The thing is that people tend to speak against new projects which may rise in the business of cryptocurrency instead of supporting these new projects through encouragement. Sometimes they do this as a result of their past experience and I don't blame them for that.
Past experiences that tell them which one is crap or not. Because if you are already an old timer in a specific industry, you already know which one is heading to be a good one and which ones are deemed to fail. You can always see individuals who are badmouthing projects but in the end, it is all up to the project if they will be affected of those critics or not. If they have something to offer to the community, those bad words will not matter at all.
I agree, the experience in 2018 that people don't believe in new projects. Many projects are scam or the price falls below the ICO price when first listing on the market. This is probably what makes many people do not believe in new projects that are similar to old projects