They are in full legal lock-down mode. Say nothing or do nothing that can be used against you later. We're just along for the ride now. See you all on Jan 1st. I hope to get better news earlier, but I've hoped twice before and been burned. Thanks BFL, Avalon, and now HF.
Reputation has a financial value (but maybe not tangible one). I'm not sure a good legal advisor would really be advising do not speak. If they were in legal lockdown, that is more likely to mean that legal is standing over PR's shoulders, but not squashing them.
Media silence normally is a phase of a pre-IPO company that is mandated by the SEC.
I'm not sure why there is a suggestion that "5 days ago" is some kind of unreasonable expectation for communication. I see about 500 BabyJets on the Order 1 chain - and this forum has Sierra and Batch 2 people in it. Even if 25% of the forum is a customer, there is easily $1m of customers here asking for contact, it's not too much to ask to be coddled.
I can walk into a Fleming's Steakhouse and I have 5 waitstaff constantly interrupting my dinner conversation to make sure I'm happy. If I go into McDonald's with the same expectation, I'm going to be disappointed and back in the kitchen, iCEBREAKER is going to be talking shit about me for asking for too much - my food is cooking, can't you see I just put the fries in the cooker? Why don't I just relax, it's coming, stop being so impatient, here are some memes! He's absolutely right. That's too high of an expectation at McDonald's.
But the question is: does HashFast want to be Flemings or McDonalds?