I've been seeing a clear and growing movement on nearly all the boards and places like Telegram where moderators and those who frequent it like to call anything that counters their farting rainbows and sunshine FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) and use this as some type of weapon to confuse and belittle facts which are apparent. I am coining these people BAD or SAD.
SAD (Stubbornness, Anger/Aggressiveness and Denial) or BAD (Belief, Anger/Agressiveness and Denial)
--Stubbornness and/or Belief that lies from the company dont matter and that everything will sort itself out just give it more time claims that this is a startup and these things are to be expected. Claims that anything contrary to their opinion of hope and want is FUD. Facts dont matter only feelings.
--Anger at those that point out the inconsistencies and can detail the clear signs of fraud and obfuscations from the company. Also like to blame those that bring up these issues as if they want the coin to drop to get a lower price. Also manifests in people saying if you feel that way you should just sell your coins and go away. This Nazi-like cultist view is typical of Millennials and Liberals and parent basement dwellers only their view can be tolerated and if you bring up facts it has to correspond with their limited world view, else its FUD.
--Denial that they are wrong and that the company is doing the right thing by ignoring facts. Denial that prior statements made in things like White papers or Technical papers or even on official company proclamations means anything. Giving credit when none is deserved. Belief that if they can find a few like minded people they must be right and all else must be dismissed as FUD.
People that like to claim everything counter to their views as FUD are simply helping to promote bad coins (think Bitconnect) and other that are failing/have failed/will fail since they tend to prevent rational thought and realistic opinions from being made.
When a company that does an ICO is late, fails to live up to their white paper timelines/promises, and does not immediately identify the reasons and a mitigation path, it is a clear warning sign. FRAS (Farting Rainbows and Sunshine) does not help. As the coin market matures and many coins are linked to viable products and services, there are no good excuses for missing key deadlines and rolling out products that were promised. Anything less than this is clear and present danger signs of impending doom, exit scams, and failures. Maybe it's a poor business plan, maybe the owners are just milking their products and time until they can cash out based on coin selling timelines, etc. But it's unfortunate that there aren't more oversight regulations on message boards that simply form a cult-like following where anything goes as long as you are complimenting the coins and say nothing contrary.