2025-12-11 04:00:13

I recently came across some quite interesting data—someone analyzed 70,000 Twitter users who play InfoFi (the kind of "airdrop farming" through mouth-based methods), and found significant regional differences.

Nigeria accounts for more than a quarter (25.9%), ranking first; the United States is second with 11.4%; other parts of Africa combined make up 7.7%; India and Vietnam are at 4.5% and 4.2%, respectively.

This data actually helps to explain the issue—Web3's "participation threshold" is indeed more attractive in certain regions, especially for users with limited access to traditional financial channels. However, from another perspective, it also exposes that many current airdrop mechanisms might be being scaled by professional "mouth farming" teams.

What do you think about whether this phenomenon is good or bad for the industry ecosystem?

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ThesisInvestor

· 2h ago

What does Nigeria's dominance tell us? It shows that traditional finance has really left people with no options. Airdrops have been turned into a business, what should we do? Centralized mouth-breathers... this thing is bound to cool off sooner or later. Cryptocurrency was originally meant to break monopolies, but now it's being monopolized by new arbitrage groups, how ironic. If I had known it would turn out like this, I might as well just trade coins directly, really.

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MEVHunterNoLoss

· 12-11 13:21

Nigeria accounts for a quarter, how intense is that... Airdrops are getting more and more trivial; it's about time to change the mechanism. Professional token farmers have ruined the project ecosystem; who benefits? It's just traditional finance being closed off, can't blame anyone. What does this data indicate? It's simply because Americans are too lazy. Wait and see, if this continues, real users will be squeezed out. Nigerians are really fierce, thumbs up. Airdrops have turned into pure grazing games; project teams should reflect. Large regional distribution differences = more bottom-fishing opportunities? Let's see. This is probably the cost of Web3 democratization; face reality, everyone.

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FundingMartyr

· 12-11 04:30

The quarter of Nigeria's proportion is truly remarkable; it feels like the entire InfoFi is being carried by African players. The organization of the mouth-pumping community has long needed regulation; if not, project teams will directly lose sincerity. Honestly, traditional finance is just too garbage; Web3 is the escape route. It's also funny that the US is only at 11%, with the founding father of the crypto world having the fewest people, which is ironic. This data can only show one thing: airdrops have become so cheap that there are no bottom lines. I’m optimistic about Africa’s ecological development; at least they have genuine demand, unlike some people who just do it for fun. As for large-scale operations, I think these low-quality projects should have been cut long ago.

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MetaverseLandlady

· 12-11 04:26

A quarter of Nigeria? That’s quite a "mouthful," I must say. The airdrop mechanism has been completely exploited by these folks; true builders rarely get a chance. To be honest, it's still the project teams being lazy—just releasing an airdrop and calling it a day. The fact that Web3 has a low barrier to entry is actually a double-edged sword. It attracts true believers but also attracts airdrop hunters. Geo-arbitrage airdrops—that’s a new business model I’ve seen through. While Africa is seriously grinding here, we’re busy studying real technology. It’s a bit ironic. If these distribution data are truly accurate, then many projects need to take a close look at their user activity metrics. Instead of calculating geographic distribution, it’s better to think about how to prevent airdrop hunters. Do the project teams actually want this kind of false prosperity? Remember that one project’s airdrop where Nigeria’s user base suddenly multiplied tenfold, and then the price plummeted—do you still remember? Mass operations? Come on, this is already a whole industry chain.

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Layer2Observer

· 12-11 04:24

Is Nigeria accounting for a quarter? We need to see whether it's genuine demand or just purely arbitrage tool users... Let's look behind the data — financial inclusion demand vs. professional wool miners, two forces mixed together here. Such large-scale operations will eventually be identified by on-chain verification mechanisms. Right now, airdrops are just marketing expenses anyway. To put it simply, the quality of the ecosystem depends on how the project team designs it. A poorly designed mechanism will inevitably attract this group of people. Actually, what's more interesting is — this data can infer the real user quality of the project; in a way, it's a filter.

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

· 12-11 04:24

A quarter of Nigeria? That’s quite a lot... The airdrop mechanism has been completely messed up The "mouth farming" community has really organized a group effort, which is a bit outrageous The low threshold does attract people, but the quality is concerning This ecosystem will inevitably go through a shuffle; right now, it's too shallow The real builders are actually being drowned out But speaking of which, being able to participate is better than not being able to get in at all

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BridgeJumper

· 12-11 04:16

A quarter of Nigeria? That's a bit crazy. It feels like airdrops are the modern-day "human trafficking" of finance.

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