Its hard to get people excited when everything is so vague. David, you guys are running the show so it's your choice to pitch and explain things this way, but don't be surprised if people don't jump up and down with excitement or jump on the bandwagon when we are all kind of in the dark and just taking your word for it.
On one hand you want the community to take action and lead with ideas and outreach and concepts, etc. and on the other hand you don't want to shoot straight about who and what you are working on and with. It feels a bit like a carrot and the horse situation. If you trust the community to lead, why don't you trust us enough to fully disclose whats going on behind the scenes.
I will note, I am not trying to be confrontational, but am simply stating what some in the community are feeling.
Vagueness is unfortunately the only way to prevent premature speculation that permeates the entire crypto space. I could have
easily pumped IOTA to the stratosphere for my own short term profit, but instead I have done everything possible to minimize speculation and hyperbole. IOTA is a serious project, we refuse to pay for PR, we won't do ANY shady deals, we won't do anything to hype unconfirmed deals or partnerships.
This is why we didn't allocate a premine, because we want the community to decide it's own fate. Do they just want to play the lottery or do they want to ensure success? I have worked on IOTA *daily* since September. DAILY, every.single.day. including Christmas eve and New years eve, this is not something I am paid for, this is my volunteer work as a IOTA community member.
I am not asking the community to lead, as long as my role is what it is, that is still my responsibility, what I am ASKING of the community is to think long term and realistically, not get blindsighted by POTENTIAL short term profit. In other words: you already see the results of our work, so all you need to do right now is to trust us and get involved. This is not quantum physics, there is no ambiguity here, it's quite straight forward, but these things do not happen on their own. As soon as foundation is established we can celebrate with fireworks, but not before.