[...] the Bitcointalk community has set out to damage Blocknet’s ITO [...]
I know you guys are not real journalists (even discounting the run-on sentences and lack of parallelism), but at least try to appear impartial instead of coming across as paid cheerleaders.
Further, the "Bitcointalk community" has not "set out to damage" them.
I, and I suspect many others, couldn't care less about Blocknet or Metcalf - at least before reading your post.
There has been no "catastrophe" - just questions and concerns concerning the developers, code and transparency.
What did Metcalf, Prometheus and Synechist think would happen when they decided to adopt a heavy-handed and dishonest approach to handle their investors' concerns?
Less it be forgotten, there is almost a million dollars at stake here.