless and obsolete. A lot of miners hate Nxt for that. Others have seen the writing on the wall and decided to invest in Nxt.
The distribution thing is a non-issue. BTC and LTC distro are both worse than Nxt's, so Nxt has best distro of the top 3 cryptos.
+1 Exactly. Thank you for saying it so I didn't have to. Distribution doesn't matter one bit, and is practically the only tool in the hater's arsenal. And you totally hit the nail on the head with the miners. I saw the writing on the wall months ago, and could see the steady flow of hate/jealousy/fear starting to ramp up. I suspect the hate/fear of NXT will continue and grow stronger until it passes bitcoin in marketcap.