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Lately, I've been getting a bit obsessed with testing network points, originally just practicing: running bridges, interacting with dApps, and getting familiar with the chain's rhythm. But once I started to have the expectation of "maybe an airdrop," it became easier to turn it into more of a task check-in, and time and gas (though cheap, not zero) started to get out of control.
My self-imposed stop-loss is pretty simple: treat "practice" as a cost, set a limit, like spending a few hours per week and a maximum amount of money, and stop once I reach it; another is only do interactions where I can clearly explain the purpose (testing a feature, comparing confirmation/fees across different L2s), if I can't explain it clearly, I won't do it. The social mining approach is similar—treat attention as a mine, and before you know it, you're just working for the platform... Anyway, I don't want to include my emotions as part of the cost.
That's it for now. I'm going to update this week's test network interaction log and delete two useless task reminders.