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The Farcaster Scenius Lexicon

A collection on the Zora Network to represent the dynamic and growing Farcaster scenius canon

Danica Swanson

Danica Swanson

Long known for its memorable memes (e.g., kiwi and wowow), the Farcaster (FC) community has also collectively hatched some fascinating terminology.

Ever since esteemed channel lead and GM Farcaster co-host Adrienne Shulman released her award-winning essay "The Power of Scenius: Farcaster and the Collective Genius of Communities" back in June, several word-nerd casters have taken up the task of tracking emergent Farcaster-specific lore and patterns of word use. Recently Adrienne and I teamed up for a project to chronicle the canonical Farcaster Scenius Lexicon memes and bring them onchain, and we're excited to share our early results as Zora Mints.

Our starter list as of December 2023:

- Conversational Liquidity Providers (CLPs)
- Before Farcaster/After Farcaster (BFC/AFC)
- Benevolent Dictator

Conversational Liquidity Providers (CLPs)

You don't need to be building an app to help Farcaster succeed. You just need to engage earnestly and wear your CLP badge proudly.

https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x49c385714b65d6deaac285891867fe500a0f3e65/1

Background/origin:

"I still want Farcaster to succeed but I've decided running a hub isn't the best way.

I'm running with conversational liquidity provider instead." ~ @adrienne

"Conversational Liquidity Providers." ~ @ccarella (commenting on the top 30 active users as shown on Outcasters)

What casters are saying:

"The conversational liquidity provider badge reminds us it's not just the developers adding value here.

"Someone has to keep this place engaging... the CLPs are the unsung heroes of Farcaster." ~ @adrienne

"CLPs contribute real value to the FC ecosystem." ~ @danicaswanson

"Incredible piece of terminology" ~ @maurelian

"conversational liquidity is a great meme, really makes you understand social networks as markets of creators and consumers" ~ @six

"When I grow up, my job description will be 'Conversation Liquidity Provider.'" ~ @vrypan

Before Farcaster/After Farcaster (BFC/AFC)

Farcaster changes you. If you plug into the Farcaster scenius and community in earnest, you may find your world shapeshifting into something more vibrant, connected, and creative.

https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x49c385714b65d6deaac285891867fe500a0f3e65/2

Background/origin:

"@monkeydlinks.eth coined the terms BFC/AFC during gmfarcaster [...] Scenius at work." ~ @adrienne

What casters are saying:

Before Farcaster: launch products = cold start problem
After Farcaster: launch products = bootstrap from FC audience ~ @ghostlinkz.eth

Before Farcaster: no high value interaction on any social platform
After Farcaster: quality discourse on a variety of topics in person & shared articles. ~ @sal1y.eth

Before Farcaster: Offchain art
After Farcaster: Onchain art. Found Zora ~ @j-valeska

Before Farcaster: was a degenerate
After Farcaster: still a degenerate ~ @cassie

Benevolent Dictator

Wielding mighty warps, boosts, and algorithms, Farcaster's benevolent dictator faithfully acts in service to the permissionless, interoperable future.

https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x49c385714b65d6deaac285891867fe500a0f3e65/3

Background/origin:

If you were BDFOWF, what would you have us work on?
BDFOWF = benevolent dictator for one warpcast feature ~ @dwr

Note: benevolent dictator is, of course, not a Farcaster-specific term; it's widely used elsewhere. In FC contexts benevolent dictator typically refers to Dan Romero (@dwr), co-founder of Merkle Manufactory, but it's also used in more general ways, often as a web3 governance archetype.

What casters are saying:

"@dwr.eth is Benevolent Dictator For Now of what shows up in Warpcast." ~ @horsefacts.eth

"He is a great benevolent dictator. At some point we'll have to help him to decentralize governance and culture :)" ~ @dhadrien.eth

"WHAT IS A BOOST" ~ @ted
"it's when dan flexes the benevolent dictator role" ~ @ivy

"...smaller accounts have lots of trouble getting engagement. If you were the benevolent dictator, how would you fix this?" ~ @nor

"Should we do an @unlonely stream called benevolent dictators?" ~ @markfishman

"The BDF!L (benevolent dictator but not for life) pattern is the single best idea in sociology of distributed systems but is really hard to pull off. When people are wary of BDFLing, they end up all waiting around for someone else to start. You must bind !L to a fixed epoch." ~ @vgr

Contribute to the Farcaster Scenius Lexicon

What other FC-specific words or phrases should be considered for the FC Scenius Lexicon? (Thank you to @six for calling attention to "Romerogorithm," coined by @nonlinear).

