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The disclaimer (truthful or not) serves two purposes:

1) For the pumper poster, it makes them more conscious of the lie. Promoting a coin and forgetting to mention your holdings feels like a little white lie of omission. Actively lying about your holdings feels like deceit.

2) For the reader, it’s an important reminder that a seemingly objective technical-looking comment can be motivated by greed.



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