The Future of Community

Chapter 9Liars, Cheaters, Scammers, and Cash Grabbers

By John Kraski

This is the chapter you've all been waiting for! It's going to be super, super juicy—think TMZ meets the Wall Street Journal. We're not holding back here at all. There is a right way to build community and there is a wrong way. Unfortunately, too many people built it the wrong way and a group of self‐appointed crypto and cartoon elite protected these bad actors. They continuously supported them and made us all think they were building community the right way. We believed these voices that validated these bad actors, and these individuals persuaded a lot of innocent people to make very bad investment decisions. You can't build a thriving community when your only motivation is to financially benefit yourself and no one else. The lines are somewhat blurred between what makes someone a liar, cheater, scammer, or cash grabber, but we're going to unblur those lines and methodically delineate each one and call them out so you can know how to be vigilantly aware of these predators.

Crypto and Cartoon Elite

In many respects this chapter is a manifesto against the cartoon and crypto elite—people who thought they were better than everyone else. The space was filled with so many smug and arrogant people who wouldn't even acknowledge your presence or return your messages because they believed they were above you, people who thought they didn't need to play by the same rules as everyone else. These people were put on ...