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FWIW, the initial "in for existing HN/GitHub users" caused a huge spam account problem for HN.


Yeah, but the floodgates opened far worse when it wasn't limited to developer focused websites. I feel they should've shutdown the way for new Keybase users to join the airdrop. Stellar would've benefit from a large number of developers having their crypto and potentially developing software to use it, and Keybase would've been seen as rewarding their loyal users.




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