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That is the great mistakes that people make. The strength of a coin is not determined by the current price. Price is not static, it changes greatly. Otherwise price can be manipulated through pump and dump and other means.
The main purpose of the project should be put into consideration. Does it have any problems to solve?
Is it acceptable by the community. It is important to look beyond price in making decisions.
One thing that I've learnt is that most people don't really know too much about their investments. The key metric that a lot of people use is simply the price.
That's basically driving a lot of new projects, aka shitcoins, they offer massive potential gains if you "buy now", and a lot of people are extremely greedy, want to have a quick win, and end up losing their money with these things.
Shitcoins are a bit similar to the products being sold by infomercials on TV late at night. Sadly, a lot of people end up buying them because they just said something like "but wait, there's more!"