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I saw some series of video on Facebook for the past few weeks. There is this content creator that has specifically championed gaming, blockchain and crypto as the future quite differently from the kind of contents he brings. He was so excited about the prospect of play2earn. Obviously, he only knew about creating contents for Facebook and YouTube, he has however never been demonetized in any aspect, I saw an excited young man who has opened himself up to be educated about the prospect of gaming to earn and the tech behind crypto.

 His content creating took a huge turn from talking about global issues to discussing crypto and gaming and while Facebook itself hasn't demonetized him, his followers are already beginning to throw in the towel and demonetizing him on the side already by reporting his page and reporting his account. One thing I don't know is, Facebook contributes to a huge percentage of his earning, and I feel he could totally tank the merchandise he's bringing on Facebook to tilt to what his followers want.


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#### Crypto's Notoreity On Facebook


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This is because content creator have a lot of fear, but one of the dominant fear is **the fear of being demonetized.** This isn't just synonymous to centralized platforms, but this isn't a topic for this post. Overtime I have come to realize that a lot of people knows that crypto is liberating. A chunk of people who turn up on online to play **"Call of Duty"** or to watch memes on Facebook already knows about crypto. 


One of the most dominant selling point of crypto, is its ability to change lives and earn people money they haven't seen before. Now while this selling point is a bit aggrandizing and overrated, I feel that many people have a shallow knowledge of crypto before deciding to buy in. The aspect of making money beyond one's original source of income makes people overate crypto so much and bash it immediately there's a fall in price.


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I've seen content creators on Facebook preach crypto for a while with their contents then they stop doing so, why is this? This is because crypto isn't a new kid on the block. A huge percentage of audience or population on Facebook or Instagram have at one point in time bought wrongly into crypto due to the hype and have accrued some loses along the way. This makes them bear negative grudges against crypto rather than the coin or project they actually bought into. 


So whenever a content creator tries to talk crypto with their contents, they're met with so many negative reviews of how their video sucks and how the *dip in price* makes Crypto a terrible option. Some of these content creators do a lot of research before making these videos, but their audience gives them the thumbs down simply because these people have once invested amiss and lost atrociously. Now this is why Facebook isn't the best place to learn about crypto. Eventually these creators succumb to pressure and stop doing these contents altogether.

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#### The Hype > The Product


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I sometimes feel that the major advertising of crypto has centered so much on money, it's other potential like freedom and ownership is often overlooked, this is how Facebook and co sells the vendetta that crypto is back by nothing and therefore very bad. So many people have bought the hype and blamed crypto entirely and while it's evident that money is the most attractive way to sell crypto, it's probably not the only way to actually do so. 


However, we cannot change the online habits and practices of people. Facebook is the place where people go to get informed, YouTube is where they choose to get educated. Scam sells a lot in these places and so many people have fallen for some scams in the past and this are the majority of people vilifying crypto rather emotionally instead of logically and the narrative will continue because content creators will shy away from this, even if they might be secretly buying crypto, they wouldn't see it anymore as any opportunity to change the lives of their audience.

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#### Social Actors Maligning


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Now let me admit that the fear of demonization makes content creator very erratic and too emotional. We have to admit that there are so many actors behind how monetization on the internet works and sometimes this isn't about the truth or lies or about what is life-changing. Truth is, those who made money from crypto wouldn't talk about this on Facebook, the fact that they've lost maybe in bearish situations makes them think the proverbial milking cow is dead, hence spreading hurting things will mitigate their pain.

 When there's less emotion to crypto, people will think or reason better. In Nigeria, so many people are more educated about crypto than in some other third-world countries. The effect of poverty is why some people in these places would jump at crypto for *the quick buck* without thinking of how it might structurally change so much about their lives. As for content creators who are interested in bringing the good news of crypto without any ulterior motive, the fear of demonetization might half the process.





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