I just came across a task platform’s points rules page—there are so many scoring items crammed together that my eyes went blurry instantly. Getting “free money” has started to look more and more like going to work: daily check-ins, building up activity, snagging whitelists, all while worrying about being flagged as a sybil. Back then I thought it was exploration; now it’s taking assignments, clocking time, calculating returns. Even anxiety has started to “compete” like it’s being optimized.

Yesterday I saw people talking about the quirks of order routers/“order sorters.” Retail traders complained about fairness. Honestly, a few hundred pages of whitepapers don’t beat a transparent draw/lottery rule. When a system starts using “scores” to control your behavior—are you a user, or a tool? Anyway, I’m a bit tired.

So I keep reminding myself: don’t treat your position as self-worth, and don’t treat airdrops like wages. Maybe this is just this sphere’s everyday reflex: the thing you’re grinding isn’t the project team—it’s your own expectations. Forget it, that’s that. I’m going to check whether my “homework” has been submitted.