I have seen completely baseless comments on why ripple is good in the PD chatbox just so it goes fast. You cant expect degens to be diligent enough for investing money. They are two different species altogether.
The site attracts big rollers and you cannot have big amounts of coins unless you are diligent enough to invest in those or have the bank balance or the other species is that those that made the money through scamming and they do not care even if they loose. The chat box comments cannot be weighed in as most of them are leechers looking for rain and i wont be surprised seeing those kind of comments.
The people who roll big on PD are whales and they treat bitcoin not like something as precious but stuff they can let go to waste. Which again brings up the comment of whether they actually made that money with hard work, because those who get paid with a salary definitely are not making that money every week with just a day job - more so because if the money was from hard work they would be more emotionally attached to the money and would like to save it up for future.
Again we cant say for addicted gamblers because they would do anything to keep their rush going and even waste their savings.
No disagreement on your chatbox comment though. However with the removal of the PM system the number of beggars in chat has become literally zero.