lots of smart people and respected members here see the potential and in a way created a buying hype..but XMR is still not as user friendly as BTC and not as known to many people yet.
Well the trouble is a low value may cause new potential developers to lose interest. Or worst case even the current developers.
People. Please don't give up hope.
You guys are the only ones who care about the short term prices, i can assure you
The altcoin markets often make no sense, money moves from one coin to another and it doesnt matter currently, we have more important things todo.
And to get back on a more technical topic, heres a great post from andytoshi regarding cryptonote and the potential: https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/18091/is-there-any-true-anonymous-cryptocurrencies/18096#18096