kinda cringe seeing people point fingers at the solana community for the shit that went down on pumpfun livestreams as if it wouldn't have happened  had pumpfun been on any other chain

this is an internet phenomenon, not a solana one

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agree, bound to happen with anything digitally social / financial at scale.

tiktokkers have already been doing illegal / insane shit to get views / $$ — some even getting arrested. curious how others think this is different?

it’s not a solana problem it’s a greed problem 

human nature

some people are new to the internet and don’t realize that humans posted that kind of brainrot long before there was a financial incentive

Yes, and the ecosystem got behind it making sure it grew.

There is always a downside to degeneracy.

Yes its like banning BTC or ETH because illicit activity happens onchain when illicit activity can happen anywhere. It's a human problem not a crypto problem.

Tbf those whack pump vids did not hit those numbers from just retail money. 
The existing sol community supported that trash.