Comment or tag us on Farcaster (@adrienne or @danicaswanson) to let us know!


Thanks for reading! New here and want more context? Start with @cameron's canonical and much-appreciated article "Fast Rope Into Farcaster."

Correction: Originally we stated that "romerogorithm" was coined while we were working on this article. Thanks to @ghostlinkz.eth for finding via Searchcaster that it was actually coined in Sep. 2022.

Collect this post as an NFT.

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Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 month ago

Today is the two-year anniversary of my Farcaster join date (Jan. 29, 2023). To celebrate, I’ll revisit something I wrote in 2024 about my experience here: “Right from the outset I knew I'd found my happy place. I settled in. I joined Paragraph. I bonded with other nerds. I learned the community lore. I made myself right at home in this cozy digital nest, grateful for the norms of kindness, the warm welcome given to my earnest word-nerd writing style, and the technical excellence on display every day.” “I'm fortunate enough to be here at a pivotal time. Knowing how rare it is to stumble upon a thriving scenius just by following a trail led by my interests and curiosity, I don't take a single minute of it for granted.” Farcaster is still the center of my digital + onchain life in 2025, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Recently I started working on a new CLP ("conversational liquidity provider") project for FC. Too early to say more, but I'll happily accept wishes for good luck. 😄

GarrettFarcaster
Garrett
Commented 1 month ago

best place on the internet

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 month ago

It really is! I'm "spoiled" now and won't accept anything less... lol.

Pichi 🟪🍖🐹🎩 🍡🌸Farcaster
Pichi 🟪🍖🐹🎩 🍡🌸
Commented 1 month ago

Sending you all the good luck!

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 month ago

Thank you... and while I'm at it, thanks for being a great CLP. 💜 Your work here is much appreciated!

Pichi 🟪🍖🐹🎩 🍡🌸Farcaster
Pichi 🟪🍖🐹🎩 🍡🌸
Commented 1 month ago

Thank you so much! I like this new term.

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 month ago

CLP is actually part of FC lore from 2023! I can't seem to find the original Zora mint with the image @adrienne created, and I can't upload it here either (unsupported file format), but here are some threads for more info: https://warpcast.com/adrienne/0xe504a4c4 https://warpcast.com/danicaswanson/0xec0f2174

y0bFarcaster
y0b
Commented 1 month ago

100000 $goodluckwish 😉 you're one of the people keeping me here

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 month ago

What a kind thing to say, @y0b. Thank you so much for that. 💜 The appreciation is mutual.

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 3 months ago

Update on the open-source FC lore wiki idea: After talking it over with other casters and looking into the possibilities, I've decided not to forge ahead with the idea. I still think it's needed, and there's clearly lots of enthusiasm in the FC ecosystem for it, but I'm not the right person to spearhead it. However, since I’ve already written two pieces of FC lore… - The Farcaster Scenius Lexicon (collab with @adrienne) - “Clanker is a Goth” (a collection of clanker witticisms) …and I’ve also got a loosely organized collection of terms for the Moxie Dictionary, I’d love to contribute some lore from my collection if someone else decides to take up the mantle, so keep me in mind. Thanks for all the suggestions in the previous thread. Much appreciated. cc @pjc @bradq @vrypan.eth @proxystudio.eth https://warpcast.com/danicaswanson/0x24c88c91

bradqFarcaster
bradq
Commented 3 months ago

Thanks for the update. Yeah, tough project to get going. Would be fun and useful but time consuming and tough to fund.

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 3 months ago

*nod* The Farconomy still has a long way to go if we're ever to have truly sustainable funding models for culture projects like this, and for community-service types of maintenance labor like channel moderation. That said, I'm 100% here for the experiments, so feel free to tag me in future discussions about lore projects. If the Farconomy ever does figure out sustainable funding, I'd love to serve as an editor.

