I've been following the development of the Tox project since it first started on 4chan's /g/, and I've been sceptical of it from the very beginning.

The first issue was that there was no need to reinvent the wheel. Retroshare exists, it's a mature project, it does videochat already among other things, so why not contribute to it or fork it? Jitsi and Pidgin are other alternatives to Skype that do everything Tox does and more.

Then there was the fact that the Tox team started hyping it long before they had something resembling a working program, another red flag right there.

Then there were serious doubts about the ability of the developers to implement encryption correctly. Then there was developer drama. Meanwhile, development was slow, very slow.

It's just been one misstep after another for Tox. The other day I was checking 8ch's /tech/ catalog and there was this story about the "mismanagement" of the foundation's funds. Some guy took out $3k to pay for his college tuition fees or something, and didn't even bother telling the others until he was pressured into doing so. Hilarious!

Tox is a great example of how not to run an open source project. Everyone who has yet to abandon this sinking ship should do so already.