Recently, I got a bit itchy to go and earn points through social mining. Even though I know it's mostly just badges and leaderboards, I still can't help but click on it. Honestly, it's because of the "measurable progress bar" that controls me: if I don't do it today, it feels like I lost a step, even though that step isn't worth anything at all.

But the more I do it, the more I feel the structure is asymmetric: the time I spend is truly mine, the identity is issued by the platform, and the rules can change at any time. Now some people are comparing on-chain yield products with RWA and US bond yields, which sounds lively, but I'm more concerned about who bears the fluctuations and credit risks in the underlying layers... Anyway, I've set a small rule for myself: I treat points as just a casual thing, and I won't drain my life just to "appear like a veteran user."