Airdrop and NFT comments under ads: the bare bot link and the link rule
An airdrop comment is usually a Telegram bot address and nothing else; whoever signs up earns the poster tokens. The examples from my ads, the referral.
Anant GuptaFounder, CommentWatchDog
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An airdrop or NFT comment under your ad is usually a bare Telegram bot link with a referral code: whoever signs up through it earns the poster tokens, and the "airdrop" is the bait. As of September 17, 2026, Meta forbids schemes whose reward "is partly or fully based on recruitment of others", and because the comment is only an address, any link rule catches it every time.
Below: the examples from my own ads with dates, the referral mechanics, Meta's lines, the Facebook and Instagram controls, the copyable rule, and why delete.
What they look like
The rows below arrived under my own Facebook ads between July 1 and September 17, 2026, quoted as written, the codes and names left out.
| The comment, and its day | The shape | Removed by |
|---|---|---|
| A t.me address for an "AIRDROP" bot with a start parameter (September 1) | The bare bot link | The URLs rule |
| The same bot, a different start parameter (September 2) | The same, a second recruiter | Another tool |
| A "share-mint" address with a referral path (September 7) | The mint link | The URLs rule |
| "🚀 Join my team on GREY Network & let's mine together! 🎁 Sign up through my link and get 2 GREY FREE" (August 17 and August 20) | The team paste, with a link | Post cleanup |
The pattern for airdrop, NFT, mint and token words matched eight comments in the log; three were a software seller's paste that belongs to the competitor-pitch field guide, and the five above are this genre.
How the code pays
An airdrop is a token giveaway to new sign-ups, run through a Telegram bot. The bot's start parameter is the recruiter's code: every account that opens the bot through that address is credited to the recruiter, who earns tokens per recruit. The comment needs no words because the reader who taps a link under an ad is the only reader it wants, and a second recruiter posting the same bot with a different code the next day, as above, is two people working the same ad.
Meta's lines
Meta's Prohibited Commercial Practices policy, read September 17, 2026. Investment: "Offers of investment opportunities where returns on investment or compensation is partly or fully based on recruitment of others to participate in the scheme." Get rich quick: "Offers of opportunities of unrealistic financial reward for unclear or minimal effort." The team paste, "sign up through my link and get 2 GREY FREE", is both lines at once; the bare bot link is the first, and Report from the comment's Options is where it goes.
Facebook: the domain, or every link
Links to specific sites, the Moderation Assist screen I opened on my own profile on September 8, 2026, "will stop all links from any domains you add", and t.me typed once covers every bot and channel on Telegram. Link in comment, beside it, hides any comment "that has a link", the right choice for a Page whose customers never post links. Both hide only comments made after the criterion is added. WhatsApp and Telegram links under ads has the two domains and the counts behind them.
Instagram: the entry
Instagram has no domain control, so the address becomes a word. per Instagram's Hidden Words page read September 5, 2026, the custom list takes address fragments as words and hides the comments that contain them, and the entries "t.me" and "_bot" hide the bare link; airdrop, mint, token, "join my team" and "mine together" cover the ones with a sentence. Instagram Hidden Words, tested has the screen.
The link rule, which is the whole answer
CommentWatchDog is an AI comment moderation tool that automatically hides and deletes spam and damaging comments on Facebook and Instagram ads and posts. Its URLs rule reads every comment as it lands and took the bot link and the mint link above before anyone read them; on my Pages it is set to Delete, with the whitelist for the domains I name. The Keywords rule takes airdrop, mint, token, join my team, mine together for the pastes with words. The whitelist and what to allow is the guide.
Delete the address
Facebook's hide page leaves a hidden comment readable by its writer and their friends, and a bare address has no writer to keep it for. Delete, and report the account from the comment's Options; the second recruiter is a second report.
Sources
- Prohibited Commercial Practices, Meta Community Standards, read September 17, 2026
- About Moderation Assist, Meta Business Help Centre, read September 5, 2026; the Links to specific sites screen on my own profile September 8, 2026
- Hidden Words on Instagram, Instagram Help Centre, read September 5, 2026
- Hide a comment from a post on your Facebook Page, Facebook Help Centre, read September 17, 2026
- My own moderation log, three Facebook Pages, comments under ads published July 1 to September 17, 2026, read September 17, 2026
Common questions
What is an airdrop comment?
A Telegram bot address with a referral code and nothing else, pasted under an ad. The bot hands out tokens to whoever signs up, the poster is paid in tokens per recruit, and the audience of your ad is where the recruits come from. Under my ads, two bot links with different codes arrived on September 1 and 2, 2026.
Is it against Meta's rules?
Yes, on two lines of Meta's Prohibited Commercial Practices policy, read September 17, 2026: investment offers "where returns on investment or compensation is partly or fully based on recruitment of others to participate in the scheme", and "Offers of opportunities of unrealistic financial reward for unclear or minimal effort".
Which words catch airdrop comments?
Usually none, because the comment has no words. The address is the handle: "t.me" and "_bot" on Instagram's Hidden Words list, t.me under Facebook's Links to specific sites, or any link rule. For the ones with a sentence, airdrop, mint, token, "join my team" and "mine together" go on the list.
Can a rule remove a bare bot link before anyone taps it?
A link rule can, every time, since the comment is only a link; a whitelist keeps your own. CommentWatchDog is an AI comment moderation tool that automatically hides and deletes spam and damaging comments on Facebook and Instagram ads and posts.
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Post: Airdrop and NFT comments under ads: the bare bot link and the link rule
This page: https://commentwatchdog.com/blog/nft-airdrop-comments
Topic: Spam
Author: https://anantgupta.xyz (Anant Gupta, founder of CommentWatchDog)
Published: 2026-09-28
Updated: 2026-09-28
Summary: An airdrop comment is usually a Telegram bot address and nothing else; whoever signs up earns the poster tokens. The examples from my ads, the referral.
Query: airdrop comments (0 searches a month in the US)
Tested on: September 17, 2026, Meta's policy and help pages read on the web, the moderation log of my own Facebook ads read the same day
Why this page exists: To name the airdrop bot link, the emptiest comment in the log, a URL and nothing, from the examples under my own ads, with the referral mechanics, Meta's line on rewards based on recruitment, and the one control that catches a bare address every time; no measured search demand.
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