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 4 months ago

Both are equally important, IMO. Can you read this blog? https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/the-farcaster-scenius-lexicon It’s a piece @danicaswanson wrote about a project she and I collaborated on to document some of Farcasters growing lexicon, including the phrase conversational liquidity provider. If you can read it, I think you will very much enjoy it.

Eric P. RhodesFarcaster
Eric P. Rhodes
Commented 5 months ago

the whole tipping meta thing... is that what enables organic engagement and visibility on the Farcaster protocol? or is it just Warpcast? i confess, i don't understand how any of it works. i don't unerstand how it relates to "far score" and "openrank" and "boosting" and other farcaster social scores. and I don't know what the DEGEN and MOXIE and ENJOY ecosystems have to do with any of it. who can explain it all to me simply like i'm a 9th-grader?

Callum Wanderloots ✨Farcaster
Callum Wanderloots ✨
Commented 5 months ago

It’s an economic layer of farcaster, that works outside of Warpcast. Degen = active tipping, the allocation amount is determined by a combination of locked degen (similar to staking) and open rank score Moxie = automatic gifting through engagement (like, comment, save, share), determined by a mix of open rank score, fan tokens purchased (value locked), and fan tokens locked (long term) As an artist & writer, I think they’re both great boosts to the ecosystem. Most people just get caught up in the spam nature of tipping culture. Personally, I use my degen intentionally every 2-3 days to give a big tip to someone who adds value to my time on farcaster

Eric P. RhodesFarcaster
Eric P. Rhodes
Commented 5 months ago

thank you for outlining the ecosystems. in general, i have my doubts about the value and promise of memecoin tipping. i don't see a future where these economies are sustainable. but i'm watching and learning. what i'm also interested in understanding more about is the purpose and role of the social ranking in these economic layers. and separately whether Warpcast uses them in any way to inform their algorithms on the platform.

Chris CarellaFarcaster
Chris Carella
Commented 5 months ago

Protocols and their tokens have long term value. Memecoins are dubious without some external valuable thing. I’m bullish on Moxie turning tipping into a protocol and bullish on Higher being an indie group of artists, athletes and creators doing cool shit without care of the token price. I’m not counting on either to make me rich but those are the two I’m studying.

Eric P. RhodesFarcaster
Eric P. Rhodes
Commented 5 months ago

protocols + tokes > memecoins for sure. i think that's exactly what i'm looking to decipher at this point. i don't know much about Higher. will check it out. but Moxie has turned me off with their reliance on a social score.

Callum Wanderloots ✨Farcaster
Callum Wanderloots ✨
Commented 5 months ago

As an example, I made enough money with degen in a few months to pay 3-4 months of mortgage payments. regardless of where the meta goes, the short term value enabled me to prioritize time writing and making art, building generally, which then (I hope) provides value back to the ecosystem. So I think there will be hype bubbles and the long term sustainability is a consideration, but also that the short term value can be augmented into long term ecosystem value Hmm not sure re: open rank, my assumption is there’s a trained machine learning algorithm for feeds

Eric P. RhodesFarcaster
Eric P. Rhodes
Commented 5 months ago

was that money from the degen airdrop or from engagement?

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 8 months ago

PSA for newcomers: this is the canonical "intro to Farcaster" article I always recommend to newbies first. Helpful and evergreen advice from @cameron on "how to hang with the smartest people on the internet." https://www.wysr.xyz/p/fast-rope-into-farcaster

Cameron ArmstrongFarcaster
Cameron Armstrong
Commented 8 months ago

Thanks so much for sharing Danica!

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 8 months ago

This article is canonical for good reason! Glad to see it trending. I've long wished I could curate a custom selection of evergreen posts that help people get oriented to FC culture into a pinned list somewhere that would actually be *seen* regularly. Then I could just point to the list directly whenever I need it. I mean, bookmarks help, but there's still an unmet need for better discovery. I've shared your article more times than I can count. I've been doing some "hands-on" onboarding behind the scenes lately with a few of my non-crypto friends, and this piece consistently gets the most positive feedback from noobs. Thanks again for writing it.

