When BTC started, nobody had any and it was worthless, so it was right to give away thousands of BTC to make it popular. All that has changed. Now that BTC's worth something, now that companies are building on BTC, now that serious business transactions are made with bitcoin, it's about time for faucets to adapt.
BTC is real. It's money, and you've got to work to earn some. I hope all faucets will disappear in 2015. Faucets are hurting bitcoin by making some people believing you can get it while doing nothing sitting in your home. No, BTC isn't like that, and it shouldn't be any easier to get than any fiat currency. Even for small amounts.
I disagree with the statement that faucet are the ones behind it. Well as statement by gadman2(1st page, 1st reply) that "Faucets give people bitcoin to experiment with.". Faucets are there to promote bitcoin as much as possible they try to keep in interest amongst the bitcoin lovers.
For the part that people sitting back at home thinking that it gonna feed them by not going to work its their thinking which is wrong. Well FAUCET and BITCOIN were never made to play with people lives like this , but it is the thinking of those peoples. Well more sooner you GET AWARE ABOUT THE REAL FACT , MORE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR YOU.
I will say CHANGE YOUR MIND AND OPEN YOUR EYES and you will get back to the track again (for those who think faucets gonna feed the sitting back at home).