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Some thoughts on Farcaster...

I've only actively been here for a week, but here is how I am approaching it.

Farokh

Farokh

I've been obsessed with Social Media since the day I made my first Facebook account in 2006.

Dabbled on Twitter early, went on to build one of the largest luxury blogs on Tumblr, then massive follower network on Instagram, which all lead me to Clubhouse at the end of 2020...

and back on Twitter, now X, where we built a large news organization and network of Creators focused on Crypto/Web3/Emerging tech.

I've tried more than a dozen platforms in the meantime, some worked, some didn't work. We yet have to find the crypto killer app, but I think that every time one of them garners a lot of attention, we get one step closer.

The reason I am so attracted to Farcaster is that real networks are built organically, without a carrot being dangled in front of its users, or promises that cannot be kept.

A few things that excite me about what is being done here:

- Network effect: from what I have read, Farcaster has grown solely based on the fact that its participants added value by building products and services on top of the protocol (Warpcast, Frames, etc.).

- Genuine interaction: people are not on here to farm a token or points, they are here to connect with people who share a common interest, hence the heavy use of channels.

- Built on Ethereum: at the end of the day, Ethereum is one of the most robust and decentralized networks ever built, and for Social Media and its users to be truly free, we need to own the narrative, and we need to the network.

Just some thoughts in between a day full of work, will share more as we go!

ColinFarcaster
Colin
Commented 1 year ago

Just collected @farokh's latest banger https://paragraph.xyz/@farokh/some-thoughts-on-farcaster

BKimFarcaster
BKim
Commented 1 year ago

ā€œHe shall know your ways as if born to them.ā€

Farokh šŸŽ©Farcaster
Farokh šŸŽ©
Commented 1 year ago

Thank you Colin, can’t wait to explore Paragraph and write more!

Alex ComeauFarcaster
Alex Comeau
Commented 1 year ago

Paragraph is awesome! Big fan

curtiscoffeeFarcaster
curtiscoffee
Commented 1 year ago

Well done. Love that I could read and subscribe in feed. Paragraph is awesome

tmo - nature coinerFarcaster
tmo - nature coiner
Commented 1 year ago

still need inline font to be larger

web3GurungFarcaster
web3Gurung
Commented 1 year ago

read this inline! recently as frames exploded, we had a lot of spammers and follow4follow people. but now the algo improved so much that even though the spam is still there, but we don't see it AND i really like the feed :)

agathetabooFarcaster
agathetaboo
Commented 1 year ago

You say that people are not here to farm and for now 90% of my timeline here is about farming, giveaways and meme coins shitposting…

agathetabooFarcaster
agathetaboo
Commented 1 year ago

*he said I would love to say it’s true but … the community is what it is…

Some thoughts on Farcaster...