Now these task platforms really make me laugh, clicking, filling out forms, taking screenshots, clocking in, and the ratings are just like performance reviews… Honestly, earning money here is starting to feel more like a job, just without social security. The word "witch" came up and I immediately felt guilty: I’m clearly just one person, why do I still need to prove “I am me,” and I have to maintain my account as if I’m raising a pet.

The wave of AI agents/auto-trading is also quite subtle, on one hand promoting “let robots handle your interactions,” on the other hand security audits can’t keep up, and in the end, you might still be the one holding the bag. Anyway, now I check TVL before doing tasks—if it’s up, I call it fake; if it’s down, I call it real… but I still get tempted to try new protocols out of curiosity.

If I hadn’t been so eager to “max out my points” back then, I probably wouldn’t have made my wallet look as cluttered as a work account. Oh well, slowly quitting that habit.