There is no gray in area in spreading FUD's. It's all black area therefore, it is unethical.
I mean is there a time where spreading a FUD became ethical?
FUD itself is considered unethical, but for me, FUD's is a good thing especially when that FUD really has a great effect on the price of every cryptocurrencies. FUD's = opportunity for us here while for some, FUD is something that they hate.
Overall, people see FUD's differently. There are times that they see it as an ethical way for some reasons and there are some like me who are not. After all, spreading FUD's to the public is a perfect way for the market to be shaken. FUD's for me is a way to remove the weak hands.
Maybe in the eyes of the majority here in the cryptocurrency community, the spread of Fud is not good, but if you look at it from a different angle, you can also see and measure the extent of your knowledge in this industry.
This is also where we can find out for ourselves whether our knowledge is deep or shallow. And you will also see the different opinions and views of others which one you think is right or wrong.
But FUD is dangerous I do not want people to test their knowledge and I would prefer if people were intelligent enough to verify sources. I know sometimes we can get emotional and when a headline is attacking btc we sometimes shout FUD when they have good points and have backed up their info but FUD should be called out and frowned on because it can be dangerous. it can lose people money or it can convince people to sell from bogus news. I think Elon Musk said btc was bad for the environment on purpose to manipulate the market and that should not be allowed that should be a criminal offense. it is unethical to manipulate a market with fake news so you can benefit from it but the news are doing this all the time and I bet some of them are invested in btc when they put out the fud headlines. I wish we could investigate it and check whether there is a conflict of interest when they report fud.