Are crypto influencers mercenaries?

[thesebassv]

I read a blog post that said all crypto influencers are now mercenaries because they're only interested in making money and no longer care about what happens to their followers/community. It also said that communities like they were in the early days of crypto no longer exist, when all the good projects had strong communities that cared about each other and helped the projects they supported succeed.

And I started thinking that maybe it's a bit of an exaggeration, or at least I think there are still people who only promote projects they believe in and are interested in. Or at least I would think they care about protecting their reputation. Because if they were to publish a scam, their reputation would be damaged and their community would stop trusting them.

And as for communities, I don't think they've all disappeared. For example, this forum has hundreds of people who still believe in Bitcoin and continue to educate newcomers who want to learn about it.

What do you think?

1) Do you think crypto influencers have been driven more by greed when deciding which projects to promote and support? Or do you think they still care about their reputation?

2) I've noticed many people here participate in signature events and also promote projects on their profiles. How do you choose which projects to promote? Do you base it on the project's reputation, or do you simply choose one that pays well?

3) Regarding communities, do you think there's been a shift in recent years? Is the entire crypto community more focused on making money than on building a strong community and creating good projects?

[jvanname]

Crypto influencers prey on illiterate morons who are too f@#$ing stupid to realize that Bitcoin has a mining algorithm that was never designed to advance science. On this forum, people can't educate others about Bitcoin because most people on this forum are retards.

Regards,

-Joseph Van Name Ph.D.

[Ucy]

Well, crypto, as name suggests, attracts certain kind of people whose interests or passions are aligned with its ideals, but you'll have to contend with people without the interests or passions. It's like having people who are passionate about science or cooking joining tech and cooking forums or communities, and all of a sudden it start booming,  lots of money begins to flow in and out, then the guys with little to zero genuine interest who mostly care about how much they will make, invade the space and displace lots of the passionate ones whose drives help made the communitties what they are.
Communities are supposed to be for people who share similar values or interests. Ofcourse, consumers with different values are likely to join to use the products made by the communities rather than to work or be the producers since they could deviate from the values of the community. They could only be allowed to work in minor or casual roles that don't affect the community's value. Unfortunately and for some "strange" reasons they are allowed to work in important roles like so called influencers roles..

The passionate ones are likely to do better science and cooking because they care about this things, most likely for the sake of using them to solve real challenges or issues they encounter in society while growing up. The less passionate ones care less  hence prioritize on money regardless of what they are paid for.


It's important that roles go to the passionate ones. You can find them by the kind of things they love discussing or posting. Things that are from their hearts and that they are consistent in. These are the kinds of people who make things better... Those who prioritize on money and don't care whether what they promote kills or not can ruin it for all.


Everyone has roles they ought to discover and start serving, but most people choose to stay idle or do other people's role mostly due to monetary rewards. If you remove the rewards, they will disappear.

Interestingly, there are many opportunities or roles that are yet to be developed, if you join their communities and they start doing well, the money lovers who lazily refuse to join and grow their real communities will invade them to reap what genuine ones have sown. If you do not stop them, they will eat up the whole plants like pests.
Sometimes it's abit discouraging to know that such parasite-like behaviors exist. No matter what underdeveloped community you choose to join to help grow, they will eventually invade and mess it up



I believer whatever members promote on their signature spaces should be what they are passionate about. For example, I promote instant, decentralized, privacy related exchanges because I care about non-custodial, sovereign, independence, freedom and privacy so much that I almost post about them regularly on this forum. Then imagine people who never like such ideals promoting similar/thesame things.
And it's important to promote what isn't bad or harmful to people who desire good things. Even if they don't care or want to be harmed, you shouldn't be the one to give them the poison.

[thesebassv]

The passionate ones are likely to do better science and cooking because they care about this things, most likely for the sake of using them to solve real challenges or issues they encounter in society while growing up. The less passionate ones care less  hence prioritize on money regardless of what they are paid for

Love your analogy, and it explains it so well the change we've seen in recent years, especially seeing some influencers change projects every 2 or 3 months because they're always looking for something new to attract people's attention and allow them to continue making money.

It's important that roles go to the passionate ones. You can find them by the kind of things they love discussing or posting. Things that are from their hearts and that they are consistent in. These are the kinds of people who make things better

That's a great point, so basically projects should also take the time to check who they accept as their promoter, since their reputation and attitude will also affect the project.

And it's important to promote what isn't bad or harmful to people who desire good things. Even if they don't care or want to be harmed, you shouldn't be the one to give them the poison

Totally love this part, and I agree with you. We need to be mindful about the things we promote, and at least make sure that what we promote is is aligned with our values