Other than convenience, why is a spreadsheet of participants *really* needed?

One of the requirements of this airdrop is that each participant must post to this thread. If the list of participants approaches the maximum allowed, that all but ensures a fair distribution.

If any of the participants don't receive the airdrop they were expecting I'm certain we will hear about it in this thread. Public comments in this thread will show if this airdrop was honest and evenly split amongst participants.

Plus we're still below 500 posts on this thread, so presumably there's still plenty of space to make it into the airdrop...

Hey dev, how many participants of the 1000 have signed up for the airdrop?