I don't know if any of my replies made it to the block-chain (it says 2 replies, but it loads none?)...

I guess I'll take this as a compliment.

But, I am a lawyer, but Jerry has no affiliation with me beyond the 3 Witness posts and the fact that I met him at his Steemit Meetup.

"defend him"

I don't think it's fair to call a skeptical viewpoint me "lawyering" for Jerry. Nobody has proven he had malicious intent to deceive, and I think anyone who isn't being emotional seems to realize that other explanations are at least worth considering.

Releasing a dumb, overpriced service and ignorance of the alternatives appear to be his only (proven) crime here. Given his witness campaign is based almost entirely on his "marketing" value, this doesn't seem like enough to run him out of town on a donkey yet.