Last week’s airdrop conversations on Farcaster raised a familiar tension: what does meaningful participation actually look like? Rather than argue about whether something is a “real” airdrop, I started exploring what a more holistic reputation system might look like. One that reflects both your onchain behavior and your broader alignment.
Ok, but what does that actually mean?
Well, the first version is a scoring model based on a mix of social signals and onchain alignment. It includes your Neynar reputation score, Power Badge status, follower metrics, ENS name, Farcaster Pro subscription, and factors like early adoption (low FID). Additional points are awarded for taking the pledge and, in future, for holding the Pro NFT. Scores are capped at 100 and grouped into four tiers: Explorer, Active, Engaged, and Aligned. You can view your individual breakdown directly inside the mini-app.
What's next for the scoring model?
This is v1, and there are already a few improvements on the roadmap. For example, once Pro status becomes accessible via API and the Pro NFT is live, the current 10-point bonus will likely shift to 5 points for having Pro and 5 points for holding the NFT.
But it's not just about the score.
SmartDrop is also about building a new kind of social contract for smaller, community-native airdrops.
There’s an optional pledge mechanism built in. You can mint a token that says: I commit to holding at least 50 percent of any airdrop I receive for 28 days, or to using the associated app. The pledge is stored onchain and expressed as a dynamic NFT. It’s a way to express intent and openness to new experiences.
The score will likely evolve, but the token remains yours.
The SmartDrop dynamic credential is an NFT. There is no other SmartDrop token.
Feedback is welcome.
Check your score and, if you want to see where this goes, take the pledge.
Let’s aim higher together ↑
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SmartDrop is live. A proposed reputation layer for airdrops, combining social signals, onchain activity, and a pledge to make meaningful connections. Check your score. Take the pledge. https://farcaster.xyz/miniapps/S3ewaI7jyNUW/smartdrop https://paragraph.com/@nuconomist/smartdrop-reputation-layer-for-airdrops
Pledge part cool af ngl, and fair time/percent What happens if someone breaks the pledge 🫣
You might notice the NFT has an "Active" status 👀 Nothing set in stone for v1, but it is an evolving NFT.
so close
Somebody get this Lion a point 😂
love it!! funny coincidence i always only sold 50%max of the last drops already lol!!😁 https://farcaster.xyz/siadude/0xc6a8c975
How are scores calculated?
High level details are in the blog post. Full breakdown of V1 is: Total Score: Up to 100 points 1. Neynar Score (up to 50 points) Multiplied directly: neynarScore * 50 (So 0.95 = 47.5 points) 2. Power Badge (5 points) +5 if user has the Power Badge 3. Follower-to-Following Ratio (0 or 2.5 or 5 points) • 5 points if ratio ≥ 5 • 2.5 points if ratio ≥ 1 • 0 points if ratio < 1 4. ENS Username (10 points) +10 if username ends in .eth 5. Pro Subscription (10 points) +10 if active (planned to reduce to 5 in future) 6. Low FID Bonus (5 points) +5 if fid < 20000 7. Follower Count (0 to 5 points) • 5 points if ≥ 10,000 • 3 points if ≥ 1,000 • 1 point if ≥ 100 • 0 points if < 100 8. Pro NFT Held (5 points) +5 if held (currently inactive but included) 9. Pledge NFT Held (5 points) +5 if held
Thanks for the explanation! @compez.eth @mvr @bytebot As folks looking at how to tell quality users, what are your initial thoughts?
I like the concept! I minted the pledge but it’s not showing in the score I have Orajo.eth with my main wallet but does this read warplet? Or active user name? Low FID does signal VERY early adopter, but I also suspect there are a lot of early adopters that aren’t low FID.. perhaps skew that more over time or lower the total score for it? What about something related to freshness of activity? I guess being a Pro10k counts for some of that, but I’d be curious is points for something like casting once in the past 20 days or something like that… some that that shows the person is still around/involved as airdrop ppl would probably want active users going forward etc
Thanks for checing it out and taking the pledge! If you scroll down there should be a button to refresh your score, it will include the Pledge. Great point on recency bias for evaluating likely engagement, I know there are some dormant low FIDs. I have some ideas and early structure for tracking token engagement too.
what's up
Will double check if you’re stuck but you have to sign from your fid to prove link first so potentially that? Feel free to DM more details if not that.
not stuck, it's the first time i get a caution from farcaster wallet on minting stuff
I can’t really share on my mobile. But interesting.
Hi What will happen if we break our promise?
How to get??
Thanks bro!
That's good 😊👍🏼