MMC still hasn't had a chance to explore the social networking side, which will be huge.

Isn't that the officers job to be doing, that they're not doing?

You should probably say this at that start of the thread:

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[16:47:28] Will mine 21 more seconds for miner developers to support development
 of the next version

What pool does it connect to?
Are there options to change pool settings?  If not, seems a bit biased. 

I don't know if all of the computing power on one pool is such a good idea...

Those few with the 500+ hpm are almost better off competing against the pool.

My advice:  Do what makes you happy, and what you feel is worth it.

That being said; I myself have run several large successful and some not-so-successful projects.  In every case the people who complain the most, seem to be the loudest -- and it's hard to ignore that.  But on the other hand the people who have no issues and no problems with what you're doing are content to remain quiet and drop the occasional compliment.  It's important to stay focused, and remind yourself that for every negative complaint, there's probably 50 other people quietly appreciating what you're doing.

I am sure people are willing to help commit to code if you open source it.  I think if people are willing to help fix it, the funds you get from a working pool would help pay for itself in time.  It may even spawn a few other pools to help take the load off of yours.

In the end, it's your decision.  I can't really help more than offering words of support and appreciation (and the 100 mmc for the pool fund), I hope you "stay in the game" though!

Merry Christmas!

It's still a beta pool, and the first one at that.  It's going to need tweaks and updates; and it's going to be up and down.  So expect occasional downtime.

I don't run the pool nor am I affiliated with it, but it needed to be said.

It's a good time to buy.