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Inspired by /memes and a Farcaster challenge to create self rewarding community of great content, I've decided to lean into channel changes and experiment with /anime-manga.
~1.00 per month/.00026 ETH
5% subscriber rewards
5 % referral rewards
70 % of subscription revenue tipped to top casters via community wallet (anime-manga.eth)
Eventually, when the community wallet is a bit larger, we will move to auto tipping of top casts using rounds.xyz, where only likes from hypersub subscribers will count. Until then, I will be tipping manually to encourage quality posting and great content.
Anyone can post to the channel's recent tab, but only subscribers will be featured on the Main tab and be eligible for tips in Degen and Ham.
I'm hoping you will join me in this experiment and help build a sustainable channel that rewards engaging content and in our own little cozy corner of Farcaster.
Feedback and questions are appreciated!
Lfg pichi ๐ฅ
Why pay to post? It's crazy to think back on when I wrote this 232 days ago. /rounds is now automated and works directly with @hypersub (aka all hypersub members are automatically moderators of the round). The community decides which content gets rewarded. Now, there are even more tools in place ( @openrank and @cura ) which are going to take channels to the next level. I'm super excited about what's coming! Thanks to everyone who has joined this experiment with me! Our cozy corner is about to get cooler and more rewarding!
Crazy ! U are becoming more genius ๐๐
Heyyo!!
It's been incredibly cool to be here, now that I've studied the new Openrank and cure, the creation of a community token and this, the journey will be nothing short of amazing.
Iโm super excited.
Yes, I want to know how the token works too, I want to implement it for my /web3appdev channel . And reward active members.
Thanks pichi! I first in Farcaster became a member of anime manga
An incredible evolution! Excited to see how these tools shape the future of community driven rewards. Keep pushing forward!
Thanks for this community pichi. Love it here!๐ซถ
Gg
Let's go
For Artboer I was asked to share my Farcaster Journey. I don't want to flood the channel so I'm making a thread instead. I joined Farcaser in late January 2024, 2 days before Frames came online. Frames are the coolest thing about Farcaster and I think every app will copy them one day. I joined with 0 friends, and no one responded to my first several casts, so I changed my strategy and started interacting and asking questions. I refuse to keep paying for storage, so my first casts are all gone, so you'll have to take my word for it on how this all went down....
Frames made my first week on Farcaster INSANE. I minted so many NFTS and even got to buy Girl Scout Cookies @cookie in a frame. This was game changer and I knew there was something cool happening here. I also got offered a copy of a book by @cdixon.eth called Read. Write. Own. This book changed my life and made me lean into Farcaster even more. I made 2 friends because of Girl Scout Cookies. The energy on Farcaster was so amazing that people who couldn't even get the cookies sent to them still wanted to buy them! I jokingly said I'd be happy to take the cookies in the US and @samuellhuber.eth and @sum offered to send me cookies...
I was casting in /coffee and met a ton of cool /mfers and started making friends and helping confused people with my article. I played this mini game in a frame by @deployer and fell in love with his project /lp (The LP) who was a chubby little guy wearing a unicorn floaty holding a light saber. I had to buy one. Next thing I know, he makes this cool tipping mechanism called Ham ๐, so I wrote about that too. And he asked me to help him with his channel......I made a lot of fan art about this too. My first 11 pieces of the Original Anime Outcasts sold out and I thought I was done. I was about to leave for Japan to chase the /sakura aka Cherry Blossoms and a bunch of folks from the anime community asked me when I was making more Anime Outcasts...But I made 11 one of ones and didn't plan to make anymore. But I got a lot of requests. https://opensea.io/collection/anime-outcasts-one-of-ones-moon-edition
๐ฏ๐ต ใใฌใผใ ใฎใใใใงใFarcaster ใงใฎๆๅใฎ 1 ้ฑ้ใฏๆ้ซใงใใใNFTS ใใใใใ็ฒๅพใใใใฌใผใ ใซๅ ฅใฃใ Girl Scout Cookies @cookie ใ่ณผๅ ฅใงใใพใใใใใใฏใฒใผใ ใใงใณใธใฃใผใงใใใใงไฝใใฏใผใซใชใใจใ่ตทใใฃใฆใใใจใใใใพใใใใพใใ@cdixon.eth ใฎ Read. Write. Own ใจใใๆฌใๅงใใใใพใใใใใฎๆฌใฏ็งใฎไบบ็ใๅคใใFarcaster ใซใใใซๅพๅใใใใฃใใใจใชใใพใใใ Girl Scout Cookies ใฎใใใใง 2 ไบบใฎๅ้ใใงใใพใใใFarcaster ใฎใจใใซใฎใผใฏใใฐใใใใใฏใใญใผใ้ใฃใฆใใใใชใใฃใไบบใงใใฏใใญใผใ่ฒทใใใใใปใฉใงใใใๅ่ซใงใ็ฑณๅฝใงใฏใใญใผใๅใๅใฃใฆใๆงใใชใใจ่จใฃใใใ@samuellhuber.eth ใจ @sum ใใฏใใญใผใ้ใฃใฆใใใใจ็ณใๅบใฆใใใพใใ...
