What if the airdrop is gone forever?

[enwi]

Nothing? Look, airdrops do lure users to particular projects for a while but once airdrop is done, whether upto expectations or not, most users sell their tokens and move on to next. I agree that there tends to be hype and immense volume particularly if airdrop was good, but it's still nothing lasting.

It is correct in saying that many of the users that enter come in for the specific airdrop and then depart subsequently. However, based on the observation made above, this could just be a way of many projects attaining a facade. If the airdrop is promising and has been done right, then it is among the most helpful means of presenting a product or a platform. However, the stimulation of users continuing to be engaged with a project much beyond this immediate get requires far more than that. They should be in a position to provide proofs of quality and merits as to what they offer. Many will remain connected should that be accomplished making it relatively easy to have people stick around more than long periods.

[bayu7adi]

Thank you very much for the responses from friends here....

Well...Some responses here say that "this is impossible" ... so does this airdrop have an immortal nature? Is that true? If the crypto industry continues to use airdrops as their promotional media, it means that its development will never grow progressively ... yes, there are times when an agency can come in to handle this, specifically handling marketing related to cryptocurrency ...

For example, there is platform A that has 100 of the best advertisers with clear certification, their expertise is clear and experienced ... they stand on company A and are ready to handle everything related to cryptocurrency promotion effectively without going through airdrops ... yes, it's like a vendor and the job of the project developer is to hire this platform A to work together ... clear right? That there will be no more airdrops here is actually possible?

We are talking about "if something happens, then you will do...........", yes this topic is discussing something that is unlikely, but we are trying to position ourselves in the worst case scenario,
sorry, but it seems the context of "if" here is not well understood....

[bitbit97]

Those who said that it is impossible for airdrops to disappear, do you really think that promotion through airdrops is still a working method? I rarely see airdrops today, but instead I see retrodrops. Airdrops as a promotion is a working strategy only if projects that distribute them list its tokens. Without listing, every token is garbage, and people are tired of garbage in their wallets. Retrodrops or as I call them, advanced or improved form of bounty is what still work effectively and attract attention to projects. As chance of retrodopped token to get listed is way higher than airdropped token.

bayu7adi has mentioned platform that gather airdrop data, but I remember there was platform or webpage airdrop alerts (or something similar to that). I remember receiving emails from them in past (but unsubscribed to that), but dont know if they still exist with up-to-date info. Nevertheless, with time I have noticed that platform like airdrop alerts is more a place where projects pay for getting noticed (kind of a promotion-of-a-promotion strategy), than a place to find something useful.

[Crwth]

If, magically, AirDrop is going to be gone, I don’t think the crypto world would be affected by it. It’s just that people are getting onboarded because of it, and if people stay there, I think there’s nothing wrong with crypto by then

I believe that’s not going to happen because there are many reasons why projects do that, and I don’t think it’s that easy to get rid of. It’s a two-way thing for projects and users.

[Findingnemo]

There are two reasons,

1. The project team doesn't want to spend any money to promote their project.
2. Better and effective promotional methods are available now.

It ended a very long time ago, there were very few in the last 5 years combined and number of airdrops in the year 2018-19, and that's the golden era for bounty hunters and from that it's never been the same.

[SPOON_MOJO]

Although airdrops have been a significant aspect of cryptocurrency for a long time. it seems like they have gradually turned into a scam.Many people are solely interested in the free items, and they wind up getting defrauded or burned by unsuccessful businesses when they don't receive their incentives.  Airdrops were always a mechanism for new companies to reach people and acquire traction, therefore I think the crypto market may potentially improve without them if we get rid of some of the fraudulent projects. However I also wonder how it will influence new projects trying to reach customers and acquire traction. Therefore without it there might be alternate techniques or perhaps things would merely slow down but eventually, if it aids in space cleansing, it might be useful.

[Zed0X]

I think not giving out airdrops is more problematic to the developers or project founders than the airdrop hunters. Crypto is already a tough space to compete and if a token becomes less visible to the public because of no airdrop, it might end up in the obituary in just a few weeks/months. They can pay for some influencers for sure and create temporary hype but it will only add up to the pump and dump list.

[yhiaali3]

I wouldn't be sad if airdrops suddenly disappeared, or if there were no airdrops at all in the cryptocurrency world. That wouldn't be sad for me, and I think it's the case for many who are tired of all this nonsense.

A long time ago, airdrops were much better, despite the proliferation of scams. However, there were good airdrops that compensated participants for failed or worthless airdrops. Unfortunately, today, the vast majority of them are scams, and the few remaining provide nothing more than ridiculous rewards that are disproportionate to the participants' efforts.

[libert19]

Without listing, every token is garbage, and people are tired of garbage in their wallets.

We are in era of dexes, even if tokens are not listed anywhere, you can still trade them on chain's dexes (chain on which token is created on) with a contract address, liquidity is thing but more often than not, there tends to be enough to make your trade.

bayu7adi has mentioned platform that gather airdrop data, but I remember there was platform or webpage airdrop alerts (or something similar to that). I remember receiving emails from them in past (but unsubscribed to that), but dont know if they still exist with up-to-date info. Nevertheless, with time I have noticed that platform like airdrop alerts is more a place where projects pay for getting noticed (kind of a promotion-of-a-promotion strategy), than a place to find something useful.

