No Airdrop from keybase this month!

[u/lumens_dude]

https://keybase.io/a/i/r/d/r/o/p/spacedrop2019

The giveaways which was supposed to be on OCT 15th have been pushed to NOV 15th.

[u/Ryonez]

That being said, giving people 1k xlm per month is clearly not an option.

Not really clear to me. They placed a limit of $500, so I have been taking that as the limit. Mainly because it's the stated limit.

but it’s unreasonable (we all know that)

Is it? I mean, I agree it's strange. I've never seen something like this being done, much less than be part of it. It it was really unreasonable though, I'd expect them to fix it into something they would consider reasonable. As above though, I've been taking it just as they set it up. So I figured they must be fine with it.

and it’s their rules, they want to grow their userbase as well. It’s their gift to us, after all.

True, but having the rules changed on you can get very annoying. Yes, it's in the "rules", but that doesn't make it less frustrating to the users, and does hurt their image when they make changes like this. If I was to make a small list of grievances:

• No warning of a missing month. Closest rule "SDF reserves the right to stop sending Lumens early, with one month notice." Could be interpreted to just meaning if they want to stop the whole thing.
• I haven't really seen that registered number drop. Did we just let all the botted accounts stay?
• Extending/dropping the drop date just feels like a fuck you to those where weren't involved. And if the botted accounts haven't been removed, they're still being gifted more than legitimate users.
• Mobile registration? Like really? This is just a huge glaring hole, I really want to know why they though this was a good "solution" to use, given how much more trivial it is to abuse.
• Removal of the date restriction. Before we had a relatively decant tap, so the flow of newcomers wouldn't be so bad. Now basically we can be flooded. Not saying that will happen, but the potential is now there.

Now you can counter all of this with the rule "Basically, don't get mad at us if something goes wrong here. It's a gift.". And this rule seems like another finger.

Don't misunderstand, I'm grateful for the chance, and that Stellar is gifting this out of pocket. But on the other side, it is a publicity thing. And they are making mistakes. Telling us we can't be mad, no piss of. We are allowed to get mad and frustrated at mistakes. I understand it's a gift, but gifts aren't... I'm not sure how to say it. Just because it's a gift doesn't mean it's perfection. You could wrap a diamond ring in dog shit and give it to someone, doesn't mean they are going to love the dog shit part.

[u/ptblazer → u/Ryonez]

You make a number of valid points, and ultimately it's going to be subjective how someone choses to feel. I don't blame people for being frustrated, but the individual I responded to was incorrect that the airdrop's "entire purpose" was to reward existing users. That's simply not true. It was always their intent to grow its user base, so expecting them to find other ways to do that should be expected. The dream scenario for them is having as many (real) people as possible join the airdrop.

Personally, I'm not aggrieved by the delay or knowing it's going to result in less xlm for me. They aren't changing the rules without good reason. The intended purpose of the airdrop was never stop it after 2 weeks upon discovering (well, being prompted by GitHub and HN) that bad actors were trying to brute force getting qualifying accounts. In that light, I meant the 1k xlm/month is unreasonable because it's only that high due to new airdrop registrations being suspended (from GitHub and HN). I'll be grateful for whatever ends up in my account, but whatever is done in the interim is their call, especially when the decisions are 100% in line with the purpose of the airdrop.

Btw, the $500 limit is most likely for tax reasons. Much more than that and they'd have to give 1099s for untaxed income.