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Do you think they all fell for it or do you think some were just exploiting it?

I agree by the way, it's just I hesitate a bit because a lot of people speaking positively of NFTs were too smart to be mindlessly bullish. I suspect some of them thought it would make for positive press and drive some hype. Like with Elon and Bitcoin/Dogecoin. I'm convinced 90% of the stuff he says and does is to keep Tesla and himself in the news.




A lot of people were exploiting it, with one of the most egregious examples being Long Island Ice Tea, who apparently have been in trouble with the SEC recently too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Blockchain_Corp


>I'm convinced 90% of the stuff he says and does is to keep Tesla and himself in the news.

The connotation that no news is bad news is just such a sad statement on the human condition. If you're in the news for wrong reasons with negative connotations && still maintaining an overall positive image, then WTF is wrong with people?

When a particular individual continues to be theirself in public like this, each instance makes me think less and less of them. It then starts to reflect on the compan[y|ies] they represent. I used to regard Tesla very highly, but no longer. The more they focus on FSD and stop progressing EV cars more in general, the less I care about Tesla. To the point now, I no longer consider them as a car I'd like to buy. I'm still holding onto liking SpaceX notwithstanding the CEO.




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