DYOR has become a regular slang in the crypto space that its even used often than its needed
There's no limit to taking a research on either a project or speculating on price movement, ones it is appropriately done without misconception and of course there's nothing bad in doing that especially when a fact is needed to be establish by a newbie or even an experienced user
I beg to say this that many crypto enthusiast who use this word don't even know how to start a research about a project. Some feel it starts and ends in chart patterns, ATHs and ATLs
this is an aspect that talks only on taking research on currency price by speculation, here you give a closer study on the volatile price movement within a specific time and use it candlestick to draw some highlights to predict upon on a chart flow.
Making research about a project goes beyond mere candle stick interpretations and its even deeper than price actions and volatility, Market Capitalisation and total supply can be considered as a measure for predicting a good project but its way deeper than that
Don't mix it all up, if you're to take a research on a project, its an entire different thing to do from taking research on price movement by speculating the candlestick, so you are bringing two kinds of research together here which are teo different things and should be conducted on different parameters.
To get the best of any project at all it takes active participation, question and contributions that way you can tell if a project has the tendency to last on a long term goal
Be careful in this regards because many of them have sweet mouth and can say a millions things they won't achieve or work towards achieving, I think all you need here is to conduct their past records and if untraceable then forget it, because they've got alot of means to manipulate reviews and feedbacks and the likes about their project just to seek for many preys.