Yes this requirement was updated this year to reduce spam activity in chat rooms the most effective is KYC because not everyone wants to do it
I've been inactive in the chat room and haven't received rains since 2021 and the last time I sent rains was about 2 months ago
last week my friend sent a screenshot that one of his friends got $1000 from rains at that time whale sent $5k for 5 users.
I always wonder if it is worth to actively chat on a site just for the rains, but reading this story makes me rethink it. The requirements are way too high for me (but indeed necessary to have less spammers) and after that it all depends on luck. If you are just active when a whale makes a big win and decides to share something with the other users, than you can win a huge amount of money!