RE: Traders Are Going Crazy Over This Crypto Exchange Traded Product

I had been authoring an article about that $HODL ETF for about a week and just hadn't clicked "POST" so with your video today, I had to finish it. Thank you for the nudge. Today's CryptoConspiracy Is... Maybe the real reason crypto market went down was...

Like @noizydragon, I also look forward to your show every day and make every effort to watch every episode. Quality content. Also, like @noizydragon, I'm not looking to keep Cryptoverse a best kept secret - I share, like, resteem and link to these episodes often. We need more calm, cool heads in this space.

However, I do feel there's a difference between clickbait titles and misleading titles. I can look at a clickbait title and glance and not care.. or if it's REALLY clickbaity, do a Marge Simpson "mmmmm" and move on.

To me, clickbait titles are the ones like:

Crypto Traders Are Going Crazy Over This Exchange Traded Product
All Investors Seem To Be Running To THIS Asset Class
Most People Don't Realize This About Crypto Prices
This Cryptocurrency is About to Eat 25% of the Internet

I don't really have a problem with those. You don't have a lot of space, you need a hook, and new people are coming in all the time. Fine.

It's when the title uses FUD as fact and doesn't clearly denote it as such that I have to speak up. IE, not using quotes to specify something quoted, or failing to use "alleged" or "claimed" type of wording to separate a claim or alleged thing from ... well, a thing.

I believe it was on the Elastos Fraud video - which I think you renamed on Youtube, but not on steem. You eventually changed the title on youtube from "Elastos Fraud" to "Elastos Fraud Accusations" and hopefully you do see how different it is to be scrolling through headlines from people and youtubers to see one that says "Elastos Fraud" and how different it would be from one that says "Elastos Fraud Accusations".

You did the right thing by changing the title.

Bottom line -- you are an influencer.

If you put something in your headline and it's not fact, but it's presented as fact, and you're doing it intentionally to get eyeballs, then that will reduce my interest as someone who wants facts. I realize I'm in the minority here. Since I'm paying to support your content already I feel a bit at odds - I'm supporting something I don't agree with, and you said you'd change your behavior when you make more money (ie, get more subscribers). What happens when you want more money, as we all do? What happens if you come upon hardship, like if crypto crashes further? Will your actions decline further?

Of course not.

I think we know from history that you, as you said, have been consistently pumping out quality content throughout the bear market. I'd go a few further and say you have been true to high moral standards with regards to sponsorships, staying away from shilling or hiding shilling, been transparent about so many things you do, and have been pretty much the poster boy for proper. You know what's right and you know how to disclose.

That's why I keep coming back and became a patron.