1. Yesterday I received the airdrop from Initia, with zero cost for the transaction. Although there were only 12 transactions with a value of only $8, I did not feel repulsed by the low value of the airdrop. The reason is that Initia's expectation management is well done.
2. At that time, to participate in Initia's airdrop, you needed to achieve 20 points on Gitcoin to qualify. A Gitcoin score of 20 means you need to have an ENS, on-chain verification, social accounts, etc. This whole process costs at least a few dollars, so some studios can be excluded. This also indicates that Initia made it clear from the start that they would check for bots, rather than not stating the rules initially, attracting a group of people to inflate the numbers, and then later saying they would check for bots once enough data was gathered, thus achieving the goal of getting rid of those who are not genuine. Therefore, the community understood the rules of fair competition from the beginning—effort leads to opportunity, while lack of effort means no opportunity.
3. In contrast, many project teams usually first make big promises and then take them back in the end. For example, Scroll, where they initially let everyone spend money to earn points, only to set thresholds in the end. This has caused dissatisfaction within the community. Many project teams are not native to web3 but have brought the web2 model into web3. What everyone actually wants is not just an airdrop, but fairness.
