a couple of pools forked the blockchain at t=0h, and much work was lost and there was wailing and gnashing of teeth. trojan wallets were released when there was no official release forthcoming from the developer.
i barely put any work into the initial mine: just a few hours with a good pool. i ended up with a thousand cat i couldn't withdraw until someone got around to releasing a coherent wallet.
i saw people begging cryptsy et al. to take catcoin so they could trade it. I saw people hyping this coin while at the same time actively discouraging people from mining the coin. we can't have it both ways: either the coin is being traded 'to the moon', attracting interest from miners and pools, or it withers on the vine like it is right now.
When the coin was announced on cryptsy, more people get angry in the thread when users actually try to make money on catcoin by (gasp) buying and selling coins. other people actively try to fix and manipulate prices (e.g. 'don't sell below xxxx!'), yet don't see their manipulation as a form of pump and dump.
fad phase is over. now it's time for the people with large positions in catcoin to start working for their money. its ludicrous to blame miners, whales, speculators (basically anyone who doesn't share your financial strategy) for our current state of affairs. there are diehard optimists in this thread that should be wary with their coins after a few sharks get done with the cat.