Overall, is it beneficial to use monetary investment in social media to increase the value of a cryptocurrency? Even at the risk of defamation by the network itself?
I don't understand either of these questions, though I'm pretty sure it's just a language issue. But in particular, what do you mean by "monetary investment" in the context of social media and "defamation by the network"? Those things just don't compute (in my head).
Mk4 kind of stated the general opinion about advertising crypto projects on social media, and I'm not sure if there's anything close to a raging debate as to whether that should be done or not. What I do know is that a lot of scams make their way into people's feeds, and I'm guessing that's not appreciated by a lot of folks. If a coin/token/project is totally legitimate, that's one thing and I don't have a problem with it being advertised on social media (I don't care either way, actually, since I don't use SM sites). But after all this time and all of these scams, you'd think people would be burned out by seeing that crap.
Social media is reflection of society
Oh, but what a funhouse, warped-mirror reflection it is. I think social media presents the worst of humanity, and the mainstream media only amplifies that horror by giving undue weight to what Twitter idiots have to say. Hopefully Elon Musk will turn that whole platform over on its ear.