i don't think this is true. most people don't even know about bitcoin and those who do mostly are afraid of it because of the volatile price. the days of people thinking it is a "scam" are long gone.
It's still somewhat true. People calling bitcoin a scam and a ponzi scheme are still around especially on Facebook, and also, I actually have relatives that look down on my interests and investments because they think I'm taking part in a pyramid scheme lmao. Though one thing's for sure, they're slowly but surely getting less. Unfortunately there are a lot of people that call bitcoin a scam solely because they're bitter that they missed out on the gains.
maybe, but people on the internet saying something a lot doesn't represent what "most people" think. there is a lot of FUD campaigns against bitcoin so obviously we will see a lot of cases that are calling bitcoin this and that but it doesn't represent the majority. for example a lot of people were saying bitcoin will fall to $1000 not so long ago, that didn't mean "most people" or even those who were saying it believed it. it was just FUD.