Who knew that cookies would be the catalyst for friendship... Because I was following @sum I got a notification that he dropped an NFT collection called /animeoutcasts. I had ignored NFTS for almost a year, but his preview was beautiful and we were cookie friends, so of course I minted his art. I lucked out and pulled 2 beautiful female PFPs. I was so stunned to see gorgeous and representative art that I felt inspired. I made Fan Art.....and I posted it. For the first time ever, I shared my art with other humans. But it wasn't for them, it was for Sum to say thank you for making something beautiful. This was Feb 18. And then someone asked if they could buy my FanArt.....buy...my...art....what.....????
We needed a story like this fr
Iโm enjoying thiss
Next thing I knew, I made 11 pieces and put them up for auction and had to learn how to mint my own NFTS on @highlight. To whomever on the team writes the help documentation, Thank you. I love you. Meanwhile, I was so overwhelmed with everything else going on inside of Farcaster. There was this thing called DEGEN and it was so confusing. There was a tiny butler called @degentip but it wasn't from THE Degen team but another project and I was just lost. So I decided to write about it. I found @paragraph and wrote my first article. It got noticed and I replied to everyone who needed help with degen. https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi
The anime community I was part of begged for a PFP collection. There were about 800 members in the channel so I committed to making a collection of 888 so everyone could get one. I spent about 18 hours a day for 2 weeks making the collection and the host of the community asked me to make some art for the channel...and then kicked me from the channel right before my collection was set to launch. I was an AI artist, not a "real one". This gave me major imposter syndrome. I learned the hard way that if you don't own the channel, you can be removed anytime. So I started my own channels and focused on growing them while preparing for my first large scale mint. I was really struggling with the AI Model at the time and my original auction had some problems. The AI kept taking me too literally and I was frustrated, but rather than delete the mistakes, I decided to mint them as a test. And the Anime Outcasts: FUBAR edition was born. https://opensea.io/collection/anime-outcasts-fubar-edition
This was my first 30 days on Farcaster. At the same time, I started posting in the /japan channel and became friends with the wonderful @beecuriousrious and helped her cohost the channel and planned on meeting up with her IRL when I got to Tokyo. I deployed the /animeoutcasts collection and got on a plane to Japan. There were some awesome folks in /tokyo who wanted to hold a Farcaster meetup and I was super excited to meet them IRL. @jtgi made this cool tool called @automod and I set it up for the /lp channel because we were overwhelmed with spam. @renstern.eth took charge of setting up the first Japan Farcaster meetup and asked me to present my project at the meetup.... https://opensea.io/collection/anime-outcasts
On March 23 I was still in Tokyo waiting impatiently for the cherry blossoms to bloom. In 2023, they bloomed the earliest on record and in 2024 the bloomed the latest on record. But I got to meet a ton of amazing builders and by the end of the night, we were all committed to brining @renstern.eth vision for a TokyoDAO to life. It would be open to all, and help bridge the gap between Western casters and those in Japan. He created the account @tokyowip for Tokyo Work in Progress that very night at a bar. https://linktr.ee/tokyodao
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The same night as the Tokyo Meet up at the after party after party, @cynthia and @bichonxattack told me they were bumed that they hadn't seen enough cherry blossoms and that the Sakura Rugged them hard by being so late. They inspired my next experiment: Sakura Rugs. You bought a digital rug, but you got a real life gift package with all the limited editions items I found in Japan for sakura season. https://zora.co/collect/base:0x5a40af687c79e40397514ee2001c3f626de804ab I too was waiting for the blossoms. I went to Japan to photograph them and do a photography NFT collection (cough /sakura /nftrees ) and then realized I couldn't mint on mobile on @highlight and this would have to wait until I had a laptop again...in May. Meanwhile, we convinced the Tokyo crew that we were all going to go to /farcon and I would cut my trip short. I would be their loud American.....https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/japan-invades-farcon
fingers crossed, going back in March/April 2025. hopefully we catch them when weโre there ๐ฏ๏ธ๐๐ฝ๐ค๐ฝ
I'll see you there and you totally 1000% will if you can stay through the first week of April. We can hunt together!
