tldr (tim reilly) on Farcaster

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tldr (tim reilly)

My 2c on Airdrop-Selling drama: + I worked with Merkle on an Airdrop. They didn't impose their criteria on us, they helped us to set *our* critieria. + Therefore, I think many people are mistakingly taking Dan's comment as a threat "from Dan" when, in fact, it is his observation of what Airdrop Teams will decide for their self-interest. + And I'd say Dan's point is directionally correct – giving airdrops that seem likely to be insta-sold is less appealing to Teams than the opposite. + However, selling does *not* have to overwhelm all other criteria. Eg, if someone is a power-user of many apps and tokens like @tricil.eth, this may be more important to a Team than whether he sold a drop or not. tldr: Dan's point clearly has merit, but Airdrop Criteria is a unique decision made by each Team (not by Merkle!)

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Fair and based take. One bit of clarification here that I don’t expect these from Merkle I’m just worried about the practice becoming an unfair default. Nuance in that.

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PinstripedGator🐊

@pinstripedgator

How dare you use logic round here

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All true! Have some thoughts on selling tho: if the product is good, you don’t have to worry about selling! I mean look at Bracky for instance…no one wants to sell and that’s all because of your product and the feeling you guys create for users. We can’t ignore the fact that people are in crypto for their own gain and if you give them 1 reason to hold most of them will definitely hold it. You can’t find loyal ones at first, you should make loyal users

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@widowmaker1320

Regular guy here with some 2c to share! I received a 200k Bracky airdrop for March Madness! Been utilizing Bracky ever since. In fact it’s all I care to hold! Distribution of an airdrop that can be used to benefit the project will be handled differently than an airdrop that’s focal point is value. Function over value for me!

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@0xantidote.eth

Airdrop should be a reward for using the project. Some people don't have a lot of assets and airdrops can really help with personal finances during financial hardship. I don't think you should discriminate against these kind of users.

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Please What do you mean by "giving airdrops that seem likely to be insta-sold"

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Yes yes yes mfers going too hard on missing a few free dollars might need to reflect

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yerbearserker.base.eth 🧉🎯

I understood that upon reading it the first time around, & having seen the convos around the teams getting to structure their criteria. Appreciate your response as a founder who's airdropped... a lot 🫡

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Michael Silberling

Designing airdrop criteria is the most impossible thing to do in the world and always winds up in pain lol

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very solid take tim! the goal of marketing is customer acquisition.

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Agree that it’s misguided to to take it out on Dan and team

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Booth Templeton

@boothtempleton.eth

All the simps crying about sell shaming

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asking a question is not ill intent. people gotta chill and build. he wants to improve airdrops and not go back to airdrop modality 2 years ago. create real value with the teams and orgs building on fc.

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I also saw it as a positive that possible criteria is discussed and can therefore be taken into consideration by people getting airdrops. People constantly complain that they don't get enough airdrops or less than others and now they know that their actions have consequences. That change of perspective is really hard for some and this discussion might help people multiply the view as well.

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And each criterion should have its own weight so that, in the end, the distributions were fair and airdrops went to the right hands.

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@rohekbenitez.eth

The airdrops are made to decentralize something, if they want to distribute correctly, that they eliminate the dust accounts, take into account the age of wallets, their gitcoin passport among others, whether the lucky one sells or not is their own decision.

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Marcelo Terça-Nada 💎🎩✨

Very well put ✨

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I think it's time to abandon Airdrop and switch to IDO, even with low turnover. If a developer has an investment of $3500, he cannot distribute it to everyone. If it is IDO, then you don’t have to worry about whether the user will sell or not. $3500 goes to the liquidity pool allocated % of tokens on ido with conditions of equal distribution for all participants even if it is $0.35 for the purchase of a token!

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ZEEDAN🎩🐱👾

Instaselling cuz the project doesn't have any plans for community PRO? Dead WCT? They got comunity outside there, beyond farcaster

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