Cryptos lend themselves to flamewars, no twitter or anything else needed. You have a bunch of people who are trying to get rich quick while on average not understanding much about the underlying technology. Try to have a technical discussion on any crypto enthusiast forum and see how well it goes. In my experience it turns really ugly really quickly.
In general I give up after I get the first "you don't know what you're talking about" without any kind of actual argument behind it. Note that you find several of these in the comments of TFA:
>i find it deeply alarming everybody and their graindma has to write bad stuff about iota without beeing informed themselves enough.
>I learned a lot today, but not from this article. The comment section has some good information.
>you’re way too late for the fud party.
>Wow…another clear case of awesome journalism. Another case of the misinformed trying to mislead people with another mudslinging article.
>Just a question: does it ever occur to you to pick up the phone and may get in touch with someone who actually knows the topic at hand before writing this kind of garbage…say the IOTA…
Truly enlightening.
I love this comment too: https://medium.com/@dfalkman/i-think-this-article-sums-the-p...
>The bottom line is that IOTA is embarking on something new. Like a lot of things in crypto, it is theoretical and academic and working towards becoming practical. It is very early.
Then:
>We all rise together, so we should more encouraging of one another’s endeavors in crypto and blockchain. IMO these concerns would have been best voiced in the IOTA slack channel instead of on the interwebs for all to FUD about.
In other words: it's experimental academic endeavor but don't criticize it publicly because it hinders my ability to pump it.