I consider dark to be shady, however. I sold out of drk and moved to xmr for three primary reasons: (1) CN protocol allows me to actually control the size of my anonymity set, and I have confidence that the set will hold; not so drk. (2) P&D/premine/ponzi factors are beyond my tolerance level in drk. (3) Snake oil crypto claims raise my hackles. I'm just not going to trust my life and treasure to drk' s protocols. Great coin if you love forks, however.
Bummed at the tirade, especially #3

Would you be able to give some examples of that?
Very low Mintpal volume. Price is not reflective of market confidence IMO. I was watching the sells. It is just few coins being sold for
BTC0.2/0.5 I am guessing to indulge in some PumpNDump that are forming over the last 2-3 days. Profits will go back to where they originally came from.