I'm buying ripple for trading only not for long term. Ripple is giving at least 1.2 million xrp everyday. I only would hold ripple for longterm once it distributed all its ripple to users.
No need to vote, IOcoin is already in vircurex. OpenEx is a new exchange and its very risky. My dogecoins I deposited in cryptsy still did not show up after 8 hours. I deposit dogecoins on vircurex it show up in less than 5 minutes. New exchange = risky.