Time is money
I think this is where you went wrong.
Don't equate time with money when you want someone else to give up their time to you for free.
Complaining when they ask for money for their time after making that statement just compounds the error.
Especially when that person is willing to help you publicly (which would benefit anyone in your same boat in the future), but you insist they personally assist you via a private social media conference.
As you well know and are probably doing yourself, there are a LOT of people working for the blockchain free of charge (me included) while there are a few others monetizing everything BitShares and asking for funding BEFORE they lift a finger.
So I don't think xeroc is out of line by taking the position they have and honestly I'd do the same after you set things up the way you did.
(Sorry I butted in, but ...)