Brothers, this wave of Yap’s plot is even more magical than the Dogecoin’s escape! Before yesterday, the whole network was still crazy about “Yap to Earn”, but today everyone was muted, and even the air was filled with the wailing of leeks - "It was agreed that the points would be exchanged for pie, but the airdrop turned into air?" What is going on? Let’s dig it out!
Scene 1: Yap points carnival, all cryptocurrency bloggers are "repeaters"
Kaito previously created a "Yap Points System" that said you could earn points by tweeting and talking nonsense, which could be exchanged for token airdrops in the future. Cryptocurrency bloggers were so excited that they kept tweeting "Yap! Yap! Yap!" every day until their screens were blinded, like a group of crypto repeaters.
What’s even more amazing is that Kaito uses AI to score KOLs. The top Vs are firmly on the top of the list, but it’s hard for newcomers to get on top! Non-English content is directly relegated to the cold palace. A blogger in the Chinese area cried and fainted in the toilet: “I posted 10 useful articles, but it’s not as good as posting a meme in the English circle!”
Act 2: Airdrop crashes, points turn into “ghost money”
Yesterday, the $IP airdrop was announced, and the result was a blast through the center of the earth! It was agreed that 150 ETH would be distributed to 1,000 people, but the actual amount per person was 0.15 ETH (about $300), which is not even enough to pay the electricity bill! What’s even more outrageous is that **high-scoring KOLs and people with connections took the lion’s share, while retail investors couldn’t even get a share.
When the leeks saw it, they said, "I stayed up late to Yap for three months, and this is it?" They immediately lost their defense and deleted their tweets and left the group three times. One guy complained, "This wave of airdrops is like exchanging my liver for a bag of spicy strips!"
Act 3: Algorithm black box + circle monopoly, Yap ecosystem collapses
1. Ratings are mysterious, newcomers will never stand out
Kaito's AI scoring is like a black box. The top KOLs have their own "aristocratic halo", and no matter how hard newcomers try, they can't squeeze into the core circle. Someone tried to imitate the big V to post the same content, but the score was ten times different - "Isn't this AI scoring based on the number of fans?"
2. English hegemony, Chinese-speaking areas become "second-class citizens"
Non-English content naturally has a low score. No matter how hardcore your analysis is, AI will directly sentence you to death with a sentence of "I don't understand". Chinese bloggers angrily blasted: "So Yap is a test field for Western-centrism?"
3. Data limitations: private domain traffic does not count
The rating only captures public tweets, and all the valuable exchanges in Discord and Telegram are ignored. This wave of operations by the project side is equivalent to "only recognizing Weibo hot searches, not recognizing the essence of Moments."
Act 4: Trust collapses, Yap becomes a "dud"
After the airdrop went viral, bloggers deleted their posts and ran away overnight, and the Yap topic volume plummeted. Now when you open Twitter, only a few of the project’s online trolls are still boasting: “Yap has a promising future!” The comment section directly mocked: “Fuck you, my points have been reduced to zero!”
What’s even more amazing is that according to insider information, some high-scoring KOLs already knew the airdrop rules and made arrangements in advance to get the wool, while retail investors were just fuel. The leeks finally realized: “Yap to Earn? Yap to Burn!”
Summary: The magical reality of Web3 social
1. Points economy = new PUA: they are exaggerating when making big promises, but extremely stingy when handing out money.
2. Algorithmic discrimination = class solidification: Web3 calls for fairness, but the result is even more feudal than Web2.
3. Community trust = disposable consumables: the project owner cuts the profits and runs away, leaving the leeks in disarray in the wind.
The final soul-searching question:
Next time there is a project that claims “make money by posting tweets”, will you still join in?