I casted a lot of my trip to Japan on Farcaster from March to Farcon, but April introduced Power Badges and Shadowbans. This was really hard on my Japanese friends. Most of them were invisible and I started to get louder about it and tracking these changes. Farcon was awesome and made me decide to lean in further to the Farcaster ecosystem, but also get more critical about it's flaws. Once I was stateside, I started hosting a weekly session on @farhouse called Power Hour. I met a lot of amazing people via these audio sessions and was able to make a new wave of friends because voice is so much more powerful that text. As the spam on the network grew worse, meeting people and hearing them talk really mattered.
I became frustrated that I couldn't see my Japanese friends on Warpcast anymore. I made a bunch more channels related to Japan so they would have a safe space to cast where I could ensure their visibility regardless of their power badge status. I encouraged them to make their own spaces and lift each other up. I created a hypersub for my art, but it really became focused on getting all members power badges so they could be seen. But we were also fighting real spammers. So I decided to run an experiment with /anime-manga If I gated the channel using a cheap hypersub, could I ensure real people were visible, reward them for real content, and block spam? The answer was yes. The channel flourished and automod was working overtime, but it proved that if you create community with purpose, you can make it were everyone thrives and wins. https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/animemanga
The rest of the Summer turned into prep for BaseCamp, my IRL commitments, and helping folks get seen on Warpcast. And then Moxie came....and well, here we are. Power Badges are gone...kinda of...the old algo still determines if your frames are collapsed or full but I'm told it's really going away soon. Since ActiveonFCNetwork True or False Flag sounds stupid, I renamed Power Hour to, The State of the Union. You can find all the info in /farcasterunion I'm all in on Farcaster. It's changed my life and I will keep building here, but I want to make it work for everyone. Power Badges were rough, spam labels were rougher, but new channel changes are going to bring back visibility to those who were in the shadows. It's going to take some time, but it will be worth it. Keep building here and don't give up. You never know, one interacton, one message, one box of Girl Scout cookies, one mint, one piece of fan art, one meet up, could change your life.
If you want to go all in on Moxie, come hang in /moxietools and /moxiemaxi with me when the official channel gets too loud. If you have questions about how Warpcast works or you or lost, join the union at /farcasterunion (membership details dropping soon...waiting for a new tool to launch). If you think Farcaster is the best thing ever like I do, LEAN in and join as many things as you can. Mint your /farcards , joined DAOs (like @tokyowip) buy hypersubs to support your favorite creators. And last but not least, join /purple and help us fund the future Farcaster we want to see. There is a token for auction every single day and you can find more info in the channel. Thanks for reading and I hope this has been somewhat entertaining.
Genuinely been glued on this for almost an hour, read every single thing and all I can say is this is such a beautiful story pichi, the reason why itโs so beautiful is cause I can relate to some parts of the story tbh Even after you been kicked out you were still determined and motivated, thatโs genuinely incredible cause I know thatโd have broken my spirit Love the fact that you didnโt listen to the noise of people telling you youโre not a real artiste and you kept on pushing The fact that you created a whole channel so people can communicate properly and youโd be able to oversee their activities just shows how selfless you are for real A proper definition of growth takes times and Iโm glad youโre getting the recognition you deserve cause youโve genuinely put in tremendous amount of work This is such a proper success story and Iโm genuinely so happy for your growth 177 $degen
This made me tear up a little. Thanks for the kind words and taking the time to read.
