Back to the christhegoth bet-spreading discussion...
Everyone realizes that switching over to other pools is only going to exacerbate the variance problem, right? Honestly, the pigeon superstition is dangerous enough to sink a pool, especially one that's <1% of the network. Nearly a quarter of the pool's hashrate has fallen off in the past couple of days...
You're totally right that one person spouting off random ideas of "bet spreading" and switching between pools based on recent challenges can be just enough to make less informed people jump ship. It needs to stop.
At the end of the day, you're just as likely to be equally successful in any pool. The payment amounts and frequency change but you'll end up with a comparable amount at the end of the day where ever you mine. When you're choosing a pool you should be looking at the fees, available services and the ease with which you can run your gear on the pool. As far as I'm concerned, Bitminter gives me the best of all 3.
Yes, of course. Because if I am quiet luck will improve and people won't leave for more reliable money at all.
And every Bitminter miner has read everything I said too. They've read every post. In fact, I'm Jesus. My word is killing the whole pool. Better blame me for everything!
Or...
You have no idea what you are talking about. Like how you don't get that some people need regular money and have no choice but to stay where the regular cash is. Business, bills, money, blah.
My bet is on the latter.
Still, if we can make Minter a safer option for people they'll hang around.