Farcaster Community Badges
Unlocking Stacked Emojis: A Dive Into Farcaster Community Identity
PiChi
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If you've hung out on Farcaster, you must have noticed that many people have emojis in their name. Some have deep meanings and some are just for fun, but almost all represent something very important on the platform: community.
At first glance, these emojis may just look like emojis, but most of them reflect specific communities in the ecosystem and are used to signal to other users what communities you are a part of and interact with regularly.
Purple DAO
The earliest known use of an emoji to signify community comes from Purple DAO, a Farcaster native DAO built to promote the Farcaster ecosystem. Many users of the DAO rock a in their name to signify that they own a Purple Token and are committed to the future of the Farcaster ecosystem.
$DEGEN and The Haberdashery (aka Degen DAO)
On Feb 14, 2024 if you had the emoji your name, you got One Million $DEGEN to tip. However, if you removed it the next day, your tips were invalid.ย A grass roots gorilla marketing campaign began to remind everyone to keep the emoji in their name and โthe hat stays onโ meme was born. Many members of The Haberdashery aka Degen DAO also use the emoji to signify their membership in the DAO and their commitment to growing the degen ecosystem.
The LP Channel and the Ham Community ๐ ๐น
When "Ham" tipping came online in late February, many users who owned the LP NFTS added the ๐ emoji, which is the official tipping mechanism for Ham (aka $TN100X tokens) to their names to show support for the project. If you owned an original LP NFT, which was on the ETH network, you were able to stake your airdrop of $TN100X (which we got from holding the NFTs) via "baking golden hams" for 45 days. At the end of the "baking" phase after token claims, emoji tipping via the ๐ emoji began and a new community badge came into existence, but there were some issues.
While much of Farcaster is English speaking, there is a huge contingent of Japanese speakers on and many of them joined the Ham community early and were large contributors to the culture. The word emoji comes from Japanese e (็ตต, 'picture')ย +ย moji (ๆๅญ, 'character'), so almost all of the emojis we know and love today come from Japan. The ๐ emoji in Japan is the "ano niku" emoji, in English "that meat". The Japanese members of the community were VERY confused as to why we were calling the meat emoji a "ham" and didn't understand why their posts about meat were not in the spirit of the "ham memes" encouraged in the channel.
Leaders from the Japanese speaking community got creative with explaining "ham" and used a well known anime in Japan called Hamtaro. The series focuses on a hamster named Hamtaro, who has a variety of adventures with other hamsters known as the "Ham-Hams" or "Hamuchanzu" in Japanese. They adopted the hamster emoji as their ๐น badge and call themselves the Hamuchanzu! Due to this creativity and helping bridge two cultures, you'll now find lots of memes and art in the channel featuring the LP, hams, hamsters, and all of the Floaties (other emojis that trigger real payments on Farcaster and Twitter) in the channel.
Other Community Badges
Ham was the first to use emojis as tips, but many other projects have been inspired by it and embraced their own emoji tipping systems. Some projects are also using emojis to help users recognize members of the team or those who identify strongly with the community. The above are just a few of the community badges you may see on Farcaster. Know another community with a great story of their community badge? Please let me know!
PS: I'm a member of The Haberdashery , Purple DAO , host the /sakura ๐ธ channel, I am the unofficial Hambassador ๐, an honorary Hamuchanzu ๐น, and the host of the /anime-manga ๐กchannel, which are all reflected in my Farcaster profile.
Pichi ๐ฉ ๐ช ๐๐น๐ก๐ธ (@pichi) on Farcaster
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so much to learn lol
Do you know why we say โthe Hat Stays On?โ Read all about it in my article about community badges. They may be hidden now, but mine is still there! https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
they are visible when i move directly to your profile)
Indeed! The hat stays on! ๐ฉ ๐
I think lot of people didnโt know this:)
Many thanks ๐ฉ๐
Thank you pichi This article is so valuable for FC lovers ๐
Intriguing! Iโm curious to learn more about the significance of the hats and community badges. Canโt wait to read your article!
Nice read pichi
RIP Community Badges. I will miss you. https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
I just realized it now!! Itโs gone!! ๐ญ๐ญ
Iโm sad. Moment of silence.
so you can see them once youโve clicked on the persons profile, but you can no longer browse according to that community? whatโs the fucking point in leaving it at all then? they make some weird ass changesโฆ
They want to make it clean! :/ Identity is gone just like that instead we may see community name near our profile while casting.
the hat stays on?
I miss them already ๐ฅบ
This is interesting. It looks really clean though and more professional. I like that aspect.
