Agreed. Also, brownies are actively traded on BTS right now. Wouldn't be hard for someone that BM doesn't like/approve of with deep pockets to just buy a whole bunch. And be super-duper "appreciated". lol.
Wait really? After finally completing the (currently arduous) task of getting the blockchain to sync I've been trying to buy some BROWNIE.PTS for a couple days, but the orderbook screen is completely blank in my client, so I assumed that everybody was just hodling. Is it just me? I'm looking at it now.
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I would be extremely disappointed to see future DACs choose BROWNIE.PTS as a sharedrop over BTS. Alot of people donated whatever they could to AGS, and the idea was that future DACs that wanted the community support would sharedrop on those who funded early innovation. BROWNIE.PTS only represents the tiniest, most vocal, most talented segment of the community (or those who have Fridays at 10AM off).
I can tolerate the idea of CNX dropping on BROWNIE.PTS - since their business model is private and shouldn't effect BitShares. Tiny group of people sharedropping a tiny group of contributors doing work for private enterprises makes sense to me, as eerily similar to legacy business models as it seems, I can stomach it, I suppose, it's like somebody starting a private business and doing their payroll through a blockchain.
But I'm not sure I could support any DAC that chose BROWNIE.PTS as a sharedrop target without also sharedropping the community behind them. I can see why you'd want to consider targeting the wizards (and hangout attendees) who own BROWNIE.PTS, I just worry that it's another step closer to a kind of exclusivity that doesn't belong in cryptocurrency. Also, consider the people who read the transcripts of the hangouts. If being at a hangout counts for some BROWNIE.PTS, shouldn't that also? BROWNIE.PTS isn't a perfect system for doing what it's trying to do. (DISCLAIMER: I might be a little butthurt from not having any, so maybe I'm biased).
Lot's of people are lurkers. Lot's of people choose to support BTS with their money instead of their direct efforts. That counts, in my opinion.