jesse.base.eth 🔵
@jessepollak
negativity towards "airdrop farmers" is misplaced and biased. hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people all over the world have decided that doing microwork for protocols is their best path to economic prosperity. that is incredible and should be celebrated. it's on us to enable them to contribute positively.
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jesse.base.eth 🔵
@jessepollak
note that this perspective does not include people who are fraudulently impersonating / simulating real users - I think this can and should be managed with sybill resistance tools. that said, our research suggests that this is a minority of this activity - there are tons of real human beings who want to contribute!
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Gökhan Turhan
@gokhan.eth
while i agree, i suggest you also spend some time amongst the airdrop farming "communities" with huge discords behind paywalls; & see how they resent any real contributors on both dev & enduser ends. misplacements occur on all sides but sybils etc. won't suffice. there is a cultural approach, too. ps: 2nd worlder who
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TiⓂ️brrr 🎩🧢 ↑ 🍖
@twb
syncing that research up with the gitcoin passport folks, producing a “guide to good contributing” would be a giant win for the space. Because these negative externalities are not zero, they are in fact endangering people. https://warpcast.com/tmophoto/0x27e24ef9
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ɃΞrn
@b7
Press X for doubt - any published info about your research?
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0xuep
@0xuep
Not to mention that airdrop farming is an important means of customer acquisition, so let’s not forget that this benefits protocols/teams as well…
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Datasnoot
@datasnoot.eth
I completely agree. It can add so much long term value by fostering a community in the early days. The fact that we are developing world changing technology and we can't do enough critical thinking to eliminate sybils is frankly just negligence
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0xSEC
@0xsec
when you say minority in activity, is it txn count, % of liquidity, airdrop rewarded, or something else?
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Joely 🎩🏰
@joely.eth
Agreed 1000 $DEGEN
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