The only time I do now is if the person is introduced by someone already here as someone they personally know or personally onboarded to Nostr. And even then it’s sparingly. It is fun to demonstrate how things work, but it absolutely sets unrealistic expectations and encourages scammers to do their thing. A simple “hello, welcome” is cordial enough. lol 

 💯  

 this.

I can live with losing 21 sats.

but this also shows the importance of nip05 if they're using a domain associated with them.  

 What has long been needed is a way to zap (aka antizap) to expose a scam.   

 I remember reading your ideas about that some months ago. I don't know if I fully grasped the concept though.