It has been brought to our attention (mostly through our slack channels) that some people
1) Have been dissatisfied with the information we have initially supplied
2) Have been dissatisfied with the answers we have given in response to questions asked
3) The our whitepaper is basically a fancy version of corporate bullshit-bingo
We have put a great deal of work into the information we provided and thought it was clear and self-explanatory, but this is obviously not the case. My best guess is that this is due to what I call 'information blindness' which basically means that as the author of a piece of work you assume that things are clear when in realty they are not because you are immersed in the context in which it was written. On top of this, after you read your own work a few times, you become 'blind' to it's flaws and weaknesses and are unable to identify such weaknesses.
As for #3 (the corporate bullshit bingo), I may be to blame for that; I guess that working in a corporate environment for 25 years has left it's impact on my manner of communication.
Be that as it may, we have always said that we will honor and value any feedback we will get, especially if it helps us improve our message. As such, we will address all the points which have been flagged as unclear, missing, etc. and come back with a detailed reply which we hope will clarify our plans and intentions. However, due to Thanksgiving being around the corner, we ask for your patience & understanding for the fact that we have family matters to attend to (that is, if we don't want our wives to strangle us in our sleep) and will return with new/updated info next week.
We have also been told that people would appreciate concise (ie: short) answers and we will try to heed this advice, but it is my belief that when discussing things such as business strategy giving a 1 sentence reply would not capture much of the information we wish to convey. We'll try to be to the point though.
In the meantime, if you have additional questions you would like answered, please post them here and we'll take them into account.
More info to come next week, thank you for your patience and understanding.
I've been far too busy to reply, but I wanted to say that I think that this post is probably the best in this entire thread. I can start off by saying that I have invested a small amount in the crowdfunding, but I am sure that others have chosen to stay away, not only by the competition, but the uncertainty of the NXT and Ardor platforms, the complexity of the project and the lack of clarity - eg lots of buzzwords in the white paper without clear goals and deliverables. I have noticed a lot of cheerleading and
to the moon(TM) as any other ICO thread, but that comes off almost silly rather than building confidence in the team or the project.
I am happy for the Janus teams honesty and willing to answer questions and clear out uncertainties. The post above strengthens my image of the team trying to do the right things despite the lack of 1000's of BTC funded as we have seen in other ICOs.
I did not intend of making this post sound negative, but I would rather state that I appreciate the team's efforts and openness in the ongoing campaign. Whether the ICO brings in millions or thousands, I'm sure we all can look forward to exciting technologies, especially the Social Fintech platform looks intriguing. Good Luck in the continuity of the ICO, I'm looking forward to what the Janus team can achieve!