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.
They cannot be regarded to as scammers if they paid, but why not pay people that made the transaction another allocation than people who failed to do as to justify the entire scenario.
I have seen how other projects do, they take snapshots of their participant’s achievements since they are all in record, and they hide their criteria to give their respective allocation based on your performance so far in the project, but making the ton transaction mandatory is a red flag from any project despite how close they are to listing because they can run with the money been accumulated for them without paying the participants.
Nevertheless, making a ton transaction has been made mandatory on some projects but it’s very minimal amount that is not significant just to make sure the wallet being connected is active.