Coming late to the discussion but i have been following this thread with much attention.
Here is what i think in a very disorganized way.
Its a delicate thing to change the offset parameter once its been in a certain value for a time (not so long time .. 5 months?)
Saying robbery its a bold argument since you can still trade bitCNY for BTS (or any other asset) at a fair price, the difference is that you now will get less (CNY value in) BTS if force settle.
@bitcrab is one of the major players pushing, developing and creating bitCNY (and the DEX, and BitShares as a whole) even after the problems they suffered in the 1.0 -> 2.0 upgrade they still commit to the project and is something that we can't disregard easily.
Also they are doing 1:1 conversion (or similar) from bitCNY <-> CNY (alipay). So the value of bitCNY won't be affected in a significant way even if we move the offset 1%.
Are "normal" users of bitCNY doing force-settlement periodically? is a common usage pattern or they are using the gateway basically?
I also recall BM saying that the cheapest way to buy BTS without moving the price is doing a FS on a smartcoin ... so adding a little percent to the offset i think is fair.
Bottom line: I do support the change in the settlement offset from 0% to 1%, but we have votes .. so lets see what the community thinks.