A good write up @kaliju. Putting this out is imperative, nothing worse than silence in this situation like I mentioned in my post.
I commend you for putting this out there and letting the community decide. It will be up to each individual reading this whether to get involved or avoid the situation totally. Drama is never a good thing when trying to create a start up.
Of course, it is better to get this out in the open now.
I like that you are taking some of the feedback from the community and implementing it. That can be a major asset. There are a lot of bright minds on here willing to offer up suggestions. Listening to them will net a lot of positive results in my opinion.
Than you @taskmaster. Your input from the beginning has been amazing and unbiased. We are going to make it through all of this with the community's involvement and make this something that the Steem community as a whole can be proud of.
Thank you taskmaster, it hasn't been easy but I'll try my best to slowly move forward. We can have 10 abcdefgCommerce platforms and some will work and others - won't. But all will help us learn something - individually and as a community.