Although I completely get your argument here, if those who participated in NEM (via claiming a stake) also acted out of self-interest and did their homework, this entire scenario would've been avoidable in the first place. Bare in mind the IPO was a call of participation; it wasn't your conventional "investment"; it was a request for people to participate and help develop NEM, it was more than an investment, it was a movement and a call to join said movement. The New Economy Movement.
I voted against purely for this reason. Not because of some agenda or some bias. I think long term NEM would suffer considerably if devs bent over backwards to accommodate to those who lost their stake through their own errors or neglect (especially when, as a movement, following it should be a priority). Sure, by all means try and help those who have lost out, but within reason, is what i'm saying.
Don't get me wrong, the last thing i'd want is for anyone to lose their stake, but I think some personal responsibility if often missing in today's modern society and seeing it transfer to NEM is destructive, in my view.
So I ACTUALLY agree with your beliefs. People do need to take personal responsibility seriously.
Please understand, this is what I set out to do Thingamajig, I was convinced that having a token on Nxt was more secure and I still believe so. I had never used Nxt before this point.
So I downloaded the Nxt platform and it gave me a long many word passphrase. I wrote it down and triple checked it to make sure I had the correct information written down.
Then following Kodtycoons instructions, I logged out and then logged back in. And what looked like the exact same account popped up. Where I made a mistake was that I didn't write down the account number the first time. I didn't think I had to.
I had never used a system that just makes a new account each time a different password it used.
Every single system I have ever used in my life always says "password incorrect" if you put you password in wrong. I simply didn't make the connection as to what had happened at the time.
My attention was directed to the warning at the top of the screen that said that my account was not secure. It said that I needed to make an outgoing transaction or make an alias.
Being a responsible person, I did not over look this. I had already had a few conversations with Kodtycoon about our excitement of NEMs future, and instantly asked him if he could send me a few Nxt so that my account was more secure.
As the nice guy he is, he sent me a few Nxt and I sent them back to him and now my account was secure.
Then I copied the account number and shot off a PM to claim my Nemtoken. Then I logged out.
Then a few days later when I logged into my Nxt account. It still said that I needed to do an out going transaction to make it more secure and there was not token there.
This is when I realized that I must have typed in the wrong pass phrase. So I have tried every possible combination for many months trying to recreate the same mistake and get access to the account.
Thingamajig, please understand that I am not a tech savy guy compared to all of you. The Nxt platform was very new to me and I was trying to be as responsible as possible.
I didn't just willy nilly lose my password by simply misplacing it.
I also completely agree with your comment and belief that "Don't get me wrong, the last thing i'd want is for anyone to lose their stake, but I think some personal responsibility if often missing in today's modern society and seeing it transfer to NEM is destructive, in my view".
I don't want this to happen with NEM either.
I don't believe what happened to me falls into this category. Conversely, I think it would be beneficial to NEM to have a community that stands behind its fellow Nemsters when it is possible to do so without harming NEM or opening the door for dishonest people to take advantage of us looking out for each other.
This is why I am a little surprised that you are against me getting my stake.
I know you care about NEM and it community very much.
This is a opportunity for people like yourself to help out someone in our community with zero risk of anything negative coming out of it.
I would hope that you have the belief that if you can lend someone a hand, and not put NEM at risk, but also do something positive for someone that is part of the community like yourself, that you would do so, as this is not a case of something destructive that will "transfer to NEM"
I respectively ask you to change your vote, and in doing so, help a peer from the community receive their stake, that no one is disputing is mine.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter,
Chris
