I'm just trying to gauge people's confidence level after the SHIT year we have had in 2014 (lol at 2014 = "the year of bitcoin")... a lot of people have lost confidence, and I would even say that the general reputation of bitcoin is still negative thanks to Mt Gox.
But there are some people, like me, who still think we are on track for greatness... but we are on a bumpy road that will last longer than most expected, maybe even a few years.
The optimism was much higher at the end of 2013, for this same poll we would have probably seen the majority pick option #1, but lets see what the consensus is now