Ever notice how people throw around 'bear market' and 'bull market' without actually defining them? Here's the thing—without a specific timeframe, these terms become almost meaningless. Is it about the last week? Month? Year? Nobody agrees.

The real issue? When someone with a big following makes a call about the market direction, they're often just crafting a narrative. They're not necessarily wrong, but they're definitely playing with the emotions and story people want to believe. Think about it—if you don't pin down what timeframe you're actually talking about, you can spin almost any market condition to fit your thesis.

This is why timeframe context matters so much in crypto. A 30-day downtrend might still be part of a longer bull run. A short rally could be just noise in a bigger bearish picture. When influencers skip those details, they're either being careless or deliberately vague. Either way, the narrative gets muddied, and retail traders end up making decisions based on half-baked takes instead of actual market structure.