BitShares has a very wide range of supporters with differing ideas about how things should be done.
Some want it run like a professional company, some want it run like a movement, some want it run like a technical society. Most of us don't want it to be "run" by anybody. It is a decentralized company, after all.
Translation:
Bitshares has a very wide range of gullible individuals whose opinions don't matter and we do what we want regardless. Isn't that obvious?
It really is a (professional?) company, it's not a movement, but we try to convince people that it is. I threw in that "technical society" jargon to try to get gullible geeks to give me their BTC. Our company is really run by myself, Dan (my son) and affiliated business interests originating out of Communist China. We like to claim it's a "decentralized company" in hopes of avoiding US Federal prosecution because I have repeatedly stated that "Bitshares(TM) is a company" and we are "selling shares". I'm in charge of "legal compliance"! Don't worry!
We believe we should respect these various interests, and give their leaders some time to work out a consensus that will be suitable for everybody. If you want to participate, get in contact with others who think like you and participate in discussion groups that have been ongoing since the issue was first raised. Or ask Fuzzy to help you set up a your own public or private discussion session where you can invite others you agree or disagree with to exchange views and help guide the consensus that is forming.
Translation:
We're trying to figure out the best way to maximize the amount of money we can remove from your pockets and put in ours. I think that will be most suitable for us. Feel free to mindlessly babble with other suckers who believe we give a crap about their opinions. Once in a while I will post a Snoopy cartoon and yell "Libertarian".
From what I have seen, the consensus that seems to be forming goes nowhere near the extreme strawman arguments that some have been trying to raise here.
Translation:
HOLY $H!T THEY'RE ON TO US!
The challenge is to find the most fair and reliable process for disseminating information in a way that prevents market-moving misunderstandings. The discussions are looking for ways that ideas can be openly discussed without causing rumor-induced panics that harm investors who don't have time to track the day to day discussions that now take place everywhere at everytime.
Translation:
The challenge is to find the most believable story to tell you pawns to convince you that it's in your best interest to have information withheld from you. If we start telling you what is really going on, you'd have to be brain dead not to rush to the nearest exchange to sell these worthless tokens that I keep claiming represent real value when they aren't redeemable for pocket lint. Hopefully, we can keep this show going long enough that Dan and I can unload the buckets of BTS we have for multimillions of fiat.
Dan and I are trying to avoid biasing these discussions so that new leaders get a chance to represent the many BitShares stakeholders who will be the ultimate keys to its success.
Everybody knows what we think already. Its been published everywhere. Time to let some new voices make their case to the BitShares community. That's what is happening now.
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Dan and I are being told to be quiet because obviously whenever we open our mouths, we dig the hole even deeper. We're going to parade some trained stooges in front of you and hope you believe that they are independent actors.
We hired a Chinese PR firm to convince the Chinese that Bitshares is the next Bitcoin. We've decided to target the Chinese because most of them don't speak or read English and therefore can't understand the words coming out of my mouth or read this forum to uncover the truth. Plus, those Chinese are used to being told what to do by Chairman Mao and are used to being controlled. That's what is happening now.
