I’m relatively new to crypto, but something I’ve noticed in these kinds of groups is statements like these: “You’re just spreading FUD” “It’s not a pump and dump” “Just HODL/don’t check every five minutes/come back in a year.”

Now, these are all reasonable statements in good faith. BUT if something were a pump and dump, wouldn’t you want a certain subset of holders to not be paying attention? It seems like a bad actor or group of bad actors could make a lot of money by just giving newbies a false sense of security so they can be left holding the bag. And then any time someone points out this very real and common possibility, they’re accused of being a witch or something.