Cameron ArmstrongFarcaster
Cameron Armstrong
Commented 8 months ago

That’s so awesome to hear!! Thank you for sharing it with folks. On a related note, do you have a list of the pieces you’d like to share with people? I might have something I can do here 👀

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 8 months ago

I'd have to dig a fair bit to track down the links for all of them. I'll put that on my to-do list (unless anyone wants to sponsor my time to do it sooner... heh). For now, a few off the top of my head: - FC as a Scenius piece by @adrienne - the "GenXX Courage" piece by @nounishprof, published in the aftermath of the first FarCon (and the ensuing thread discussing how few women attended) - FC Scenius Lexicon (which I co-produced with Adrienne) - https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/the-farcaster-scenius-lexicon

iSpeakNerd 🧙‍♂️Farcaster
iSpeakNerd 🧙‍♂️
Commented 8 months ago

could do that with @frameboard but lacks distro imo could tag all your articles like that with specific tag and refer to that tag link on @paragraph

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 8 months ago

I like /frameboard a lot. I even started one for /slowcore-hq. But just like /gallery, I find its design to be much better suited to visual art than literary culture. As for tags: not all the posts I'd want to include in the curated list are on Paragraph, and even if they were it would still require tag-coordination amongst several writers. We need options designed for avid readers. Ideally I'd have something that enabled me to curate a literary-focused board with a sprinkling of links to cast threads, podcasts, videos, etc. But as usual, discovery is still the biggest unsolved issue. If few people will even see it, it's not worth my time to bother. https://www.frameboard.com/danicaswanson/slowcore-hq

zozFarcaster
zoz
Commented 8 months ago

Captures the ideal caster and unironically describes @cameron our man

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 8 months ago

Agreed, and well said!

Cameron ArmstrongFarcaster
Cameron Armstrong
Commented 8 months ago

this is super kind of you to say 🫡

Phil CockfieldFarcaster
Phil Cockfield
Commented 8 months ago

+1 | ✊🏻💯 (@cameron's goated essay - yes yes).

Cameron ArmstrongFarcaster
Cameron Armstrong
Commented 8 months ago

🥲

NutellaCrepe 🎩🍖Farcaster
NutellaCrepe 🎩🍖
Commented 8 months ago

What a great read! I’m fairly new on Farcaster and this is quite helpful, thank you! 💜 vibe is top notch, I don’t think I’ll ever find it anywhere else

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 8 months ago

Glad you found it helpful. I agree that there's nowhere else like this place. FC is my favorite place on the internet.

y0bFarcaster
y0b
Commented 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing! On the first page I read that @cameron accidentally deleted lots of casts 🥲 now I'm grieving for those poor casts (I'm a preservation maxi of sorts). I'll do a slow read and continue later after this emotional start 😆 5 $RARE

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 8 months ago

I agree that preservation is important, though there's also a case to be made that not everything *should* be preserved. In any event, I think there's a "deleted casts" site somewhere. I know I've seen something like that before, though I don't recall how to find it. So don't fret too much in this case!

NikoFarcaster
Niko
Commented 8 months ago

Nice read, need to improve my casting game. Thanks!

BorgFarcaster
Borg
Commented 8 months ago

Great write-up! Def some helpful tips I could incorporate into my own casting. Bookmarked 🔖

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 8 months ago

Yeah, lots of good advice in there for newbies and seasoned casters alike. Did you read it when it was first released too? I remember you participated in the essay contest around the first FarCon, and this came out shortly afterward. A lot has changed since the article was released, yet pretty much everything he wrote is just as relevant now as it was then.

Edward H. CarpenterFarcaster
Edward H. Carpenter
Commented 8 months ago

Hey, @homohugh ... ⬆️ next "baby steps" 1. Follow Danica! 2. Read what she shared here!

