Last night I saw someone showing off their "On-Chain Social Master" badge again. Clicked in and saw three hundred replies all saying "follow for follow, like for like." Whatever. I'll just put this out there: we'll talk about the word "badge" later.

To be honest, I've been through it too—checking in every day for points. In the end, those points couldn't be cashed out, nor did they bring any real resources. Now that regulatory pressure is tight, depositing and withdrawing funds is already nerve-wracking, and on top of that I wasted all my time just farming presence. Pretty shitty deal.

At the end of the day, if on-chain identity can only be built by grinding activity, what's the difference from forum leveling by spam-posting back in the day? I'd rather have fewer "badges" and save that energy for deeper content, or just rest. That's it for now.