This is a forum thread. The developers and the people in charge aren't here 24/7. As a community, we've seen a rash of people trying to discredit earthcoin solely for the purpose of destroying it.
The ones who "attack" these concerns are just tired individuals who are just frustrated by all of the smear campaigners.
This happens literally every day in this thread. Some people in our community have grown naturally suspicious of new people whose first post is something negative about the coin, the team, and/or the community.
This forum and most other alt-coin foras is a pain-in-the-youknowwhat - because of almost 'religious' followers, and this mean that you don't really dare speak up or ask about something which can be perceived negative - because you sure as hell will be attacked by the followers..
And that for sure will scare away potential newcomers..