I do not recommend using faucets as you will spend a lot of time claiming small amounts of satoshi every day for a very small amount of satoshi withdrawed.
I recommend doing services for other members, joining signature campaigns (which can be found in the services section) or selling digital goods. You can also learn to trade and begin with it, because it's the best method for earning.
You can also farm accounts (post on the forums and bring up to a high rank) and then sell the account.
Regards
It depends on the persons education to bitcoin being the 1st time.
I would recommend it, to see for the educational purpose but intially youre right since it does take away too much time. But the signature campaign shouldnt be really focused on, since most campaigns are closed off now unless they have room.
Farming accounts should be pointed out that it encourages scamming behavior and also takes a big time load and the price is not really that great due to limited campaigns.
The only advice I can give to make btc, is if you trade before the halving and focus on the fiat form to make money like fiverr, and any other online things out there besides on this forum.