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edit: All easier said than done! I still think there would be room for improvement if strategic decisions are first discussed with a more inner circle trying to foresee some of the consequences of spontaneous thoughts instead of re-engineering the BitShares system live in forum discussions. Personally (as a shareholder) I don't have a need for that kind of openness. I trust you and your decision making capabilities. I can comment on proposals later.
There have been a lot of expected and well-founded complaints about BM putting proposals into the threads that have hurt people financially, leading BM to make subsequent comments about doing less of this in future. But before we decide that's the best approach, let's think what would happen if decisions were made in an inner circle, and then put to the community only in final form. Unavoidably, just as many people would get hurt, and just as many would be unhappy. Only now, there is absolutely no chance of movement on the proposal based on feedback, and therefore the final solution may end up being even less optimal.

Also there are many claims that early and maybe ambiguous statements make people panic sell. I don't think this is necessarily true - people buy or sell based on the information and probabilities as they perceive them at the time. By the time the proposal is finalised, these movements have largely played out. The market gyrations would have happened anyway if the whole thing was made in secret and suddenly disclosed to everybody, perhaps more viciously. Only difference is timing.

I agree some better framing and PR is warranted, especially with regard to messages getting out to an external audience. But I really hope that does not mean that transparency reduces a whole lot. After all, I see transparency as one of the major advantages of this business model over traditional ones.

I know a lot of people feel wronged and will disagree with me, that's OK.

Edit: Maybe something that could work better is to indicate a date and time in advance of when an important proposal is going to be made. At least it does not appear quite as spontaneous, and everybody has advance notice and it does not feel like we need to constantly watch the forum for fear of missing a radical proposal.
I don't think openness would be compromised at all! The proposals would just be more "whole" and there would be as much room for feedback that changes things.
The only thing that would change is that things can be sold better and it would reduce uncertainty. That whole merger thing could have been sold a a big deal from the beginning and might have increased the BTSX price. Markets are more emotional than rational and well informed in the short term...
OK I hear you, more thought into framing the message and context more fully beforehand would save a lot of unnecessary angst, agreed. Also the more I think about it, maybe there should be a regular timepoint for important updates, or as I suggested earlier, advance notice of material announcements. That way at least everybody can get the information simultaneously.
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edit: All easier said than done! I still think there would be room for improvement if strategic decisions are first discussed with a more inner circle trying to foresee some of the consequences of spontaneous thoughts instead of re-engineering the BitShares system live in forum discussions. Personally (as a shareholder) I don't have a need for that kind of openness. I trust you and your decision making capabilities. I can comment on proposals later.
There have been a lot of expected and well-founded complaints about BM putting proposals into the threads that have hurt people financially, leading BM to make subsequent comments about doing less of this in future. But before we decide that's the best approach, let's think what would happen if decisions were made in an inner circle, and then put to the community only in final form. Unavoidably, just as many people would get hurt, and just as many would be unhappy. Only now, there is absolutely no chance of movement on the proposal based on feedback, and therefore the final solution may end up being even less optimal.

Also there are many claims that early and maybe ambiguous statements make people panic sell. I don't think this is necessarily true - people buy or sell based on the information and probabilities as they perceive them at the time. By the time the proposal is finalised, these movements have largely played out. The market gyrations would have happened anyway if the whole thing was made in secret and suddenly disclosed to everybody, perhaps more viciously. Only difference is timing.

I agree some better framing and PR is warranted, especially with regard to messages getting out to an external audience. But I really hope that does not mean that transparency reduces a whole lot. After all, I see transparency as one of the major advantages of this business model over traditional ones.

I know a lot of people feel wronged and will disagree with me, that's OK.

Edit: Maybe something that could work better is to indicate a date and time in advance of when an important proposal is going to be made. At least it does not appear quite as spontaneous, and everybody has advance notice and it does not feel like we need to constantly watch the forum for fear of missing a radical proposal.
I don't think openness would be compromised at all! The proposals would just be more "whole" and there would be as much room for feedback that changes things.
The only thing that would change is that things can be sold better and it would reduce uncertainty. That whole merger thing could have been sold a a big deal from the beginning and might have increased the BTSX price. Markets are more emotional than rational and well informed in the short term...
OK I hear you, more thought into framing the message and context more fully beforehand would save a lot of unnecessary angst, agreed. Also the more I think about it, maybe there should be a regular timepoint for important updates, or as I suggested earlier, advance notice of material announcements. That way at least everybody can get the information simultaneously.

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edit: All easier said than done! I still think there would be room for improvement if strategic decisions are first discussed with a more inner circle trying to foresee some of the consequences of spontaneous thoughts instead of re-engineering the BitShares system live in forum discussions. Personally (as a shareholder) I don't have a need for that kind of openness. I trust you and your decision making capabilities. I can comment on proposals later.
There have been a lot of expected and well-founded complaints about BM putting proposals into the threads that have hurt people financially, leading BM to make subsequent comments about doing less of this in future. But before we decide that's the best approach, let's think what would happen if decisions were made in an inner circle, and then put to the community only in final form. Unavoidably, just as many people would get hurt, and just as many would be unhappy. Only now, there is absolutely no chance of movement on the proposal based on feedback, and therefore the final solution may end up being even less optimal.

Also there are many claims that early and maybe ambiguous statements make people panic sell. I don't think this is necessarily true - people buy or sell based on the information and probabilities as they perceive them at the time. By the time the proposal is finalised, these movements have largely played out. The market gyrations would have happened anyway if the whole thing was made in secret and suddenly disclosed to everybody, perhaps more viciously. Only difference is timing.

I agree some better framing and PR is warranted, especially with regard to messages getting out to an external audience. But I really hope that does not mean that transparency reduces a whole lot. After all, I see transparency as one of the major advantages of this business model over traditional ones.

