I think some people lost confidence with atwt when they heard Wiley speak. But you are right about nothing changing with the company, I guess its all perception.
You mean the ones who pop up suddenly claiming to have owned forever? Or ones who can't make up their minds when they actually did buy in? lol I have to apologize for being part of that... I'm not one for the typical BS though and have seen it popping up recently- I should adopt your strategy, unfortunately my ignore list is surprisingly small.
As far as the company goes- not only has it not changed but we've gone from the sucky 4-6 week waiting period to much sooner as per Sizer.