There is numerous coins that do airdrops right now or some that promise some coins against some actions (likes & tweets for example).
It is a very clever way to promote a new coin, sometimes without an ICO at all, sometimes to put some awareness on a coin before an ICO. In all cases it could be a good way to earn free money.
A lot of them have referral programs so if you invite some friends you can get more coins.
Here is a list of current airdrops & campaigns:
- DeepOnion: my favourite but you have to met specific conditions, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2006010.0
- eBTC: https://www.ebtc.io/
- BitBase: https://www.bitbase.io/?rb=2848. $5 value.
- PoSToken (POS): https://airdrop.postoken.org/?r=2fdcu34b. You need an account registered on bitcointalk.org before August 22, 2017. A lot of other bonuses (twitter, facebook, signature, referral...)
- Sphere (SAT): https://sphere.social/?ref_code=5309-a0a011e8. $10 value.
- WCX: https://wcex.co/?ref=F6Zbs6cC. $5 value.
- Geens: https://geens.com/user/register?id=In3BDxqE. You have to like their facebook or twitter.
And ones that will be announced soon:
- EthereumDARK (ETHD): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2106405.0 - Airdrop #2 is over. #3 & #4 to come.
- Funnel: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2200378.0 - Airdrop #3 will begin when thread read view reaches 10,000
And an original one, you have to play to win tokens: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2206107.0
While it may not be a scam in your opinion, it could be considered spam. Spam is not appreciated by the community and could be flagged or may result in action from the cheetah bot..
Some things that can be considered spam:
Thanks to pointing this out.
I will be more careful on my next articles.