This airdrop stuff sounds great but how do I get in on it? I think I followed all the steps correctly but it will not let me. I think It is because my ranking on here is too low? I don't get it.
Guess i'll just stake instead 

It takes 24 hours for your onions to mature

What do you mean? If you're worried that's the end of onions, that's not the case at all.

Look at the roadmap for what happens after the coins have been distributed: https://deeponion.org/

The last airdrop happens during Q2 of this year.

how do you export the private keys? Also, does the wallet file need to be backed up every time we receive funds or just once?

wow... I mean "woo"  this really big deep onion to the masses.  So many coins and tokens that have had a few years to develop payment systems on their blockchains but have done nothing .... and deep onion is taking the lead.  Way to go onion development team!

Yes, you must have missed the part where you have to have at least 30 Activity (jr. member) points on bitcointalk to get the DeepOnion Airdrops. Try posting some more helpful posts on bitcointalk and that will bring your activity numbers up. Also, it takes a while to get upgraded to see your increased activity points. The activity points are shown under your username here. The requirements are listed here:  https://deeponion.org/airdrop.html

IMO, anytime is a good time to get the DeepOnion coins. The price has dropped since I bought mine, but I see DO as being on sale now! The more people learn about it and get it, the higher the price will get! 

Yeah its great, but you need jr member status here on bitcontalk.org, and atleast 50 Onions needs to be in your offline wallet (the more the better). See this link for more information: https://deeponion.org/airdrop.html