Ibiwunmi 🎭🎩⚡🍄🔵🤡Farcaster
Ibiwunmi 🎭🎩⚡🍄🔵🤡
Commented 8 months ago

Nice write u there. Great job my success fam

ted (not lasso)Farcaster
ted (not lasso)
Commented 10 months ago

think i may build a version of urban dictionary on top of farcaster. is anyone else doing this already? there are so many memes, phrases, moments, etc. inherent to crypto and the niche-ness is only amplified on farcaster. seems like a fun way to memorialize memetic moments and use the social graph / hub data.

rishFarcaster
rish
Commented 10 months ago

would love something like this, was thinking about all the shared memes just yesterday!

chris 🤘🏻Farcaster
chris 🤘🏻
Commented 10 months ago

knowyourmeme for crypto! cc @jamiew

agustiFarcaster
agusti
Commented 10 months ago

bleuitful thoughts

EulerLagrangodamus - tevm/accFarcaster
EulerLagrangodamus - tevm/acc
Commented 10 months ago

Folback plz

jesse.base.eth 🔵Farcaster
jesse.base.eth 🔵
Commented 10 months ago

good idea

Chinmay 🕹️🍿Farcaster
Chinmay 🕹️🍿
Commented 10 months ago

Love it. This is how I'd build ... crowdsourced urban dictionary. Anyone can submit the words at a small value of 0.01 ETH. Everyone can vote their word of the day to be added to the dictionary. All the voters can pay $0.001 and mint the word as an NFT. 50% of the gains goes to the person who submitted the word.

GTFarcaster
GT
Commented 10 months ago

oh I need this so bad!

links 🏴Farcaster
links 🏴
Commented 10 months ago

@adrienne had a scenius lexicon at some point

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 10 months ago

yes! @danicaswanson and I started documenting Farcaster lexicon. We started with 3 terms with the intention to grow it. @ted here's the intro and NFTs, want to help grow it? https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/the-farcaster-scenius-lexicon https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x49c385714b65d6deaac285891867fe500a0f3e65

humptyFarcaster
humpty
Commented 10 months ago

tradradio 😀

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 10 months ago

Good call - we should totally enter TradRad into the lexicon. Might need to watch the stream back to remember who all was involved in TradRad - it came up several times that day. Do you remember who else brought it up?

shoni.ethFarcaster
shoni.eth
Commented 10 months ago

i am interested in putting some culture into an informative gpt if you have a list of words around with descriptions

humptyFarcaster
humpty
Commented 10 months ago

she's back

YES2Crypto 🎩 🟪🟡Farcaster
YES2Crypto 🎩 🟪🟡
Commented 10 months ago

Cast Action: wtf

YES2Crypto 🎩 🟪🟡Farcaster
YES2Crypto 🎩 🟪🟡
Commented 10 months ago

Or Cast Action: ELI5

YES2Crypto 🎩 🟪🟡Farcaster
YES2Crypto 🎩 🟪🟡
Commented 10 months ago

wtf = “What’s That, Farcaster?”

tyler ↑Farcaster
tyler ↑
Commented 10 months ago

This is a vv good idea and application of the protocol. For the provenance. Reminds me of this enjoyable twitter bot: https://x.com/nyt_first_said

Nick TFarcaster
Nick T
Commented 10 months ago

Will build this with you on top of /amp if you’d like 💯

KalohFarcaster
Kaloh
Commented 10 months ago

This + an AI bot that reacts to a /explain cast command would be killer

GarrettFarcaster
Garrett
Commented 10 months ago

crypto dictionary is needed

GarrettFarcaster
Garrett
Commented 10 months ago

you could also reward contributors who give helpful explanations, examples, context

iSpeakNerd 🧙‍♂️Farcaster
iSpeakNerd 🧙‍♂️
Commented 10 months ago

@colton would love that

SandiforwardFarcaster
Sandiforward
Commented 10 months ago

Yeah I haven’t seen this but needed but also somehow make it native to use and interact with on top clients like Warpcast and Supercast. Yesterday I tried to search for original casts on launching cast actions and couldn’t find. It’s hard to find the source of things retroactively

antimo 🎩Farcaster
antimo 🎩
Commented 10 months ago

yes please, sorely needed

Tmophoto Farcaster
Tmophoto
Commented 10 months ago

This would be so cool, casts on FC seem to only last a few hours at best before bing packed away in the archives never to be seen again.

Dylan HattemFarcaster
Dylan Hattem
Commented 10 months ago

like this

ElFarcaster
El
Commented 10 months ago

How can we/community help?

Streamm.tvFarcaster
Streamm.tv
Commented 10 months ago

🤯 🤝

evinFarcaster
evin
Commented 10 months ago

PLEEEASE! The closest is IQWiki, which could be a helpful reference!

