Incase you're wondering, this
post is what inspired this my topic. So It's no news that we are at a period where airdrop projects are flying around thanks to telegram mini app which is where most of these projects are cooking. With the airdrops trend I have come across many topics relating to it especially in the area of scam about some these mining project after which people might have spent their time executing different tasks daily for months just to be told towards its end that they have to pay some TON to stand a chance of gaining from the airdrop which some don't eventually fulfill their promise.
Now from a different angle aside from an airdrop project been regarded to as scammers when they request people to pay some TON and didn't airdropped. What about a scenario where a project after requesting for such payment from participants actually airdropped but to just about 15% of their participants out of a 100% that made that TON payment task. Can that still be regarded as some form of scam? since the notion has been that most of these airdrops that request some fee to be paid don't usually fulfill their promise.
I almost agree with your outburst as I have gone through the same phase. The recent example is Catizen, which had been doing what you are trying to convey through this topic.
I still would not consider it is a scam as if a user does not want to do those transactions they still are eligible for the airdrop. I got mine without spending anything from my pocket. There are others who have publically disclosed the amount spent by them and yet the airdrop tokens were not that great.
It is something we all know yet we are looking for free money. You cannot stop those guys who are willing to get just $5 of free money.