The huge participation from many people with the current airdrop is very obvious, because the followers are also visible. But this is an extraordinary phenomenon, with this, as you said, and I also have to admit that this phenomenon will not happen again in the future if the system is not updated and fixed, Because many have spent a long time and not a few have set aside their funds to be able to follow to the maximum, but what is obtained is extraordinary disappointment. From unclear calculations and gifts received beyond expectations to receiving coins at prices beyond expectations. True and agree, this will give a negative wave to the existence of airdrops in the future.
Airdrops are interesting but nontransparent in crypto, which can make a less transparent system less trusted. It is natural for people who have invested their time and resources for the results they obtained (which don’t match expectations) to be disappointed. As a system that creates airdrops to be sustainable, the improvements in the system in order to be fairer and understandable to all parties.
The community will be excited again if the airdrop system brings a clarity to how it does reward calculations and distributions. We can do this by aligning participant expectations with the results they get. One would be a commitment to more transparent and fair airdrops that would make airdrops remain an eco-friendly way of supporting new projects without losing the reliance of their user’s trust.
Maybe at first it was very good and could be accepted by all airdrop enthusiasts, but over time when there were already those who used a lot of followers with the aim of being able to make a profit, they started to try it and the response was still good enough, so that they continued that way and now almost all airdrops are followed.
After the distribution and not according to the previously estimated expectations for each participant,, finally distrust and what you said is true, that it is natural for those who have invested time and maybe funds that have been made but not according to, so it is natural to be disappointed.
I think for now airdrops is difficult to provide good clarity because many are indeed looking for short-term profit with the number of participants gathered.
With the community starting to understand and leave, maybe they will start to change and improve.