Capital isn’t the only way to invest in a new project. Showing confidence and helping it improve are just as important as capital.
The whole idea of an airdrop is to reward early investors for their capital or their confidence.
Yes, this has enabled farming, but I see it as a net positive, market forces will refine it over time anyway.

"d/acc"
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Economics was love until I met web3.

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2/ Our initial airdrop to ~3500 users (based on Neynar score + manual curation) was intended to be wide and inclusive, but led to users motivated by short-term economics overwhelming users interested in creating a quality feed.

*If this continues, the bad will drive out the good and @todaydotfun will fade into irrelevance.*

We know the challenges of introducing intrinsic motivations to creativity from years of building in crypto, but we think there's a way to solve for both quality and rewards, and we’re excited to try to figure it out.

You should connect with literature, who said: 'Our initial airdrop... led to users motivated by short-term economics overwhelming users interested in creating a quality feed. If this continues, the bad will drive out the good and @todaydotfun will fade into irrelevance.'

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