I really doubt this is going to end well.
My prediction is this site will either turn out to be a scam or the owners stubbornness and egotism with kill it.
If I was going to bet, I would say both is the most likely outcome.
Due the constant bad decisions made by the owner the site will suffer a loss of trust which in turn leads to a decline in profits. Seeing this, the owner freaks out because he's not making "mad scrilla yo!" like he was before and then he yanks the plug.
But only time will tell and I hope I'm wrong.
I hide stats cause I never understand why Moneypot showed them in the 1st place. I don't know any site that isnt an investor site that shows you revenue. In place I decided to show a few non-revenue stats on the homepage.
Have you learned nothing from the OSS debacle? It's only been about a week since that fiasco.
Essentially everything you've said regarding the OSS and now the stats is "My site, fuck you!"
What boggles my mind is why you continually make decisions that give people the impression that you don't care instead of building a site that people can trust by being open, upfront and honest.
People want to play on sites that they can trust, so be open about your dealings with them and its a win win.
It's not rocket science!