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Quote from: EarnOnVictor on September 17, 2024, 08:53:33 AM

The true airdrops must be free or at least make the payment optional (voluntarily), all you need to do is to complete some tasks, which should not be monetary. Though you have a point, the project matters, like the Testnet and others, but this Testnet of a thing was not like this in the OP, people knew what they were signing for and it was honourable when crypto was still crypto and not how everything was turning now.

Many would even participate in the Testnet and will not expect anything in return because they believe in a project, so it's just like technically sponsoring the project in their little way. But there are too many crooks flooding the internet in the name of airdrops now, especially Telegram and mostly now the TON blockchain. It's just annoying and even their tokens after listing are often worse shitcoins. The success of Notcoin has made them gain popularity but this will soon fade away just like their former ways of toying with people's emotions in the name of airdrops.

We can see it when there is a popular and profitable project. there will be thousands of scammers. we also saw some time ago how the airdrop on the Solana network was popular and many tokens were born and then disappeared.
It will not be much different from what is happening now on the TON blockchain. you are right, airdrops should be free. no fees to claim NFTs or make deposits to increase mining speed. we see a lot of such projects now. maybe not all of them are scams, but more of them end up scams.

Though one case would be a rent for the NFTS on the chain - if for signing a contract for such an NFT a bit of TON is needed - it's okay and it's no scam, as far as I know. It's a rent to get in on the chain for a year or for the time it's needed.
That's just what popped up in my head.

You have a good point, but this is not about NFT, there is a separate case for that on the app as they have the NFT in a big form. Another good reason to collect money is the Testnet but unfortunately, the situation here is beyond that, it's senseless and selfish. TON never asked anyone for money and the airdrop project is not such that needed money because some had done it ahead of them requesting $0 from people and had airdropped successfully.

But now, the gimmicks have graduated to being fraudulent but it could have been less painful if people had known earlier rather than after investing their time they would still not be able to afford the 0.5 TON for the airdrop or be forced to do so. These guys are only cashing out on people's desperation for money and are making themselves so rich even if their projects fail. That means money for them from marketing, money for them from the rug pull possibility and money for them from people's non-refundable deposits. This awkful!

Yeah, it seems like it, however, everybody decides for themselves.
Many projects take some fees for themselves for the bonuses or other boons instead, it becomes a common practice. An entry fee of sorts.
If you do believe in the project - you would do it, hands down.
And you will see where the money would flow afterward in the Tonscan or explorers like that.