Iryo Airdrop Update

Airdrop Update
Thank you to everyone that has participated in the airdrop campaign up to this point. Based on the current levels of participation and community driven feedback, the team would like to address some concerns and announce changes that will be implemented immediately.

Improper use of referrals
While referrals programs can drive large amounts of positive traffic to a project, they can also have unintended consequences. In regards to the ongoing airdrop campaign, the referral portion of the campaign created unintended consequences when some community members began sharing their referral codes within a number of EOS community-based groups. The sharing of referral codes happened to be in clear violation of group policy, and as a result, certain users were either banned or criticised for posting their codes.

While the team believes it is up to the individual to ensure they adhere to a group’s specific policy, we were surprised by the level in which it occurred. For this reason, the team has decided to permanently suspend the issuing of new referral codes for the Iryo Airdrop Campaign effective 24:00 GMT March 5th, 2018. All referral codes given out until this point will no longer work, however, if your referral code had been claimed or used prior to March 5th, you will still be eligible to receive your bonus.

Why we decided to implement referral codes
The Iryo team had originally decided to allow referrals due to the strict pre-conditions that were set in order to prevent bots, spam and other unwanted activity within the community. Referrals also allowed members who were unable to meet the pre-conditions to still be able to receive tokens and contribute to the growth of the community.

Resuming the campaign
The airdrop campaign will resume at 24:00 GMT March 5th, 2018 with a 2,000 member daily participation limit. If you were unable to participate yesterday or the day before, we kindly suggest that you interact with IryoAirdropBot again. The locked pre-conditions of having a minimum of 1 EOS or 0.1 ETH on your public address on March 1st will remain in place. Full details on the airdrop campaign can be found here.

We want to sincerely thank the members that contributed and gave us feedback on how to improve upon the existing framework of the campaign. We appreciate the support and look forward to further discussion with our growing community.