Symbiotech.⌐◨-◨🟡🎩Farcaster
Symbiotech.⌐◨-◨🟡🎩
Commented 10 months ago

Ted’s Lexicon

ted (not lasso)Farcaster
ted (not lasso)
Commented 10 months ago

not mine, farcaster’s!

Symbiotech.⌐◨-◨🟡🎩Farcaster
Symbiotech.⌐◨-◨🟡🎩
Commented 10 months ago

Flexicon

agustiFarcaster
agusti
Commented 10 months ago

Dictiocaster

WatcherFarcaster
Watcher
Commented 10 months ago

Love this. I know @george is also working on something to preserve the lore for the larger space.

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

Conversational liquidity got a nice shout out from @dwr.eth in the latest /moz Good job all you CLPs 👏 keep that conversation going

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

Thanks for the heads-up! Need to give that podcast a listen. Maybe a good thing to mention in our next installment of the FC Scenius Lexicon.

GhostlinkzFarcaster
Ghostlinkz
Commented 1 year ago

Finding a way to use protocol earnings to possibly reward CLPs is an interesting idea.

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

Totally and I do identify more as a participant or CLP than a creator. Don’t forget about us Dan! We want those sweet sweet protocol reward someday 🤤

GhostlinkzFarcaster
Ghostlinkz
Commented 1 year ago

Bitcoin = Proof of Work Farcaster = Proof of CLP This is how im going to explain it to ppl now 😎

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

That’s good- @nounishprof and I have been chatting about how farcaster requires proof of work but CLP is more specific

tricilFarcaster
tricil
Commented 1 year ago

I’m not a /replyguys I’m a conversational liquidity provider

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

So much better

Dan RomeroFarcaster
Dan Romero
Commented 1 year ago

> joining fc changed the trajectory of my life ❤️

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

I love every time this recurring theme pops up on the timeline 🔥 @danicaswanson and I played with some short form writing on this topic but I wonder if anyone has written long form? There are such good stories about personal /professional growth to be told

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

I love the BFC/AFC theme too. Bet there are some long-form writings on it already, even if they don't use the acronyms from the original thread you started. As usual, I'm taking notes for our next installment in the series! It's much harder to track notable developments since the big influx, so I appreciate the tag.

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

For any newbies reading this thread, there's more on BFC/AFC and other Farcaster-native terminology here: https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/the-farcaster-scenius-lexicon/?referrer=danicaswanson.eth

afergFarcaster
aferg
Commented 1 year ago

Same. Maybe even saved it tbh.

BenFarcaster
Ben
Commented 1 year ago

Ditto 🫡

Callum Wanderloots ✨Farcaster
Callum Wanderloots ✨
Commented 1 year ago

I can't believe how much my creative and technical style has changed since discovering @farcaster not even two weeks ago. I've been theorizing/looking for a social system like this since I first discovered blockchain in 2018 as part of a paper on solving fake news. Greatly appreciate the community here ✨

AuntiePapiFarcaster
AuntiePapi
Commented 1 year ago

It’s cool that this is something that you can hang your hat on, Dan. You are a class act. And I’m glad to be a part of it. 1000 $DEGEN

Fractal Visions ⌐◨-◨Farcaster
Fractal Visions ⌐◨-◨
Commented 1 year ago

We are also gaining traction here on this app. Thanks to you Dan! Keep up the amazing work

George🫡Farcaster
George🫡
Commented 1 year ago

4000 $DEGEN

ognev.⌐◨-◨Farcaster
ognev.⌐◨-◨
Commented 1 year ago
Dee🎩 Farcaster
Dee🎩
Commented 1 year ago

I love this.  It’s certainly abvery healthy culture where people actually care to support one another. The incentives are fantastic as well.  The team has done a great job with the launch So far.  Hopefully culture will be maintained with strong moderation efforts.

