But this forum is one of our most precious resources. Our crown jewels.
It is how we stay in touch with the street and see things we would otherwise miss.
[...]
Our objective is to get it right
(and change the world).
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"Investors" who come here and quickly freak out at our discussions
are not worthy of participating in our success.
People who come here and put in the effort
will gain insights that serious investors only dream of.
They are the ones who earn
Knowledge and Understanding.
The Ultimate Proof of Work.
They are the investors we want to continue to serve.
They are the ones worthy to ride with us on the ultimate ascent.
I am loving the community metaphor more and more. BitShares isn't a traditional company, it is an open community. People who are attracted to the objectives of BitShares will join this community and contribute to its success. BitShares benefits from the collective wisdom of this self-selected crowd. People with more specific talents in areas such as development and marketing will make contributions for the betterment of BitShares and will be compensated by the BitShares community for their efforts. All of these benefits become difficult to realize if we close off this community to the public.
I think as the power within this community becomes more decentralized over time (meaning the opinions of a tiny group of devs do not necessarily need to change the future course of this entire project), people will be more comfortable with the open discussion occurring on the forum. People will eventually realize this technology allows the stakeholders, the members of this community, to have the final say on any important decision affecting the DAC and that they are ultimately in control of the workers who make the DAC possible and who create the future improvements for the DAC. When people realize this (and when the tools to better facilitate this are created, such as the voting functionality), then I think people will be less likely to "freak out" when for example bytemaster, a single member of the community, makes a
proposal that isn't entirely agreeable to them in its initial form.