I know a lot of people feel wronged and will disagree with me, that's OK.

Edit: Maybe something that could work better is to indicate a date and time in advance of when an important proposal is going to be made. At least it does not appear quite as spontaneous, and everybody has advance notice and it does not feel like we need to constantly watch the forum for fear of missing a radical proposal.
I don't think openness would be compromised at all! The proposals would just be more "whole" and there would be as much room for feedback that changes things.
The only thing that would change is that things can be sold better and it would reduce uncertainty. That whole merger thing could have been sold a a big deal from the beginning and might have increased the BTSX price. Markets are more emotional than rational and well informed in the short term...

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Think of it as a team of independent entrepreneurs working together toward common goals.  There is no stove-pipe any more since all benefit from contributions to a common figure of merit:  BTS price.  Thus incentive to cooperate is maximized.

We will be eliminating single points of attack because this team can now work together from anywhere in free space with no common dependencies in fiat space.

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edit: All easier said than done! I still think there would be room for improvement if strategic decisions are first discussed with a more inner circle trying to foresee some of the consequences of spontaneous thoughts instead of re-engineering the BitShares system live in forum discussions. Personally (as a shareholder) I don't have a need for that kind of openness. I trust you and your decision making capabilities. I can comment on proposals later.
There have been a lot of expected and well-founded complaints about BM putting proposals into the threads that have hurt people financially, leading BM to make subsequent comments about doing less of this in future. But before we decide that's the best approach, let's think what would happen if decisions were made in an inner circle, and then put to the community only in final form. Unavoidably, just as many people would get hurt, and just as many would be unhappy. Only now, there is absolutely no chance of movement on the proposal based on feedback, and therefore the final solution may end up being even less optimal.

Also there are many claims that early and maybe ambiguous statements make people panic sell. I don't think this is necessarily true - people buy or sell based on the information and probabilities as they perceive them at the time. By the time the proposal is finalised, these movements have largely played out. The market gyrations would have happened anyway if the whole thing was made in secret and suddenly disclosed to everybody, perhaps more viciously. Only difference is timing.

I agree some better framing and PR is warranted, especially with regard to messages getting out to an external audience. But I really hope that does not mean that transparency reduces a whole lot. After all, I see transparency as one of the major advantages of this business model over traditional ones.

I know a lot of people feel wronged and will disagree with me, that's OK.

Edit: Maybe something that could work better is to indicate a date and time in advance of when an important proposal is going to be made. At least it does not appear quite as spontaneous, and everybody has advance notice and it does not feel like we need to constantly watch the forum for fear of missing a radical proposal.
« Last Edit: October 24, 2014, 11:21:10 am by starspirit »

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I agree that the new paradigm of delegate developers can be long term game changing.

On the other side my confidence in I3 and BitShares initially came from the fact that there is a professional team behind it that takes the lead and sets a clear agenda and can make decisions (even if it are just recommendations). The one major hindrance for NXT is their lack of unifying leadership.

I am just trying to be realistic (not romantic).

A clearly communicated message as what to honor in the future (AGS/PTS or BTS) would be an example: https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=10454.msg137406#msg137406

[in the end I hope that my criticism (i try to put our there as constructive as possible) will help more than only cheering at everything]

edit: All easier said than done! I still think there would be room for improvement if strategic decisions are first discussed with a more inner circle trying to foresee some of the consequences of spontaneous thoughts instead of re-engineering the BitShares system live in forum discussions. Personally (as a shareholder) I don't have a need for that kind of openness. I trust you and your decision making capabilities. I can comment on proposals later.
I am convinced that the emotional reactions we currently observe (irrational sell pressure  on BTSX and people making irrational and personally offensive posts) could be vastly mitigated by only putting strategic posts out there what were vetted by the "strategy team" (who ever that consists of) and by making this posts a "positive story" (every decision can be sold a something good)*.

*I3 tends to sell their stories/decisions either not at all or in a heavily exaggerated way which make it seem "to good to be good" (= feels untrustworthy). 
« Last Edit: October 24, 2014, 11:08:04 am by delulo »

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Think of it as a team of independent entrepreneurs working together toward common goals.  There is no stove-pipe any more since all benefit from contributions to a common figure of merit:  BTS price.  Thus incentive to cooperate is maximized.

We will be eliminating single points of attack because this team can now work together from anywhere in free space with no common dependencies in fiat space.

Decentralized Grand Unification.

This is starting to look like the formation of the United States of America.

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nice post @ delulo .. +5%

Things have changed alot lately .. and IMHO .. to the better ..
I am surely not the thinker Dan and Stand are .. but the system that start to grow now look awesome in my mind already!

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nice post @ delulo .. +5%

Things have changed alot lately .. and IMHO .. to the better ..
I am surely not the thinker Dan and Stand are .. but the system that start to grow now look awesome in my mind already!

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Think of it as a team of independent entrepreneurs working together toward common goals.  There is no stove-pipe any more since all benefit from contributions to a common figure of merit:  BTS price.  Thus incentive to cooperate is maximized.

We will be eliminating single points of attack because this team can now work together from anywhere in free space with no common dependencies in fiat space.

Decentralized Grand Unification.

This is starting to look like the formation of the United States of America.
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Think of it as a team of independent entrepreneurs working together toward common goals.  There is no stove-pipe any more since all benefit from contributions to a common figure of merit:  BTS price.  Thus incentive to cooperate is maximized.

We will be eliminating single points of attack because this team can now work together from anywhere in free space with no common dependencies in fiat space.

Decentralized Grand Unification.

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We had a large team meeting today to discuss all of this.... major changing coming in the way we handle things under the BitShares unified brand.

 
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