According to Cointelegraph: Decentralized social media (DeSo) app friend.tech has faced criticism for its decision to penalize users who try out forks or copycat versions of its tokenized social media platform. In an August 28 tweet, the official friend.tech account stated that users moving to forks and copies would automatically opt out of earning Points and forfeit existing points. The platform did not mention any specific competitors, but users pointed to a new DeSo or "SocialFi" application called Shares, set to launch in public beta on August 31. Friend.tech has been airdropping "reward points" to its beta testers every week, totaling a distribution of 100 million points over six months. The purpose of these points is not yet clear, but some speculate they may be related to governance tokens or have financial significance. The announcement was met with negative reactions from the crypto community, with many accusing friend.tech of being anti-competitive.