Channel new update already started ? Channel name is showing after your name
It's really heart broken news. Never give up
Good
Do you know why I have ๐น and ๐ in my name? I explain it all here: https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
This made me realize that these emojis are the tattoos of our usernames I love this ๐
I learned a lot from this article when it first came out ๐ ๐x85 20 $Degen 75 $Aba 20 $Wild 40๐
๐ต๐ base ๐ฆ Sharks
I'm tipping: ๐x250 via Abundance Ecosystem on /impact /impact lets you earn curator rewards while supporting your favorite creators & builders on Farcaster
I'm tipping: 19 $DEGEN ๐x98 via Abundance Ecosystem on /impact /impact lets you earn curator rewards while supporting your favorite creators & builders on Farcaster
I'm tipping: 3 $HUNT via Abundance Ecosystem on /impact /impact lets you earn curator rewards while supporting your favorite creators & builders on Farcaster
Yes yes pichi
Yes, the early ones know about LP and Ham
Having one million degen to tip is crazy, wow
A bunch of us got shadow banned for casting so much too. Hilarious and stressful few days.
Oh wow, thanks for this! Some of them I recognized right away, but the rest I had no idea about... haha 50 $degen
This is a gem! Thanks for explaining the history of the Hamuchanzu!
lovely read pichi
It was very nice to read this! I remember my elder daughter was addicted by Hamtaro and understand why the Japanese community was confused by the emoji use indeed. Nice story ๐ฅฐ
I love the lore of the Ham Fam. Weโve grown so much!
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That was interesting, I read it. Thanks for sharing
This is well detailed information The candy emoji is by choice right?
Very educative content. Thanks ๐
I learned a lot by reading the whole thing. I knew the idea about๐ emoji but learned about ๐ฉ emojis today
lovely... keep going ๐x69
Wow I was glued to my screen all through. This is so revealing. Thanks Pichi ๐๐ฝ
Glad you enjoyed it!
Spread the ham lore far and wide. Tip generously. Make sure everyone can eat more ham! https://qnsrksz.warpcast.tools/api/frames/clever-firefox-28
๐ซก ๐x85 20 $Degen 75 $Aba 20 $Wild 40๐
Thank you!
Letโs spread it ๐ x100
Psst...Meat me out back... ๐ x 420
GM Pichi! Engagement has been way up here of late! Here is my last 30 days on /intelligent
Mine is all bots. I canโt get through my notifications because I canโt go back far enough because so many of them tag me. Channel changes will squash a lot of this nonsense. I donโt want fake engagement.
Yeah, Iโve been getting some bots but nothing too bad. I think Iโm too small still. Going to start reporting the bots and will keep an eye out for them. Canโt wait for these new channel changes.
I am starting to take ham a lot more seriously. Next stop is getting an allo. almost recouped my 5 mil of my own tokens that I gave away before I knew the weekly drop meta ๐คฃ
๐x777
eat . more . ham
YAS! All The ham!!!!!
ALLLL THE HAMMMMMMMMMM!!!! ๐คฃ ๐คฃ ๐คฃ ๐คฃ
Always fam always ๐x500
more ham for pichi! ๐ x 200
Thank you!
yey lets eat ham together Pichi-san ๐ x 100 $ALEXEI
I love seeing everyoneโs tokens! 100 $PICHI
yey now i hold some Pichi :3 :D
always gonna mint pichi
thanks queen you should eat ham too ๐x690
Thank you!
your welcome ๐ซถ๐ซถ
./)_/) (,,>.<) <( Ham for you with love!) / >๐๐. ๐ x 111
Thank you!
I am joined!!
Ham not spam๐ชง
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ eat hammmmm
thanks queen @pichi ๐x300
Minted ๐
Minted ma'am , btw is there any limit of these nfts ? Or it's unlimited?
Depends on the mint. Each is different.
Can you see who has minted this nfts ? Or there is no option to see that
You can on basescan
Eat for ham ;) pichi ๐x35
Nom nom nom Feast on all of it
Already minted dear
Ham oโclock Iโm here Pichi pls I need the guide to hamcaster I failed to bookmark
Letโs ham
Thanks for the mint ๐
Minted. 50 $Wild
Minted.๐ Thank you๐ซถ ๐x200
btw is there not yet a pfp collection deployed on ham L3 called โhamstersโ? pretty ubiquitously loved little animal seems like low hanging ham
https://www.hamsters.wtf/
Nice. Buttons not working for me tho. Otherwise would like to adopt 1
We are so early
@dosir can hamsters still be adopted?
Been on the road. Just back from an extreme long business meeting. Yes there are still some to adopt
Still some to adopt. Did you get an error message? Tried with MetaMask? Connected to ham chain?
