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Airdrops and points
An airdrop pays tokens to people who used a product. Points are a score that might become a token. You are being paid to show up, often in a coin the issuer can create.
What you are paid with
Sometimes a token with a market. Sometimes a point with no market yet. The work is your time, your gas, and your attention. The pay can be worth less than the gas the day it arrives.
The farm
When the only reason to use the app is the drop, the app is a distribution. Insiders still have their own allocation. Your points do not change that.
Do not deposit size you care about in order to farm a rumour.
Check yourself
Are points money?
Not until there is a real token and a market, and even then the pay can be small.
After this you can compare the gas and the risk with the pay, before you call a points program income.