Marketing: Keep to our principles and style

[roadscape]

My point is that public perception of value and superiority does not come from doing what is expected but from breaking the rules with the confidence that one is right to do so. That is to love oneself, i.e. liking the fact that one, like anyone , is different. 

 

[inarizushi]

Great analogy  !
The crypto world is pure speculation right now, but when the real economy pours in, technical efficiency will matter. BitShares has the vision, the big ideas, the almost naive openness. Branding is important, and maybe we suck at it, but actually when I think about it, it is great to be unpopular: thanks to that, BitShares had agility to follow the most promising leads and to take the good technical decisions. The merger was a good decision, and BTS 2.0 was a huge move. With all the monetary/economic crises about to happen, huge amounts of money may want to find a haven in crypto. BTS blockchain could sustain that right now, we're waaaay ahead

[fuzzy]

Agreed.  Funny you came up with the same analogy as I did. its like bitshares is the fastest guy on the football team, the top of his class and still is afraid to go talk to the girl he likes.  I stead of believing in himself, he goes out trying to change outwardly everything he is to be something she will like (before even talking to her and finding out what she likes, mind you).

Once he realizes "how money he is", he walks up to the girl knowing  he has alot of wonderful things to offer, and she becomes interested BECAUSE he is proud of himself...and it shines through to the extent that he doesnt even need to show off...because she can sense there are many amazing things about him simply by his confidence.

[santaclause102]

I am having a late night party here and have watched some of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StMBdBfwn8c&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBlAVeVFWFM

I also listened to this mumble hangout http://bitsharesnews.info/post/138735906198/bitshares-dev-hangout-zero-fees-raw-episode where the idea was discussed to change the name to something that is more likeable / digestable. While I like "proof of contribution" this kind of behavior seems to me like the guy that constantly tries to change his outward style in order to be liked by girls instead of believing in his vision and style.

Of course the worst thing one can do is break the rules and regret it immediately - which is how I perceive Bitshares's approach to broadcasting its self publicly. A failure of this mode of operation though should not lead to the assumption that "doing as people please" is the optimal mode of (PR) operation, although it is an advancement.       
My point is that public perception of value and superiority does not come from doing what is expected but from breaking the rules with the confidence that one is right to do so. That is to love oneself, i.e. liking the fact that one, like anyone , is different. 

What I like about Bitshares, Daniel and the whole community is the austrian economics inspired, technically nerdy (while Ethereum, it seems, tends to attract people that are "fashionably nerdy") way to approach system design. What do you like?
 
I suggest we stick to what we are good at and to the vision for blockchain technology we share here.