I think there is still a lot of dirt that has yet to be dug up regarding the creation of the DAO. For a decentralised system, it certainly had lots of websites

I think there is still a lot of dirt that has yet to be dug up regarding the creation of the DAO. For a decentralised system, it certainly had lots of websites quickly set up to promote itself, the ownership of them seemed (I think?) to lead back to the company Slock.it. The DAO was apparently also promoted on Facebook via paid adverts, yet no-one will admit to funding those. Meanwhile, slock.it were angling themselves to be the main recipients of DAO funds. Luckily, the stupid thing broke before they got their hands on the money.