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What a fun journey itโs been! I remember minting this from you. Any idea when that was?
HamChain Summer
Thank you for sharing your story dear @pichi ! I love discovering more about people ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค 200 $hunt
Thank you for turning up for us today ๐
what a interesting story about your start here ๐x33 $DEGEN
Your strategy is undoubtedly always on target, you are really cool!
Iโm waiting for it to continue๐๐
When we join, we often lack support from others, which can be frustrating. Eventually, some helped me, and I tried to assist others too. Despite my efforts, I've been marked as spam, making recovery hard. After waiting long, you finally replied today, and I want to clarify I'm not a spammer. I've had questions but couldn't ask due to my status. It's painful to see posts I want to engage with but can't. After three months, I appreciate your instant replies...
I'm glad I can see so many people again! It's been frustrating on all sides.
i didnโt send msg to u ๐ last 2mnth only one msg daily send >>joind<< before daily i replied but u didnโt see that's why stop that can i get following back from u ma'am? m not spammer ๐ฅฒ
You were on warpcast 11 months ago. Oh it was amazing time
Not quite. Jan 28.
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This is me , and after reading your cast! I feel like I'm in the early stage of Pichi's journey :) I've a PB , yet some people think I'm not a genuine person ๐ But many of my friends here are my true supporters, who understand me and are with me :)
So so proud of you pichi, I only just joined FC a month ago and reading this feels like I can relate so much with this, thank you so much for sharing this journey and letting us know what it feels like to never give up Appreciate you pichi๐ซถ๐ป
I joined in the last of april, 2024 . Who has helped you the most on your warpcast journey?
Leaning in to everything. Trying everything.
This is really amazing
Amazing journey, Pichi ๐ Thanks for share your works, insight and experiences. Gaining a lot of lessons there. Keep on healthy and success with you. Cheersโ๏ธ
You mean our previous casts are all gone?
Wow inspiring story
Wow you joined this year That crazy
Hey pichi I don't have membership in any of your channels! I have subscribed the /anime-manga How could I have membership?
Hyperbot should send a membership invite automatically. What does the screen look like now? Also make sure your hypersub wallet is connected to Warpcast.
I had subscription and that wallet is connected to Warpcast! Which screen you mean?
I need to see what the channel looks like to you.
You are my inspiration ๐ Hope i will get my success early๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ Take me in your prayers
Fascinating to read about your Farcaster adventure! You've come a long way since January.
Frames sounds fascinating How do you see your Farcaster journey evolving from here?
Your journey is such an inspiration. Itโs incredible to see how you've built your presence on Farcaster.
๐ฏ๐ต Artboer ใใใใใFarcaster ใฎๆ ใๅ ฑๆใใใใไพ้ ผใใใใพใใใใใฃใณใใซใ้ฃฝๅใใใใใชใใฎใงใไปฃใใใซในใฌใใใ็ซใฆใพใใ ็งใฏ 2024 ๅนด 1 ๆไธๆฌใFrames ใใชใณใฉใคใณใซใชใ 2 ๆฅๅใซ Farcaser ใซๅๅ ใใพใใใFrames ใฏ Farcaster ใฎๆใใฏใผใซใชๆฉ่ฝใงใใใคใใในใฆใฎใขใใชใใใใ็ไผผใใใจๆใใพใใ็งใฏๅ้ 0 ไบบใงๅๅ ใใพใใใใๆๅใฎๆฐๅใฎใญใฃในใใซ่ชฐใๅๅฟใใฆใใใชใใฃใใฎใงใๆฆ็ฅใๅคใใฆไบคๆตใใ่ณชๅใๅงใใพใใใในใใฌใผใธๆ้ใๆฏๆใ็ถใใใฎใฏๅซใชใฎใงใๆๅใฎใญใฃในใใฏใในใฆๆถใใฆใใพใใพใใใใใฎใในใฆใใฉใใชใฃใใใฏใ็งใฎ่จ่ใไฟกใใฆใใ ใใ...
Sounds like a smart move,How has your journey been so far on Farcaster?
