As a new comer to Bitshares here is my feedback: before the merger I found the Bitshares ecosystem confusing as hell. I had a lot of trouble understanding the difference between PTS, AGS, BitShares, Bitshares X and Bitshares Whatnot. And I had the feeling that all the I3 DACS were somehow dilluting the Bitshares X market share so I only invested in PTS assuming that was the best way to hedge agains further dilution. But since everything got merged, BTS is now the obvious go-to place for getting exposure to the technology and is self-hedged against the creating of new DACS since it also acquired PTS and became the new social consensus target for sharedrops. Add to that the fact the price dropped massively and it now looks like a golden opportunity to invest in Bitshares. Notwithstanding the fact my PTS (that were held by BTER) are in limbo since the merger and I have no idea when and how I get my BTS sharedrop from BTER (quite a communication fsck up from I3 I think), I decided to throw to Bitshares a sizeable part of my Bitcoin holding as I see the post-merger Bitshares as the only comprehensive and self-contained and distributed asset exchange that offers counterparty-risk free exposure to non-crypto assets. If Bitshares manages to get their acts together and stop shooting themselves in the foot by making PR mistakes, it really is the only crypto that stands a chance against Ripple.