If you are famous, you'll get promotional offers, it's alright. Aside, from site you mentioned, there are plenty resources one can follow to stay up to date with airdrop stuff — telegram/discord channels, and Twitter handles.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

However, what comes to your mind spontaneously, when we encounter a moment where the airdorp suddenly disappears and there is no airdrop at all in the crypto space...

Is the crypto world getting worse? or will there be a big dispute when that happens? Or will the crypto space actually improve by reducing some other fraudulent methods...? Express your opinion on this... about what you would think when the crypto airdrop really disappears.

Airdrops are used as a way or medium to advertise or promote new projects, this often involved giving or sharing a small portion of the token supply to the people who are interested in the token based on various tasks they are able to perform or complete.

What I do think is that as long as new projects keeps popping up and are in need of a community, there will always be airdrops, the only thing I will assume is that, if all airdrops continue to fail to reward their community well based on their effort in advertising the project, interest will drop greatly and most projects will suffer because they will have to spend alot of money on buying ad spaces on different platforms like this forum, btt, telegram, X, Facebook and so on.

But then, if at any point in time, we get to that point where airdrops goes extinct or no longer exists, then I would say this would be very good for the crypto community because by then, only strong and very serious projects will see the limelight, this would greatly reduce scam projects and would make the entire crypto community a much better and safer place to invest.

[bayu7adi]

What I do think is that as long as new projects keeps popping up and are in need of a community, there will always be airdrops, the only thing I will assume is that, if all airdrops continue to fail to reward their community well based on their effort in advertising the project, interest will drop greatly and most projects will suffer because they will have to spend alot of money on buying ad spaces on different platforms like this forum, btt, telegram, X, Facebook and so on.

But then, if at any point in time, we get to that point where airdrops goes extinct or no longer exists, then I would say this would be very good for the crypto community because by then, only strong and very serious projects will see the limelight, this would greatly reduce scam projects and would make the entire crypto community a much better and safer place to invest.

I also see a positive impact in this direction, where some projects that are not serious about being worked on will be immediately eliminated from the competition, because it will take a lot of money to promote new projects... it sounds cruel, but this will actually make the community feel that the price of their sweat and time is no longer cheap... like a paid BTC or USDT signature campaign that also does promotions but at a commensurate price....

Some people will assume that there will be good projects that die before fighting when the airdrop standard is removed... however, we have seen hundreds of projects launched in a week, some of which look good, but it really disappoints many people, from the investor side and from the airdrop hunter side...

[Gposas]

From my point of view, airdrops cannot leave the Crypto space because it has a big role it plays apart from the 2024 popular Telegram based P2E games, CEX also do airdrops.

Airdrop is just a part of promotional strategy and every new token requires promotion to foster exposure and popularity. Though these airdrops are much common with new projects but I can remember when I won an airdrop with one of these top CEX without getting to do any task but I think it was just a way of them still promoting their native token.

In conclusion I don't think airdrops can leave the Crypto space but it is obvious that they are not as active as before.

[bitbit97]

Without listing, every token is garbage, and people are tired of garbage in their wallets.

We are in era of dexes, even if tokens are not listed anywhere, you can still trade them on chain's dexes (chain on which token is created on) with a contract address, liquidity is thing but more often than not, there tends to be enough to make your trade.

DEXes arent a solution either. I have hundreds of tokens, but swapping them would cost many times more than their value.

Dont know about the rest, but for me airdrops today have ran out of efficiency as a promotional instrument. Time have such promotions is now gone. In the past, they were effective, because it was one of the cheapest way to promote. Now creating a telegram group is more effective and cheaper.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Hi, surely some of you are part of the airdrop lovers...

Many complain about airdrop payments that are not always in accordance with what is done... this is very detrimental to many people, and even some airdrops end in fraud... I am sure, many agree that now the percentage of airdrop success is very low to promote new projects... this is proven by the many projects that failed to launch and even ended in fraud.... the problems in the crypto world around airdrops have never met their end...

However, what comes to your mind spontaneously, when we encounter a moment where the airdorp suddenly disappears and there is no airdrop at all in the crypto space...

Is the crypto world getting worse? or will there be a big dispute when that happens? Or will the crypto space actually improve by reducing some other fraudulent methods...? Express your opinion on this... about what you would think when the crypto airdrop really disappears.

          -       If airdrops can just disappear so that the number of people being scammed and victimized in the crypto space can be reduced, why not? It just seems unlikely that it will happen and it may not disappear. As long as there are scammers or hackers, it will remain for sure.

That's why it's better to be careful, smart and vigilant. and if we are going to try something, we should accept the unexpected things that will happen, so that we don't get hurt in the end. Or if we don't want to get hurt or waste our time, just don't participate in airdrops.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

Airdrops cannot be gone like that, it has its own little way of helping out in understanding how the crypto markets works, starting from how we can send and receive a coin, handling of wallet and the likes, its just that some newbies would have put on much expectations on them, with the hope that they should be worth a reasonable amount, while they are only a minor incentive received as a reward for performing a particular task in crypto, due to this low value, they are mostly gotten after the completion of such task.