Lately I've been looking at the interaction tasks of a few projects again, and I feel pretty conflicted: I'm afraid of missing out if I don't do it, but I'm also worried about being exploited if I do, so in the end I just get a bunch of "Thanks for participating."

I'm a bit more conservative now, preferring to avoid touching too many, and I don't want to make my wallet activity look like a script just for potential airdrops.

Honestly, I care more about how the project spends money, who can move the funds, how many signatures are needed, and whether the incentives are being distributed chaotically.
Those projects that start off by wildly issuing points and then add "ratification" during governance, I basically ignore them... Anyway, the retail investors are the ones ultimately footing the bill.

Recently, everyone has been complaining about validator/miner earnings, MEV, and unfair ordering, and I feel the same:
If you interact seriously at the front, but then a transaction gets front-run or sandwiched later, the experience is really discouraging.
If the on-chain ordering could be more "reasonable" back then, I might try out a few more new protocols; now, I just give up.
Take it slow, and don’t treat FOMO as a lifestyle.