2026-01-16 04:36:35

InfoFi is undergoing a strategic adjustment. Following Kaito's closure of the Yaps feature, Cookie also announced that it will gradually cease the Snaps service. This reflects a collective cleanup across the entire Web3 social ecosystem—these features were previously accompanied by aggressive farming activities and inflated interaction data. It seems that all platforms are re-evaluating the true value and sustainability of such features. This wave of adjustments marks a shift in the industry from solely pursuing metric growth to adopting more pragmatic product strategies.

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SneakyFlashloan

· 14h ago

Damn, finally starting to clean up the trash. Those fake interaction data should have been cut long ago. What does this round of adjustment mean? It just means the previous growth was all fake. Yaps is shut down, Snaps has also stopped, who’s next to be cut? Feels like Web3 social is just a big farm, with players coming to mine data. Where is the true value? Still just exploiting newcomers? If this continues, who will still want to develop these features? Wait, are they trying to reinvent themselves and start over? Basically, the previous model collapsed, and they are being forced to adjust. Let’s see which projects can survive.

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SandwichTrader

· 14h ago

It's quite reasonable. There are too many spammers, fake data is everywhere, and a cleanup is inevitable sooner or later.

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StealthDeployer

· 14h ago

Haha, another round of "strategic adjustments" after project teams cut the leeks. I bet five bucks that new features will be launched next month. The core user base of the farms is gone, and only then do these platforms start thinking about how to create real products. To put it simply, they can no longer sustain fake data. It's time to wake up. These Snaps Yaps are essentially hot potato games. No one is taking over anymore. Is there still hope for Web3 social? It really depends on what’s left after this round of surgery.

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PancakeFlippa

· 14h ago

Finally, someone has started to cut the leeks. The farm feature is damn it. I've been tired of those fake interaction data for a long time. Only now do I realize how slow it is. Instead of stopping the feature, it's better to directly rug. At least you can still make a profit. Is this called a prodigal son returning? I think it's because there's no money to burn. Honestly, the era of data falsification should end. It's just a final struggle of a bunch of pump-and-dump projects before they die. So will real users come back, or have they all left?

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GoldDiggerDuck

· 14h ago

The farm feature is dead, and honestly, it should have died a long time ago.

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ForumLurker

· 14h ago

The farm features are dying one after another, indicating that everyone has seen through it all Finally, someone dares to burst these data bubbles. It was long overdue Snaps shutting down? Oh my goodness, these project teams are really timid But on the other hand, could this kind of cleanup actually be beneficial to the ecosystem? Another round of leek-cutting game comes to an end. Why is it always the same routine?

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Degen4Breakfast

· 15h ago

I used Yaps and Snaps as cash machines, now they're gone? LOL --- Finally started to cut the leeks, this is the real Web3 --- The inflated data collapsed, I saw it coming a long time ago --- A bunch of farming bots disappeared, this is true user cleansing --- Damn, I wasted my Snap points for nothing, who will compensate me? --- It's interesting, finally someone is telling the truth instead of hyping up the data --- Farmers are crying their eyes out in the bathroom

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