Something funny:

Here at Steemit, I'm pleased to say that almost all the commenters on the crypto bear market have recommended HODLing. They've made posts to give us perspective and keep our spirits up during this harsh crypto-winter.

Only one poster I've read was poking a stick at HODL:
"Bitcoin Price Is PLUMMETING!!! What Is Going ON?!?!." Considering that there's a near-unanimous consensus for HODLing, Hive account@skyefox 's post was so un-normal he might have posted it just to be contrarian.

After today's rout on the stock market, I've read several articles on what went on. When I got to Bloomberg's feed and read through several articles after the lead:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-04/asia-stocks-brace-for-selloff-bond-rout-deepens-markets-wrap

I gasped a bit in surprise. The articles in the feed were full of advice from professional money managers to HODL stocks. They didn't use the term of course, but in their terms they were saying HODL.

In a thread filled with experienced investors on a different forum, I saw much the same thing: it's a correction; what goes up must come down; it's not half as bad as some past spills; and so on.

Both in the stock market and crypto, the grizzled oldbies are giving out the same advice: don't panic, HODL. Some, but by no means all, are saying buy the dip. All of them, except for an outlier here and there, are saying: "don't sell."

Howzabout that?