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Below is an example of a Dogecoin faucet.

https://www.dogefaucet.com/en

All they require is you place your dogecoin address into the correct section and complete a captcha. Then they give you some free dogecoin.

They answer your question best on their webpage on what a faucet is. So I will just quote them.

What is a faucet?
A faucet is a website that collects dogecoins from contributors, then redistribute those bit-by-bit to users who ask for a share.
The main purpose is to help people who have no, or few, getting some free dogecoins to begin.

I decided to give it a try just to compare how much they give compared to me. After I completed the captcha I received the below message.

Wow, much fun! 0.17057821 doges have been added to your balance, we'll send that to your wallet once it reaches 20 Dogecoins!

So as you see, my faucet pays much better.

I actually knew these kind of things happened on the internet. I do believe it's kind of useless. You better deliver newspapers or something like that. It all earns you a higher income.

Sorry for my direct and harsh reaction!

What do you mean these kind of things ... You asked what a faucet was and I told you. No-one is trying to earn a living visiting faucets. Its the fact that its crypto that attracts people to it not the fiat value.

Some use to visit Bitcoin faucets years ago and earned a free bitcoin that is now worth thousands of dollars.

Be as harsh as you like its up to you how you want to be portrayed.

These kind of things refers to faucets. Like you mentioned, years ago people did this and earned a bitcoin. Those people just got lucky that the bitcoin value increased so much.