Recently, social mining/points have been flooding the screens again. As a newbie, I really thought that the more badges I had, the more "status" I gained, and that more interactions would earn me money. Now I understand: points are just a funnel; whether you can cash out, when to release, and how to unlock all depend on the project's mood... You spend your time, only to get a screenshot as comfort.

Not to mention that lately everyone is obsessively watching the unlock calendar. Once staking unlocks, anxiety and selling pressure start. I now have one principle: do not change my schedule for points, do not leverage for whitelist access, at most do it casually; if I can get it, I take it; if not, forget it. The exit rules are written on paper, which is more reliable than badges.