As for a "bailout"/"buyout" I have no clue why people even care what others choose to do.
My first thought was "bailout delegate" when I saw the title of the thread "community members discuss buyout", so that put me on edge. I don't care what others do. If they want to crowdfund a bailout, so be it. I won't participate.
I think what Klosure has meant by this entire thing is that we wouldn't really be bailing out BTER. We would be essentially buying a userbase who is scared and concerned that BTER has lost all their funds (again). This would be an opportunity to come in, buyout the distressed business on the cheap, bailing out the people who are holding funds there (thus buying a loyal user-base). We could easily turn it into a Gateway at this point, slightly change some of the incentive structures to favor trading with BTS/bitAsset pairings.
I am not sure if you guys have paid much attention, but it seems like poloniex is highly leveraged into NXT and it is a big bonus for all their projects because it almost guarantees instant liquidity. A coordinated buyout of BTER could be a strategically invaluable move. However, for me to have any part in it, I personally would expect so much that the leadership likely prefer to watch it crash and burn than take the deal...because I would want it to turn almost exclusively into a BitShares gateway to the degree that Poloniex is for NXT.
I'd also want a token issued that is backed by some % of trading fees, that is issued to people who successfully hack BTER as a bounty that can then be redeemed for something like bitUSD.
I personally do not think BTER is going to make it through this time though.