They're basically "free money" for not doing anything in return.
Shilling the project into different social media platforms are the things that these airdrop hunters are doing so the phrase "not doing anything in return" is kinda wrong at least for me because they are doing something in order to get free money.
Some projects have been widely successful after an airdrop, while others have gone all the way down the drain. There's been a upsurge of airdrop hunters looking to "milk rewards" from the system, effectively dumping all of their coins/tokens on the market for profit. While most projects have been quite flexible in the eligibility for an airdrop, one project decided to take the stand by adopting measures to prevent abuse. Parachain Swap's airdrop has been quite controversial as it only rewarded a small portion of its users. The vast majority of the people weren't rewarded (especially airdrop hunters), resulting in a decline of the token's price.
This is happening for a long time already. There are some projects as well in the past that aren't paying these airdrop hunters. Well, I agree though that they are one of the reasons why the price of the token plummets as soon as it is being listed on an exchange. They, investors and the developers as well are the ones who are dumping the token just to get money.
Do you think it's a good idea to penalize airdrop hunters? Will this do more harm or good to the adoption of crypto/Blockchain tech? Your input will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
One question that comes out is how do airdrop hunters be penalized? In what circumstances will these hunters be penalized?
We know already that these airdrop hunters are just out there for the money. Do you know somebody who is joining in airdrops but he is holding it because he has trust in the project? I don't think there is somebody who is brave enough to do that. Airdrops are just a waste of time at least for me but we have different opinions when it comes to airdrops. I tried joining into it but got nothing. Just a waste of time.