🗣️Farcaster
🗣️
Commented 1 year ago

Can it change mine too

Duck🎩Farcaster
Duck🎩
Commented 1 year ago

love it here

DicasoFarcaster
Dicaso
Commented 1 year ago

I left OnlyFans for farcaster

shin 🎩Farcaster
shin 🎩
Commented 1 year ago

build this warm community 🤝

Ben RoyFarcaster
Ben Roy
Commented 1 year ago

There is something like “minimum viable chat liquidity” for Farcaster channels You need enough people + casts to hit a critical mass My goal with /words is to hit 1000 people ASAP Then we’ll have enough folks sharing their work that people come hang in the channel to find new cool content Join up 😈

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

Followed the channel because I like words and I like writers and I write words. Do you also hang out in /writers ? The writer community might be fragmented leading to less conversation liquidity

Ben RoyFarcaster
Ben Roy
Commented 1 year ago

Thanks for joining! Yeah I'm following that too 🙏

CodyFarcaster
Cody
Commented 1 year ago

well planned —> well executed

links 🏴Farcaster
links 🏴
Commented 1 year ago

@adrienne calls the people you need CLP - chat liquidity providers I joined. For words!

Ben RoyFarcaster
Ben Roy
Commented 1 year ago

Love it, followed you both 🙏

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

And if you like words, you might like to meet self proclaimed word nerd @danicaswanson She and I collaborated on this project to document farcaster lexicon, including Conversational Liquidity Provider https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/the-farcaster-scenius-lexicon

Ben RoyFarcaster
Ben Roy
Commented 1 year ago

Love this! This post of mine is slightly adjacent, but you both would probably resonate as well :) https://benroy.beehiiv.com/p/chat-liquidity

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

Thanks Adrienne! Yep, I'm about as nerdy as it gets about words. Looking forward to the next installment of the FC Scenius Lexicon project. Hello, fellow word nerds!

{4484}Farcaster
{4484}
Commented 1 year ago

hey hey. "A channel for content creators on the internet who use the written -> sword" sounds better.

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

The Before Farcaster/After Farcaster trend lives on. I’ve met so many people here who have been open to change, for the better. 🌱💜 https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x49c385714b65d6deaac285891867fe500a0f3e65/2?referrer=0x50BdD745F633506f8761cA913C5238c3aEdC6DfF&parent_url=https%3A%2F%2Fparagraph.xyz%2F

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

More info and back story on the BFC/AFC NFT in this blog post by @danicaswanson We teamed up to begin documenting the growing farcaster scenius lexicon - like memes but for word nerds https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/the-farcaster-scenius-lexicon

Bill FordFarcaster
Bill Ford
Commented 1 year ago

BFC Old Old Old AFC Old Older Still Still Older but happier

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

Haaahhaa funny. But after getting to know you on the bank less pod I know there’s much more to your story than your age 💜

Bill FordFarcaster
Bill Ford
Commented 1 year ago

Cuteness, never forget how cute I am

Samuel ツFarcaster
Samuel ツ
Commented 1 year ago

Love it 😍

KMac🍌 ⏩Farcaster
KMac🍌 ⏩
Commented 1 year ago

Let's not forget how different the hair is now. 😍 Before Classic pixie After Long shag (going from the avatars) 😜

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

🤣 major glow up

iSpeakNerd 🧙‍♂️Farcaster
iSpeakNerd 🧙‍♂️
Commented 1 year ago

great prompting to get the contrast there

sixFarcaster
six
Commented 1 year ago

Need a channel for new/funny/cool words, I just saw Jonny Mack say "romerogorithm", i thought that was funny

Jonny MackFarcaster
Jonny Mack
Commented 1 year ago

nerdsnipe

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

Excited to share an update on a project I'm working on with @danicaswanson Introducing the Farcaster Scenius Lexicon: tracking our shared language as new words and phrases emerge from our scene. https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/the-farcaster-scenius-lexicon?referrer=0xaeA4A0dEDb94BA5b2b8ED9477A8a54379C584542

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

Language is emergent and ever evolving. Ever notice how certain words or phrases pop up on your feed with increasing frequency without ever knowing their origins? Scenius got dropped on the scene after FarCon and enough people picked it up it caught Dan's attention https://warpcast.com/dwr/0xdce21a

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

There are other phrases that keep popping up into our shared language. Have you seen people talk about the concept of conversational liquidity? Or benevolent dictators?

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

Another consistent theme that resonates with the scenius is how farcaster has changed us, there's us before farcaster, and us after farcaster.

