When crypto projects demand social proof shakedowns (like, comment, tag friends) paired with “free money” promises, who truly benefits? 

My question doubles when such projects emerge during a sudden downturn when so many people recently lost bags and bags of previous hopes and dreams.  The pattern preys on newcomers and the desperate... those still raw from past burns. 

Show me a legitimate case where this alchemy didn’t end in ashes.

(also let me know if what I'm subcasting isn't evident on your TL)

Whatever your decentralized, borderless, neutral, censorship-resistant open blockchain question is, the answer is YES… to Crypto!

Totally agree with you! They basically use people as their stepping stones to get noticed and climb higher. People give them their time, and in return, all they offer is barely enough to buy a cup of coffee. :)