After watching so many so-called Memes, community coins, and knockoff coins, I’ve come to understand one thing:
Don’t fantasize that a Meme has no whales, no speculators, or no one trying to make quick money.
DOGE went through it, SHIB went through it, and almost every real Meme that actually broke out went through it.
A new round of people comes in—pump, hype, manufacture momentum;
Those who make money leave, while those trapped end up cutting losses;
Then new people come in again—new funds, new stories, and new builders appear.
This is a brutal market by nature.
So now when I judge a Meme, I no longer only look at how many times it has gone up at its peak, nor do I pay attention to how some so-called “big shots” brag about taking a market cap to millions or tens of millions back in the day.
I only look at one thing:
After these people pull in the net and exit, does this community die?
Because for 99% of Memes, after the story ends, it’s just a mess everywhere.
When no one talks in the group, when accounts stop updating, the so-called “community leaders” have already gone off to promote the next hundred-bagger coin; the people who used to shout Diamond Hands changed their profile pictures; and those who used to constantly talk about “building” don’t even mention this coin anymore.
That’s the real reset to zero.
But the remaining 1% is different.
$DOGE Why is it still alive after all these years?
$SHIB Why does it still exist after countless cycles of bull and bear markets, whales coming and going, and traders being replaced?
Not because no one has ever sold them off.
Exactly the opposite.
Because one group left, and another stayed; the whales can leave, KOLs can leave, even the early team can disappear—but the community doesn’t disappear.
That’s the terrifying life force of a Meme.
But now I increasingly feel that what Musk’s dog is going through is precisely this process.
The project side left.
Some early CTO people also moved on to other IPs.
Someone wrote Musk’s dog into their own “ten-bagger track record,” and then kept looking for the next project.
But here’s the problem:
After they left, did Musk’s dog die?
Nothing.
Someone is buying, someone is holding, someone is discussing—someone is posting content every day, doing livestreams, doing charity, bringing in new people, building a community.
Even those who joined later might not even know who the so-called “community boss” was back then.
That’s actually what I value the most.
Because at this stage, a Meme truly starts to break free from being “a project for a certain group of people,” turning into a community owned by all holders.
So I don’t really care who used to claim they were “leading Musk’s dog from 400,000 to 50 million.”
What I care about more is:
When 50 million became a thing of the past, and when the leaders went off to find the next IP, why are there still so many who refuse to leave?
Maybe the answer is simple:
Whales can create a single wave of momentum; traders can create a single explosive surge—but they can’t create a community where, after time has passed, conflicts of interest have surfaced, a crash has come, and personnel has been replaced, people still build it voluntarily.
99% of Memes die after the tide goes out.
DOGE survived.
SHIB survived.
And the most worth looking forward to about Musk’s dog isn’t that it has never experienced these kinds of chaos.
It’s precisely this—
It has gone through it—and it’s still alive.
That’s what the 1% is about. 🐶🔥