...I think David was going to be staying at his castle for a while. I'm not sure if that is still the plan...
If its no secret, why does smooth act like he doesn't know what's going on?
Because I don't particularly pay attention to where people live nor their day jobs (you know we all have day jobs of sorts right?), and also because, as I said, the plan was a bit on-again off-again for a while, and at this very moment (aside from what has been said on this thread) I really have no idea what he is doing (nor do I particularly care, other than being friendly with David and generally supporting his decisions about how to live his own life).
David is a very intelligent and independent-minded person, and I have no doubt he can keep his living arrangements and day job (if he is indeed working for Risto, which I don't know) separate from his role on the Monero team. And even if he can't 100% do that, he's only 1/7 of the team, so any (entirely hypothetical) undue influence is extremely muted.
And on top of that, I don't really think Risto is a bad guy anyway. He simply seems to support the coin. I guess maybe its hard for you to believe that the coin has sincere supporters, but it does. He appears to be one of them.
There is nothing here, it is simply more FUD and smear tactics.
I guess I could of worded that a bit differently. I was only trying to show Nekomata that David and Risto working together is not common knowledge for everyone. I didn't know it until he said that in the trollbox.
David may be intelligent and independent-minded person. Never said he wasn't. But having no doubt about what he can and cannot do carries very little weight here. You have no control over the situation and in no way can you speak to the certainty of this. Neither can I. I'm only expressing my concern about the control he tries to put on the monero market and having someone closely tied to monero working for you is not a good situation.
I never really said he was a bad guy either but he does more than simply try to support a coin. You have no idea what I believe therefore you have no room to comment on my beliefs of sincere supporters.