I've been engaged in a bit of a social experiment the last few days, trying and testing out different campaigns and social media airdrops on Solana tokens. The pitch is familiar: follow me, retweet this post, like this post, post your wallet address. Some even go a bit further and ask you to turn on your follow notice button so you're notified every time the given poster makes a new post on X.
To date, out of close to 200 different token posts, offers, ads, airdrop promises and what not, only two of the tokens have actually delivered on what they promised, KONKE and INUITPOWER. Unfortunately, the second turned out to be an instant scam as soon as it delivered and got delisted from Solana's network. Okay... KONKE, on the other hand, was true to its word, and they delivered an actual 570,000 tokens to my wallet provided.
So, is all of this effort worth the bother? Well, for one thing, I only test and engage with these social media babbles when I'm completely bored, watching documentaries on cable late at night. It's a bit of passive crypto engagement on the crazy what-if that something might actually be true and deliver.
Second, I only use a "firewall" wallet (my term). This is a wallet that I have designated as sacrificial to testing or trying out things online so that if there is some kind of click scam etc. my entire wallet assets that really matter don't get drained. I usually only keep about $1 of SOL in it so that incoming transactions can post without being lost to network fees missing. If the stuff turns out to then be legit, then I transfer it to my main real wallet to use, stake or watch to see if it turns into something. Out of all the tokens I've tried so far, KONKE is the only one that has graduated to actually making it to my main wallet. Congratz KONKE!
As for the other 99%, they have turned out to be what I expected, basic clickbait to generate traffic. I am curious why though. I get generating traffic for the purposes of a website and related advertising on it, like affiliate marketing. However, on social media, the only thing I can figure is that the effort is basically an attempt to increase one's subscriber base and following population for bragging rights. Well, I hate to say it, but Mr. Beast as you beat on that one, hands down.
Always do your own research and beware what you click. Nothing is ever really free.
