In this article, I'll spill the beans on my adventures with Farcaster, courtesy of the Warpcast service.
This is my favorite character, an otter, who travels with me in Web3. We make quite the dynamic duo - she handles the coding while I handle the snacks! 🦦
The service caught my eye by accident, as I'm an avid Web3 user, and I decided to dive into an unforgettable journey of friendly interaction. Turns out, it wasn't all that friendly, but more on that later.
Registration
If you've decided to sign up for Warpcast, you'll need to download the app on your phone or tablet and... pay a $5 subscription fee with your credit card. Feel the human touch? Decentralization? Web3 in action. It would have been much more convenient to have a simple and clear registration and payment process using cryptocurrency.
When I brought up this misunderstanding in the official Warpcast channel, I didn't get a reasonable explanation from the officials, but users suggested it's Apple's requirements. What? What's their role here? You could've had a simple registration, then sold the subscription within the service.
Interaction
Taking a deep breath, let's move on to socializing. You can interact with users (add them as friends), chat directly via DMs, post content on your profile, and of course, write in channels. I've tested all of the above, and now, onto the main event.
To grab some attention, I handpicked a few channels that caught my fancy and started creating content for them. No copy-pasting here; I prefer to share my own thoughts. After brushing up on each channel's rules and perusing their history, I was in for a surprise. In the official Base channel, it's considered totally normal to drop a "GM" or toss a link to a scam project. Moderators seem oddly chill about it, and everyone else seems unfazed. Talk about community spirit!
Posting and Active badges
To get your posts noticed, you needed an active badge, given to members with 400 followers. The rules were crystal clear, so I begged friends and strangers alike to follow me. Once I got the badge, I got down to business. I churned out several interesting and high-quality posts per day for the community. Imagine my surprise when these posts just sank to the bottom of the feed, getting minimal likes because they were drowned out by spammy and flood posts. Great rules and moderation work!
New rules
And then yesterday, Warpcast announced new rules. Basically, active badges are now only for those who don't spam but produce quality content and interact with other community members. Guess who lost their badge? Me! For reasons unknown, even though I've seen clearly fake profiles with 100 followers and 5 posts, but apparently, according to the project administration, they're worth more than creators who actually contribute something useful to the community.
What does it all mean? Well, if nobody saw posts before because of all the fake profiles and spam, now nobody will see them except my subscribers. The power of community is growing, feel the loyalty?
What's next?
Over the past two months, I've grown quite accustomed to Warpcast. Despite its quirky interface and constant bugs, it's nothing compared to the new friends and cool connections I've made thanks to the platform. I'm still making posts, but fewer in quantity, focusing on quality (as recommended by the admins, implying my previous work was subpar).
So, what's the point of this article? Just my thoughts. I want to draw attention to my profile from the project's administration and get a clear, reasonable answer as to why I lost my badge. Was it because I supported the project? Used it daily? Invited friends? Promoted it to an audience of tens of thousands, being a thought leader in Web3?
A common mistake we see is how the service craves our interaction with it. It's like it's saying, "Come on, give me some attention! I'm lonely over here!"