Everything you need to know about the /anime-manga channel in one handy frame...I hope! https://4zwcvee.warpcast.tools/api/frames/empty-impala-53
When the subscription period expires, can't you see it even if I write it?
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/anime-manga rocks I just love that thereโs a channel dedicated to anime considering Iโm a big fan of anime too good job pichi ๐
I will extend to join this channel! so much fun ๐
Nice ๐
How many channel token did I need to hold is there any minimum to hold?
You never stop caring about us Thank you always pichi. I wondered if we call still post recommendations of anime and talk about them
Nice one here @pichi
Are there hidden gems we should look out for?
/anime-manga is one of my favourite channel
Thank you for this pichi! :)
Congratulations, it's a great channel where anime and manga lovers come together.
I will buy later pichi..
So awesome thanks pichi
let's gooooo
I want to buy your Moxie Fan token plz help me @pichi
Great resource Anime and manga fans will love it.
What features can we get if we subscribe to hypersub ๐
Is there a limit to how many channel FT one could purchase?
This is informative.Thanks for this
Can you tell how to earn hypersub?
we go higher together
Day 8 of /lounge is about leaning in ๐ค Whatโs your next goal for your channel? Not your ultimate goal. Not your master plan. I want to understand the next tangible step for your little slice of the neoproto-internet ๐
This week /lounge will wrap Season 2 and recruit everyone we need for Season 3 Tag your favorite Farcaster designer below to help us out ๐๐ซก
@nicolaus @httpsteve @chsh.eth @peacenode.eth @heavygweit
Thanks!
Waiting for the floaties from deployer to be able to tip tree planters in a much easier and frictionless way, since now it's mainly degen tip rewards
Releasing an image focused client for /esoteric, interoperable between FC and are.na
Build infrastructure that brings people together - spark conversations and deepen connections, IRL and URL
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Making it a habit to jot down quick thoughts about the market (or crypto) and getting streak to go on as long as possible.
tiny yet powerful
thatโs what she said
No master plan, no ultimate goal, no next goal. Just sharing what I find interesting.
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Pull /backpack into our self banking app, initially will be support pathโฆi thinkโฆmaybe some other cool things, gotta test first
As soon as @rounds implements curations by ERC-721 tokens, I can let the @fabric subscribers reward content via likes instead of me tipping by hand. Iโm excited to automate the process and let the community choose!
Whatโs the full user action loop here? Curious what youโre putting together
Yeah me too! Are you going to reward them your hypersub subscription tokens??
The rewards will come from the subscription revenue. I wrote more here. https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/animemanga?referrer=0x19D8da2674E8A025154153297ea3AB918DebF96d
Inspired by /memes , /anime-manga is subscription based via Hypersub with most of the contract going into a reward pool. I didnโt realize rounds could only do FIDs or ERC-20 when I set it up so Iโm manually tipping through the gap and will transition to the community rewarding content as soon as I can.
pls lmk when this goes live, i dont want to have to deal with manual tipping but love the concept of community-rewarded UGC
My current goal for my channel is to get more people to scroll it. I succeed in making good artists cast in it, now i want people to engage more with each other and connect Any advice is highly appreciated ๐ซถ
Which one?
/degen-art
Why do you think artists casts there?
The immediate goal is to improve so that users view the channels!
which channel(s) ser?
/likewen This is the channel!
Why pay to post? Because good content will be rewarded! I firmly believe there is a way for everyone here to get paid for creating great content: art, reviews, music recommendations...all curation is welcome and encouraged. We can win together by supporting each other.
This is sharp. ๐ค
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Do you have any ideas on what to do with the 30% that was not donated?
10% goes to subscriber rewards and referral rewards and Iโm keeping 20% to help supplement tips in case they go down again.
That makes sense, thank you for the reply.
You are great @pichi
You are too kind!
Excellent! I'll do my best to make a good cast.
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indeed queen, thanks for motivating ๐
Exciting news from @pichi: Inspired by memes and a Farcaster challenge, a new community on /anime-manga is launching! For ~$1/month, enjoy subscriber rewards, referral bonuses, and tips for top content. Join the experiment to build a rewarding and engaging channel. Feedback welcome!