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In the past two days, I’ve been doing a lot of airdrop hunting and it’s gotten a bit maddening. I’m afraid of falling for anti-scam/anti-bait setups, and I’m also afraid of missing out—it's exactly the same mindset as back when we were in the ICO groups, rushing to grab whitepapers… Honestly, the more you want to “complete every single interaction,” the easier it is to turn yourself into a task machine. Later on, I just muted the group. The world suddenly got quiet, my hands weren’t so itchy anymore. With less pressure from that “everyone else is doing it” feeling, I could finally think clearly: do I really believe in this narrative, and am I actually willing to put my funds in for real?
And those on-chain data tools and tagging systems have recently been criticized for being laggy and/or easy to mislead, right? I’m treating them like the signal from an old radio right now—I can get a general sense, but I’m not taking them as scripture. My approach is pretty crude: control the number of times, control the amount. Treat interaction as a “trial,” not a “salary.” If I really want to go for it, I’ll set a stop-loss line anyway—just don’t let your emotions be dictated by those few “last chance” messages in the group. That’s it for now.