I have a friend that farmed a token for 2 years only to get the equivalent of an eth gas fee, and it just gets more funny and disheartening from there.
You should have mentioned the name of the project; that's really frustrating, and no user should experience what your friend experienced. This is the reason why we should not just join Airdrop; we should also check the behaviors of the developers and it stop if there's abuse that's been going on.
At this point I can only imagine what this means for the coming airdops I'm expecting lol. Jokes apart, I really wonder why this happens, let me hear what you guys think.
There's a lot of uncertainty on airdrops; we have to accept the fact that not all airdrops that we participated in will end up good. Many of these are frustrating. Too much work and only a few allocations—this is the harsh reality. Your other option is to stop joining these airdrops before you lose your mind.