I disagree with you, on them being dead. {They have been paying between 500 to 600 Satoshi's an hour, from being at 200 to 300 Satoshi's a while ago.}
There are also some people, getting 1 BTC and more from faucet refferals commissons per month.
There is still scope for people, to make passive income from this, if you know what you doing.
Tip : Take a tip from a fool - Use a Bitcoin address, you have control over. {I experimented, using a casino deposit address to prevent dust in my active wallet, and they changed the deposit address, because they rotate addreses. Due to this I lost 6 refferals and their commisions}