I feel bad for Mark Karpeles but the way MtGox communicated & lied to its users makes me sad. It's those nameless individuals who believed in him, whose trust was betrayed - those are the ones that deserve the affection of the community. I've been following the news and I think MtGox was handling so much money that they should have focused on better security practices and audits.
Few examples of their lackadaisical attitude :
1. http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1x9gue/my_protest_a... :
I arrived at MtGox early, approximately 8am, and stood outside with a sign reading “MtGox, where has my money gone”. I got some curious looks, and a lot of questions from passersby about my protest.
Then at approximately 9.20 am, Mark Karpeles himself came along carrying a large, and very fancy coffee in his hand that could have passed as a dessert. I immediately confronted him and told him we needed a chat. So he stopped to hear me out.
I told him he was playing with people’s lives, and some people stood to lose their entire savings. Like Gonzague told me the night before, he mentioned technical issues, and that he would look into my case.
2. http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1x9gue/my_protest_a...
I was told that up until a few weeks [at time of the interview] ago, there was hardly any development environment to test changes. Most changes were done straight on the production environment. Typing this made me throw up in my mouth.
3. http://i.imgur.com/xMeW43a.jpg
Few examples of their lackadaisical attitude :
1. http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1x9gue/my_protest_a... :
I arrived at MtGox early, approximately 8am, and stood outside with a sign reading “MtGox, where has my money gone”. I got some curious looks, and a lot of questions from passersby about my protest. Then at approximately 9.20 am, Mark Karpeles himself came along carrying a large, and very fancy coffee in his hand that could have passed as a dessert. I immediately confronted him and told him we needed a chat. So he stopped to hear me out.
I told him he was playing with people’s lives, and some people stood to lose their entire savings. Like Gonzague told me the night before, he mentioned technical issues, and that he would look into my case.
2. http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1x9gue/my_protest_a...
I was told that up until a few weeks [at time of the interview] ago, there was hardly any development environment to test changes. Most changes were done straight on the production environment. Typing this made me throw up in my mouth.
3. http://i.imgur.com/xMeW43a.jpg