Saying NXTinspect has an agenda is a poor way to respond to genuine concerns for the community. For the record both Jef and chanc3r hold/ held ACH and I was in talks with Heather to buy a large position (before this was uncovered). NXTinspect was created to help the community in these situations. We are merely stating that there appears to be suspicious activity.
My concerns are just as genuine as yours, Whale. My concerns, in this regard, being that members of the Nxt Community need to find a balance between welcoming business on the Nxt platform and protecting the interests of community members. Right now, I see the pendulum swung very far toward protecting the interests of community members - not only in this thread, but in several others. It seems to me that the current zeitgeist here on the forums is to be irrationally suspicious, put existing businesses through the ringer, make disrespectful accusations against them(in their own thread!), disregard business etiquette, and spin inconclusive data with a slant toward
guilty until proven innocent.
I posted an additional viewpoint here in ACH's thread to attempt to counterbalance the FUD that was prevalent. I did something similar on the FunBot thread - so, it's not that I'm specifically "defending"(your words) ACH. My hope is that anyone who is considering doing business on the Nxt platform, that comes across this thread, will see that there is at least one member of this community that will give their business the benefit of the doubt when they see blockchain activity who's intention and structure isn't readily apparent to them.
I'd also like to mention that I never stated NXTinspect has an agenda. You are misinterpreting my words and intention. What I stated was:
"PS I'm very curious as to what set off this attack on Altcoin Herald. They've been set upon in the past couple weeks. It's like some members of the community are holding a grudge against them. Could it be because they are a competitor to SuperNET News, since they are one of two cryptomedia outlet businesses on the NXT AE? I certainly hope this isn't some form of corporate sabotage or a personal vendetta by influential individuals...That gives NXT AE a bad rep, and pushes new business away."
And I'd like to state again that my concerns are just as valid as yours. Jef has used the blockchain in his analysis of ACH. I have used information confided in me by different individuals, my observations of recent actions taken by some community members, and what I know of various individual's personality traits to formulate a scenario in which the above could fit the data that I've gathered. I never said that the scenario that I described above is a certainty or that I'm even confident in it. I'm scared that scenario is happening, because I'm beginning to question who I can trust to partner in business with and who I can call friend. I'm also scared that my own businesses will be set upon by the asset inquisitors, and I'll be called on to prove my innocence after they have convinced the community that I'm guilty by spinning blockchain data or my own business methodology against me. My fear makes me less inclined to offer my business opportunities on the Nxt Platform.
I'm a person oriented toward solutions. That what I do all day at my 9-5 - meet with customers, actively listen to their problems, and design a solution that meets their requirements. Since they are unable to build our software themselves, I find myself in a position of having power over how they perform their day to day work activity. I see that a major responsibility - I can make it more difficult for them, or I can ease their burden. I don't assume that I know what's best for them because I don't walk in their shoes day in and day out. That's why I go to them to ask them how they would like to see the system work. Due to technical limitations, I can't always architect a solution to their specific requirements, but I get as close as I can to meeting those requirements. And place a ticket with our vendor to add features to address what I can't.
Now I'm going to speak directly to NXTinspect, and also to KNS(though to a smaller degree). I preface my thoughts with the above statement to give you background on my methodology and mindset: I haven't seen the same conscientiousness, delicacy, and self-discipline from the Nxt Community's two self-appointed asset review businesses as what I strive to demonstrate for my customers. I feel burned by that - I originally supported the founding principles of NXTinspect, but as I've seen how those principles have been executed in actuality, I no longer support their efforts. It seems that both review organizations rushed to develop their methodologies without solicitation of input from those who would be subjected to their practices. That's where I cry foul. I believe there are several other members of the Nxt Community who feel burned by how the review businesses conduct themselves.
As a solution for the above, in an attempt to build bridges in the interest of the community, I propose that a thread be initiated to house a "town hall" meeting. (bolded for those who only skim) The goal would be to generate an open dialogue between the three major stakeholders in protecting our community against those who would seek to abuse it: the investors, the businesses, and the review boards. The pertinent posts to this topic is strew through-out several threads on the forums, making it exceedingly difficult to see the progression of the dialogue. A "town hall" thread would make it simpler to follow the conversation and respond with one's own thoughts and feelings on the current topic in discussion. Coming out of such a dialogue, I would hope that we'd achieve a consensus and a partnership among the stakeholders, in the interests of protecting our community in a way that the stakeholders can agree on. We would each be responsible for inviting to the thread the parties that we think hold a stake in the outcome.
I'd like to see us all in this together, rather than squabbling about who's "right" and who's "wrong", and who's insinuating what, and who has what agendas. We, as a community, are much stronger in solidarity than we are in factions.
I encourage anybody viewing this post to respond to the above proposal with a yes or no, that way I'll know if I should kick it off or not.
