And I bought fct on margin using 20% of my holdings.  I received a margin call warNing when I got home, good thing I caught it but Jesus, wtf.

I agree. The main issue ATM is communication. Factom certainly isn't the only project with communication problems, but ... Tiana stating in a 10/14 interview that a new product would be released in the next week, and then no release, and no comment from Factom, really isn't how to run things. I'm still as bullish as ever—I believe they have the tech, the market, and the team. But, even more than missed deadlines, the failure to communicate adequately with the public is concerning, and has repercussions beyond temporary market instability.

"Took longer than expected, we're now aiming for X ..." would do the trick. But silence breeds pestilence (aka trolls and FUD), which isn't helpful for anyone—investors, potential developers, clients, etc. Code is king, but it's not an island unto itself—it exists in a wider dynamic, and that dynamic is what ultimately determines success IMO.

TL;DR: I would appreciate a comment from Factom on why the new product announced by Tiana on 10/14 for release "next week" was not released.

My god what happened to Factom lol.

Arbitrage gap seems to have almost closed. No more option to buy low in China and sell high on Polo. Now we ll see what way the price ll actually move.

More than 250k FCT traded during this down move, about 5% of the free trading float. I would suspect much of this was margin liquidation from longs above .004 but at this point its hard to tell considering plenty of morons dumped their alts to buy Zcash.

Too funny.  You are probably right.  MY margin account was over 55%, and 1 hour ago,  Polo sent me a message stating I was dangerously close to a margin call.  I didn't check just how close, I couldn't transfer extra fct into my margin account fast enough.  A shit altcoin almost brought my account to a screeching halt, go figure.  But people who didn't have that extra 15%+ wiggle room probably got margin called.  So you are correct.

Hmm.. think we may be getting close now boys..

Update and rename prodtestnet.txt to public
https://github.com/FactomProject/factomproject.github.io/commit/d1eb3c93d948a63d7b435bfa98d23aad50e0bc09

90% of coins are in the red today.
This is a great time to pick up some cheap alts.
Personally, I just transferred some funds and will buy a few additional Factom.

"separation of public and staging testnets."  - Can someone explain what that means?

More movement on GitHub: https://github.com/FactomProject