Whatโs your recommended path ? Device browser wallets etc. I pretty much have all
Thanks for sharing my agency Apex 420 $DOS
Tagging @dosir the hamster king
Thanks for the shout out fren 420 $DOS
had the same thought lol, there's an argument that it's too easy/too normal. ham community leans into more absurd stuff https://warpcast.com/six/0xb8c64099
Haha thatโs too much coincidence for it not be done. Animal pfps are popular category and hamsters are the least arbitrary option for ham so I think they should do it. They can make the hamsters absurd if they want
Hahha yes. Those pixl hamsters we got are absurd ๐
Weโve had it for a long long time. Wrote about it here. https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
oh TIL. thank you!
We have one and weโve been Hamsters since February ;) https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
On Feb 14, 2024 if you had the ๐ฉ emoji your name, you got One Million $DEGEN to tip. But if you removed it the next day, your tips were invalid.ย A grass roots gorilla marketing campaign began to remind everyone to keep the ๐ฉ emoji in their name and โthe hat stays onโ meme was born. Over 10,000 people still have the Emoji in their name. I don't know the exact number because the search broke @buoy https://ugtt1t.warpcast.tools/api/moxie?q=316
Smart
I'm ready with the โ๏ธ Jason
How can we fix search? Do you just need better counts?
I was just playing around but it seemed to top out at 10,000. This was probably an extreme edge case.
A little history lesson!!
I saw a cast making the rounds today claiming that anyone with an emoji in their username is likely a spammer. If thatโs how Iโll be viewed or having the ๐ฉ in my name, then so be it. The hat stays on! Thanks for the mint :) 100 $DEGEN
Same. Mine are community badges. Haters gonna hate. https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
This is great @pichi - thanks! I remember reading it when it first came out! 300 $farther
They get 1 million total? Is it counted first before their daily tip allowance?
Everyone got it. It was epic.
I think I joined February 12th but didn't know to do the ๐ฉ
I joined the day after ๐ it was quite memorable
It was an epic feeling to give someone >$300 at the time. And I split my to 4 people.
I am one of those who has๐ฉ
whoa nutella wasn't even born then! how cool 1m degen tips ๐คค ๐คค 50 $degen
I still keep the hat on. Itโs the spirit of being Degen more than anything.
Didn't know the story behind it. ๐ The hat stays on! ๐ฉ
gm Pichi๐ฉ I started on 16 February and I wanted to be part of that๐ญ
Didn't know that! Thanks for sharing! Iโm going to add the hat back, hoping I wake up one morning and see a million degens, lol.
I'm gonna have to put my hat back on๐ฑ
Do you wear the hat that day ma'am ? Hat always stays on ๐ฉ๐ซก
I joined warpcast the next month thanks to degen hehe
I threw a little Ham Lore in this article for those who may not get why we are all adopting /hamsters and getting so exited about it. P.S. You can adopt your hamsters with the tips people gave you! No joke.
Pichi. I hav just seen this in yout TL. I am a lil behind. Caring for the HAMsters kept me pretty busy. You wrote about that. WOW. Thank you so much. Thats super awesome. I will read that instantly now. ๐x4269 42 $DEGEN 500 $WILD
Thanks Pichi ๐x555
10 $DEGEN
I adopted my first one but I canโt figure out how to find it
Maybe meta Mask but by adding it all Manually. Not may things work natively with L3 Chains.
Iโll have to figure something out or it will be lost to the great unknown.
You can see them on the website for adoption. L3 support will come in time. We are so early.
Have you tried ham explorer? explorer.ham.fun
Respect to the hamuchanzu ๐โโ๏ธ๐น ๐x420
already bought to many hamsters ๐ ๐x420
A little for buy another ๐x200
@roguehax.eth
this is something great Pichi ๐x222
๐x169
I just subscribed. Thank you so much โบ๏ธ
๐x300
๐ x 1000
Trying to educate folks more about Farcaster Lore! Do you know what community badges are?
The good old days ๐ 5000 $units
Are there still any kind of badges left? idk
Communities create them. That's whats great about this place. just do it.
First time I've heard of it. It's different from PB, right?
They are just for fun.
I see So, like "steak", it does not mean anything by itself.
The frame image is currently broken over here.
community badges hmm , seems like i need to read
I've never heard of it before!
Tysm for good info! 300 $farther
Nice! @buildbot nom @pichi
๐ Your cast cashed in! Claim ๐ฉ DEGEN tokens on jam now! ๐ฃ https://jam.so/?referrer=Gilwq9 ๐ฃ
This week a built content and participated in the first /writinghackathon ! I wrote about Farcaster Community Badges aka all those emojis in peopleโs names! Spoiler alert: I'm a member of The Haberdashery ๐ฉ, Purple DAO ๐ช, host the /sakura ๐ธ channel, I am the unofficial Hambassador ๐, an honorary Hamuchanzu ๐น, and the host of the /anime-manga manga ๐กchannel, which are all reflected in my Farcaster profile.