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

Introducing... The Farcaster Scenius Lexicon A collection of NFTs representing our growing lexicon. Check it out and collect your favorite words and phrases https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x49c385714b65d6deaac285891867fe500a0f3e65

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

So nice to work with you on this project! Love the summary you wrote in this thread too. @ghostlinkz.eth dropped a list of ideas for the next phase. At least we managed to squeeze "romerogorithm" into this first round, even though it was just coined a few days ago. https://warpcast.com/ghostlinkz.eth/0xa5b34dd6

GhostlinkzFarcaster
Ghostlinkz
Commented 1 year ago

It's nice that we can search and follow the growth of these emerging trends on Searchcaster. Props to @greg https://searchcaster.xyz/search?text=romerogorithm

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

Thank you for catching that! Much appreciated. Tomorrow we'll add an addendum to the article to clarify that "romerogorithm" was coined much earlier.

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

(Correction added!)

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

@adrienne and I collaborated on a project to bring the early FC Scenius Lexicon onchain. We’re excited to share the results! - conversational liquidity providers (CLPs) - before/after FC (BFC/AFC) - benevolent dictator https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/the-farcaster-scenius-lexicon?referrer=danicaswanson.eth

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

You don't need to be building an app to help Farcaster succeed. You just need to engage earnestly and wear your CLP badge proudly. https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x49c385714b65d6deaac285891867fe500a0f3e65/1

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

Farcaster changes you. If you plug into the Farcaster scenius and community in earnest, you may find your world shapeshifting into something more vibrant, connected, and creative. https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x49c385714b65d6deaac285891867fe500a0f3e65/2

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

Wielding mighty warps, boosts, and algorithms, Farcaster's benevolent dictator faithfully acts in service to the permissionless, interoperable future. https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x49c385714b65d6deaac285891867fe500a0f3e65/3

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

Working with @adrienne was a joy, and I highly recommend it if you ever get the chance. Feel free to tag us with ideas for the next phase of the FC Scenius Lexicon project!

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

Also recommend reading Adrienne's thread for additional context: https://warpcast.com/adrienne/0xcf063a5d

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

Seems the FC comments on this post are not being pulled into @paragraph. Are any other writers experiencing this too? I've checked a few other recent posts on Paragraph and it seems to be working fine for them.

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

Hey @rish thought you might like this project. 👆👆 It's not quite NFTs for Farcaster native memes, but it's close. @danicaswanson and I are documenting Farcaster native language. What do you think ? https://warpcast.com/rish/0x4cbc0388

GhostlinkzFarcaster
Ghostlinkz
Commented 1 year ago

Such a cool project! Here a few other words that come to mind: wowow, points, fartcaster, bromero, warm welcome, warping, suffeciently decentralized

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

Thanks! Appreciate the suggestions. We briefly mentioned the wowow and how to eat kiwi memes and added explanatory links, but perhaps there's a case to be made for telling the meme stories in more detail as part of this lexicon project too. Adding these to our list.

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

I’m pondering the relationship between memes and lexicon and where the overlap is 🤔 Good thought exercise 🧠 💭

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

That was my first thought too. So far we've focused on word use specifically, which targets things like FC-specific parlance, acronyms, neologisms, patterns of diction and word usage in FC contexts,etc. There's some overlap with memes/concepts, but when does that justify inclusion for this project? 🤔

Les GreysFarcaster
Les Greys
Commented 1 year ago

hell yeah CLPs. My all-time fave.

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

Right...!?! CLPs is my fav too, I think, although I very much appreciate all three of these.

TrishDFarcaster
TrishD
Commented 1 year ago

Great collab, you two. It helps to have a space recording the lingo. I look forward to seeing more.

Danica SwansonFarcaster
Danica Swanson
Commented 1 year ago

Thanks! I think it's important to keep early records of things like this. It recognizes and affirms the workings of the scenius... and also scratches a word-nerd itch in just the right way. 😀 Next up on my announcement list is my Zorbs collab with you! 🟣

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

👀 🟣

TrishDFarcaster
TrishD
Commented 1 year ago

Woot!

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 1 year ago

Thanks @trishd 💜

The Farcaster Scenius Lexicon