The only thing which comes to my mind when I hear NFT or Memecoins or Metaverse is scam. I don't think Metaverse is realistic and it was all the hype and Mark Zuckerberg's view on Metaverse gave it much needed breakthrough but now it has almost disappeared from the market hence this is a thing of past and we should move on with more realistic technology. Lot of people have lost money of meta projects and wouldn't be willing to lose again.
I think it's just a matter of perspective, up till now, some people like Gary Gensler and several individuals still perceive crypto as scam. of course you and i know that's not true. The metaverse is still an evolving space and even people like Elon Musk testify to that, it may not be where it should be right now but it's obviously not scam.