Well, humans are prone to react negatively to certain things, especially when they're the victims and some have even blamed the media for their carelessness, However it may be, the media has it's benefits to Cryptocurrency and has caused a recent mass adoption of cryptocurrency, be it Bitcoin or Altcoins. For instance, Cryptocurrency is the new trend when it comes to finance and one of the fastest ways to know about new trends is social media.
That's because majority of people are into social media, The leading platforms on the internet are social medias because people want to interact and want to share their stories and informations, and this is the one that is being utilized to promote products and services.
But social medias are strict on Cryptocurrency platforms because they know that some of these are managed by bad actors and scammers. so the community has an obligation to educate new people in Cryptocurrency what and how to spot the right Cryptocurrency to use and support.
There will come a time where the community will have its own platform to promote their products and services because these social medias are being managed and regulated by centralized companies that were authorized by the regulators