{"id":8946,"date":"2025-01-21T19:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=8946"},"modified":"2025-01-21T19:46:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:46:49","slug":"the-reddit-meltdown-over-trump-state-of-crypto-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=8946","title":{"rendered":"The Reddit Meltdown Over $TRUMP | STATE OF CRYPTO 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The 2024 election proved that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/best-last-minute-christmas-present-generational-wealth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alternative Media<\/a> is winning, and places like Reddit crypto forums are losing influence in the state of crypto 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With freedom of speech making a <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/vivek-ramaswamy-steps-back-from-doge-leadership-with-elon-musk-eyes-ohio-governor-run\/\">resurgence on<\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/vivek-ramaswamy-steps-back-from-doge-leadership-with-elon-musk-eyes-ohio-governor-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0X,<\/a> we believe a new wave of content creators and platforms will emerge<\/span>\u00a0that you can take advantage of as a creator, a user, or even an investor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a quick rundown on Reddit\u2019s decline and the emerging social media stars where you can cash in.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Secret History of Reddit<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Reddit Meltdown Over $TRUMP | STATE OF CRYPTO 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uYnPlW1TTHg?list=PLU52pNodXIGcjlOa-ho4VRm19eTyvytCL\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the death of Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz, things only got worse for Reddit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newly appointed CEO Ellen Pao announced, and I quote, that \u201c<\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2015\/jul\/14\/reddit-ceo-free-speech-ellen-pao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reddit is not a platform for free speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the years that followed Reddit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/reddit-subreddit-ban-hate-speech-crackdown-a9682626.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">banned over 7000 subreddits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> left and right in a never-ending stream of censorship. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mods became power-hungry dictators, erasing anyone who dared to challenge them. Here\u2019s their freak-out over a Trump presidency in three separate countries:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_195412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195412\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-195412\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Monochromatic-New-York-City-Lifestyle-Quote-Facebook-Cover-16-1-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Monochromatic-New-York-City-Lifestyle-Quote-Facebook-Cover-16-1-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Monochromatic-New-York-City-Lifestyle-Quote-Facebook-Cover-16-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Monochromatic-New-York-City-Lifestyle-Quote-Facebook-Cover-16-1-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Monochromatic-New-York-City-Lifestyle-Quote-Facebook-Cover-16-1-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Monochromatic-New-York-City-Lifestyle-Quote-Facebook-Cover-16-1-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Monochromatic-New-York-City-Lifestyle-Quote-Facebook-Cover-16-1-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/popular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reddit<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bigger issue is that Reddit has several competing corporate interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of them is a Chinese tech giant called Tencent, which owns more than 10% of Reddit. Tencent is the world\u2019s biggest video game company and is notorious for selling its user\u2019s information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another big investor is Sam Altman of OpenAI, who owns 12.2 million shares of Reddit and uses it for data collection and surveillance and to promote pro-tech stances that discourage criticism of tech industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These investments have one thing in common: they\u2019ve made the website worse for users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Alternatives to Reddit For Investors and Users<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re looking for alternatives to Reddit, these platforms are goldmines for creators and users alike, and they\u2019re ripe for investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first is the crypto option: Farcaster (or what is known as<\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/warpcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Warpcast on the app store<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">saw this on farcaster. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9gB1eA4IsH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9gB1eA4IsH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Musharraf.base.eth (@musharrafff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/musharrafff\/status\/1881271735020093692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in 2020 by Coinbase veterans Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan, Farcaster operates on Optimism, an Ethereum scaling solution. Unlike X, it\u2019s a public, decentralized social media platform with more Web3 acolytes and developers as users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farcaster is known for its unique use of <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/degen-base\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the DEGEN token<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the first layer-3 meme coin, allowing users to reward each other, buy exclusive access, and earn through platform engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For creators, Farcaster offers a way to monetize content more freely while maintaining control over their audience and data. For investors, it\u2019s a hotbed of early-stage projects and is one of the best platforms to find out if you are still early in a crypto project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_195419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195419\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-195419 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chart-4-1024x747.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chart-4-1024x747.png 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chart-4-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chart-4-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chart-4-1536x1121.png 1536w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chart-4-50x36.png 50w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chart-4.png 1644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/degen-base\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CoinGecko<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another platform that will undoubtedly succeed during a Trump presidency is Elon Musk\u2019s X.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it might\u2019ve been fun to laugh at Elon for buying Twitter for $44 billion, he now has the ear of the three branches of government and the most powerful man on Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/danluu.com\/elon-twitter-texts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highly classified messages<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about the Twitter deal that were leaked Elon says he wants to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Create Transparency Team:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Elon wants to continue improving the algorithm and put together a \u201ctransparency team\u201d for creators<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Twitter Video:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Elon wants to create a dedicated CONTENT CREATION team that publishes on Twitter first.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>Blockchain Twitter:<\/strong>\u00a0Soon, crypto will be integrated into Twitter (which cryptocurrency.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1832319390940881133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hm, we wonder?<\/a>), and he also wants a blockchain database.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Pay\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>for DMs:<\/strong> You can message anyone you want for .01 a DM (500,000 followers = $5,000),\u00a0so if you want to promote a podcast or new book, you can message a celebrity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A Final Thought on Rumble<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, we want to talk about Rumble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rumble started off as Gab or Truth Social \u2013 a lion\u2019s den for the right wing, much like how Reddit is for the Left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But lately Rumble has become more inclusive and is even one of the few companies adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For anyone looking for a fresh, financially rewarding platform, Rumble is worth considering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here one last post of Reddit cope over Donald Trump\u2019s victory to have you on your way:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1898px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.4pcdn.org\/pol\/1737435186274338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1898\" height=\"1792\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/popular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reddit<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/wef-agenda-shifts-trumps-presidency-sparks-growth-and-new-deal-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WEF Agenda Shifts: Trump\u2019s Presidency Sparks Growth and New Deal Talks<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/pryA3Vyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener nofollow nofollow nofollow nofollow nofollow nofollow nofollow nofollow\"><b>Join The 99Bitcoins News Discord Here For The Latest Market Updates<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/the-reddit-meltdown-over-trump-state-of-crypto-2025\/\">The Reddit Meltdown Over $TRUMP | STATE OF CRYPTO 2025<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 election proved that\u00a0Alternative Media is winning, and places like Reddit crypto forums are losing influence in the state of crypto 2025. 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