There is a weird coincidence between all the hate/fud tactics and DRK's price. Ever since the haters started to act in organized manner back in April, price has been steadily increasing from 0.0012 to 0.025/0.028. There was nothing like it in the period preceding this.
Of course FUD and price do not have a causal relation for the uptrend, nor can anyone claim that there is (unless a huge buyer wants to FUD the heck out of everyone else and buy their coins) yet the trend is showing it happens nonetheless.
It really is "no such thing as bad publicity":
Think of how many people wish they'd got into Bitcoin quicker, but at the time were put off by stories of dodgy exchanges, scams, the Wild West, etc. People coming to crypto now are much more aware of the fact that this environment demands a lot of self-reliance and an ability to assess projects on their real merits. People are much quicker to smell FUD these days and to be a successful investor in this space you have to be able to tune away from the FUD at will. If the project is good FUD is good - it just serves to bring more attention.