Zama made the call to wrap up their season 5 creator program ahead of schedule. It's a sensible decision—the leaderboard had been getting flooded with bot activity and low-quality AI-generated submissions, which was diluting the program's value. The project took a snapshot on December 14th to finalize rankings. Similar issues have been plaguing other initiatives too; OpenMind's campaign faces comparable pressure from spam and automated submissions. These early shutdowns reflect a growing challenge in Web3 creator incentive programs: how to maintain quality and authenticity when bot engagement becomes the path of least resistance. It'll be interesting to see how projects refine their anti-spam mechanisms in future iterations.