Hi Sergio, I do respect and follow you on several channels, because I do think you are transparent guy, contrary to most other so-called influencers. Sometimes I agree, and sometimes I don't, but I always respect your points of view and find them valuable.
I do think this is a good article on addressing the FUD and false claims. But I don't like it in the sense that it seems you are doing it to defend Shillina, a guy that has clear conflicts of interests in the space. He was unfortunately hacked (I don't wish it to anybody and I wish they catch the hackers), and all my sympathy to him in this regard.
Listen carefully.... All influencers are using their position to get allocations or get paid in certain way. There is NO exception. If someone tell you something different he/she is lying (:or has 500 followers)
Of course, we have all conflicts of interests, as soon as you invest on a project and make a public claim about it you have a conflict of interest and cannot be 100% objective.. As simple as that. If someone think that an influencer is going to publish content to make others rich for free and on a totally uninterested manner, he/she should be crazy.
The difference from an ethical point of view is that some influencers LIE to their subscribers. I don't think Ian is one of those tbh, he wanted to get money for his work and made his ICO Ratings a paid service.
He has certainly other faults, personally I think that speaking openly about the tokens one has on his wallets it's a horrible idea and doing rap videos is not really related with crypto.
Said that, I appreciate Ian Balina because he does a great job and brought investment techniques to the ICO sector that are helping to create a more secure space.
I was ALSO frustrated when he made his spreadsheet private, but that is not a reason to throw the amount of hate I've seen on the social media. What I did, instead of blaming him, is to create my own spreadsheet and keep doing my DD.
Take Care :)
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You can't say All.
Crypt0 (Omar) doesn't get paid and he's one of the biggest influencers.
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All of them, no exception. Everyone places his/her interest first in the Crypto Space. They all ask this question "what's in for me?"
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