It must be admitted that the current airdrop is indeed different from before,
I think everyone is aware of this so don't be surprised if you join the airdrop and get nothing,
it's better not to get your hopes up on the airdrop.
People are no more interested on airdrop because they have discovered that at the end of every efforts rendered it makes no return or anything yielding, we need more of trust in other to be able to refer the beginners into this hunting for airdrops because it will grant them the first avenue needed to start their learning background about cryptocurrency, there's much anticipated from airdrops than the incentive received.
I don't think that's a good idea, I wouldn't recommend a newbie to claim an airdrop or to try and qualify for it if it's their first time interacting with cryptocurrencies because I don't consider that to be a good one, I would rather ask a newbie to first learn about cryptocurrencies and understand how they work and what is needed to store them, etc. Once they go through that phase, then I can think of suggesting them such things.
I believe it will be a bad thing to have their base knowledge stick to only earning which shouldn't be the case their base knowledge should only be knowledge and that is how they will be able to succeed in the cryptocurrency industry otherwise they will only face losses in the long run.