Wow , well done as always pichi ๐ซถ Proud of you , Bookmarked and read , so complete and I think as a suggestion should every one read once
Thanks so much for reading!
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐x30
Your emojis looks so cutie ๐ good article, I learned something new. Do you have a favorite emoji?)
Thank you for sharing
based Pichi ๐ x 199 $DEGEN
Do you know why I have a bunch of emojis in my name including the top hat? Do you know why we say โthe hat stays onโ? Read all about it in my latest article and learn some degen lore. Have more questions? Ask away!
Awesome!! 25 $degen
thank you for these articles 1000 $degen
Oh wow! Thanks @beachmfer.eth!
Bookmarked, looking forward to giving this a read @pichi! ๐ x 333
I was thinking about joining the haberdashery could you give me a few pros to being a member ?
I think the biggest selling point right now is direct access to a lot of people who care deeply about the degen ecosystem and want to support builders who believe in it.
Bookmarkโ
new to this community, thanks for the post 200 $degen
GN๐ค๐
HamFam, I wrote an article about why many of us have the ๐ and ๐น emojis in our names! If you have any corrections or thoughts, please let me know! And if you enjoy the article, feel free to rain ham on me ;) https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
180 $degen
Well done. ๐ x 75
Thank you very much!
Appreciate this! I was unaware of the meaning behind the hamster emoji!
๐๐ 78 $degen @pichi โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ from /subscribe
There were various stories. Although the emojis are in Japanese, I feel proud that everyone handles them with care. I am looking forward to seeing which project will adopt the community badge next. (\_/) \ 150farther / ( โข_โข) / > ๐ x10 $DEGEN ๐ญ
Thanks for owning a HamFam NFT! if you like my art, I have a hypersub! click on the photo for more info! Next snapshot for this monthโs exclusive art drop is June 30! 69 $DEGEN 140 $FARTHER @sheva7.eth โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ๐ x 182
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๐ x 100
canโt wait to read ๐ x 170
Welldone ๐
Thanks for owning a HamFam NFT! if you like my art, I have a hypersub! click on the photo for more info! Next snapshot for this monthโs exclusive art drop is June 30! 69 $DEGEN 140 $FARTHER @painx โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ๐ x 182
482 $degen
Thank you!
๐x200
Thank you for sharing ๐คฉ 7 $DEGEN 77 $wild
Good stuff, I didnโt know a lot of the history. Thanks Pichi! ๐x55
It's so helpful. Thanks a ton
Wow I had no idea about the ham and meat confusion that lead to the hamster. Now I know ๐
We really confused them!!!! But it led to something amazing and now I get to make cute hamster art because of the Japanese Familyโs ingenuity!
Nice work! ๐x100
Oh wow ๐ฉ 1m Dgen damn im so late pichi, thanks for article. More more please
๐x555
Thanks for owning a HamFam NFT! if you like my art, I have a hypersub! click on the photo for more info! Next snapshot for this monthโs exclusive art drop is June 30! 69 $DEGEN 140 $FARTHER @mcoso.eth โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ๐ x 182
๐ ๐ x 50
Ham's fan base is definitely growing! Everyone loves Ham๐น๐๐. ๐ x 100
Thanks for owning a HamFam NFT! if you like my art, I have a hypersub! click on the photo for more info! Next snapshot for this monthโs exclusive art drop is June 30! 69 $DEGEN 140 $FARTHER @459oyaji.eth โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ๐ x 182
Thank you ham fam ๐x 200
Thanks for reading and the tips!
Thanks for owning a HamFam NFT! if you like my art, I have a hypersub! click on the photo for more info! Next snapshot for this monthโs exclusive art drop is June 30! 69 $DEGEN 140 $FARTHER @einbard โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ๐ x 182
Arigato! ๐ x 100 https://media1.tenor.com/m/yjfZCYjcqHYAAAAC/ham-gammon.gif
Well done, I like all your writings ๐ ๐ x 200
Thank you so much!
Thanks for owning a HamFam NFT! if you like my art, I have a hypersub! click on the photo for more info! Next snapshot for this monthโs exclusive art drop is June 30! 69 $DEGEN 140 $FARTHER @paydar โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ๐ x 182
Thank you Pichie! Bookmarked. Will read later. I was really curious whats with the emojis, ๐ โฆ
Thanks for owning a HamFam NFT! if you like my art, I have a hypersub! click on the photo for more info! Next snapshot for this monthโs exclusive art drop is June 30! 69 $DEGEN 140 $FARTHER @khayle8891 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ๐ x 182
thanks for sharing about ham and related Japanese culture! always appreciate your understanding and support of the Japanese community ๐ฆโจ<3 ๐x200 200 $farther 500 $wild