Farcaster Community Badges
Unlocking Stacked Emojis: A Dive Into Farcaster Community Identity
PiChi
2 min readΒ·
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. A grass roots gorilla marketing campaign began to remind everyone to keep the emoji in their name and βthe hat stays onβ 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 π πΉ
When "Ham" tipping came online in late February, many users who owned the LP NFTS added the π 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 π 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 (η΅΅, 'picture') + moji (ζε, 'character'), so almost all of the emojis we know and love today come from Japan. The π 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 πΉ 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 πΈ channel, I am the unofficial Hambassador π, an honorary Hamuchanzu πΉ, and the host of the /anime-manga π‘channel, which are all reflected in my Farcaster profile.
Pichi π© πͺ ππΉπ‘πΈ (@pichi) on Farcaster
Pi-chi.eth (she/her) /animeoutcasts Unofficial Hambassasor |General of the North /kyoto /sakura /anime-manga https://beacons.ai/pi_chi
so much to learn lol
Spammy accounts have copied our community badges (emojis in your display name). Is it time to retire them into Farcaster lore history? https://paragraph.com/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
would love official badge support from clients on this https://warpcast.com/kompreni/0x17a3d1fa
they were never a good idea
I enjoyed them but maybe theyβve run their course.
They were easy identifiers back in the day when casts and tipping were running on hyper speed. Things have changed a bit since then.
Things have changed a lot. Itβs been good to reminisce but maybe this is really nostalgia and itβs time for something new.
Nostalgia is hell of a drug as they say
Tipping via DegenSub 1067 $DEGEN
Would be an interesting feature if people could carry a real community batch. E.g. if you're member of a channel you should be aloud to where a channel/community badge. Maybe max. 1 at the same time. I know they don't care about channels anymore, but you could see them as a communities where you want to belong (or not), so no need to use the channel (it's getting more defuse), but you can see if someone is dedicated to/believing in a certain community. Showing where you identify with, and keeping up with their standards is probably a more powerful tool than rewards.
Great article π
GM @pichi Just wanted to let you know about this. My account was moved from Trustworthy 2 labelπ’ to being suspiciousπ΄. I can't still really place why but it's new to me. But, I'm getting back up to fixing it. Happy Mother's day by the way β€οΈ
@pichi Plsss I really need your help, fixing this is not as easy as it is. Going through my past casts and I can't really figure out how I got to being spammy. Pls, I'll greatly appreciate for you to help reach out to the Warpcast team about this. It's really frustrating how my replies, cast and quote casts are not seen.
Give him one more chance
Seems the time has sadly come
The only time I missed was the 1 million tip of $degen
Hey @pichi check this out! I want to know what you think. Especially abt usernames with emojis.
I like community badges but spammers mirror then heavily. Maybe they belong as lore now.
yep. having the top hat was cool on the name but eventually that changed imo. but idk. i donβt really remember if i have it. i will cast this and go and check lol are there other communities that use emojis on names for that purpose?
Yup! https://paragraph.com/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
that @katekornish guide have been my food today and yesterday lmao and i'm trying my best to make a concious use of my time here, decided to post more about my "identity bricks"
Keep working on improving. It will eventually get noticed and changes will happen.
Do you know why we say βthe Hat Stays On?β 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! π© π
I think lot of people didnβt know this:)
Thank you pichi This article is so valuable for FC lovers π
Many thanks π©π
Nice read pichi
We stole it from wif
Intriguing! Iβm curious to learn more about the significance of the hats and community badges. Canβt wait to read your article!
RIP Community Badges. I will miss you. https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
I miss them already π₯Ί
I just realized it now!! Itβs gone!! ππ
Iβm sad. Moment of silence.
so you can see them once youβve clicked on the persons profile, but you can no longer browse according to that community? whatβs the fucking point in leaving it at all then? they make some weird ass changesβ¦
They want to make it clean! :/ Identity is gone just like that instead we may see community name near our profile while casting.
Is it because of the update?
Miss when we still had the top caster badge
Me too
Channel new update already started ? Channel name is showing after your name
the hat stays on?
Huh? Mine are still thereβ¦
This is interesting. It looks really clean though and more professional. I like that aspect.
but, when I wanted to reply, they appeared
So weird! Must be a bug. But a bug I like.
maybe a glitch thenβ¦
yeah maybe, It's still visible in notifications too
Do you know why I have πΉ and π in my name? I explain it all here: https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
I learned a lot from this article when it first came out π πx85 20 $Degen 75 $Aba 20 $Wild 40π
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.
Yes yes pichi
This is a gem! Thanks for explaining the history of the Hamuchanzu!
π΅π base π¦ Sharks
I'm tipping: πx250 via Abundance Ecosystem on /impact /impact lets you earn curator rewards while supporting your favorite creators & builders on Farcaster
I'm tipping: 19 $DEGEN πx98 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
Hammy day π·
Oh wow, thanks for this! Some of them I recognized right away, but the rest I had no idea about... haha 50 $degen
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
π«‘ πx85 20 $Degen 75 $Aba 20 $Wild 40π
Thank you!
Letβs spread it π x100
more ham for pichi! π x 200
Thank you!
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 π€£
thanks queen you should eat ham too πx690
Thank you!
your welcome π«Άπ«Ά
Mint success π₯Ήππ«π«Ά
yey lets eat ham together Pichi-san π x 100 $ALEXEI
I love seeing everyoneβs tokens! 100 $PICHI
yey now i hold some Pichi :3 :D
eat . more . ham
YAS! All The ham!!!!!
ALLLL THE HAMMMMMMMMMM!!!! π€£ π€£ π€£ π€£
πx777
./)_/) (,,>.<) <( Ham for you with love!) / >ππ. π x 111
Thank you!
Ham not spamπͺ§
btw is there not yet a pfp collection deployed on ham L3 called βhamstersβ? 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?
Still some to adopt. Did you get an error message? Tried with MetaMask? Connected to ham chain?
Thanks for sharing my agency Apex 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 thatβs 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 π
Weβve 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 weβve been Hamsters since February ;) https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges
Tagging @dosir the hamster king
Thanks for the shout out fren 420 $DOS
On Feb 14, 2024 if you had the π© emoji your name, you got One Million $DEGEN to tip. But if you removed it the next day, your tips were invalid. A grass roots gorilla marketing campaign began to remind everyone to keep the π© emoji in their name and βthe hat stays onβ 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
I saw a cast making the rounds today claiming that anyone with an emoji in their username is likely a spammer. If thatβs how Iβll be viewed or having the π© 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
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.
Didnβt know this Joined 3rd of April on my birthday funny enough πππ Thank you for sharing When did you join fc ?
Jan 28 ;)
You were still very much early πππ
Smart
I'm ready with the βοΈ Jason
A little history lesson!!
gm Pichiπ© I started on 16 February and I wanted to be part of thatπ
I entered on 2/14 and got a late start π’. It's a really frustrating feeling. By the way, this is my son's birthday!
whoa nutella wasn't even born then! how cool 1m degen tips π€€ π€€ 50 $degen
As a newbie at that times, I'm in on the vibes, including Valentine Day. But not sure received and used the 1M $Degen on tip allowance as well π€ Generally I'm bullish put the hat on my name π©π€
It was an epic feeling to give someone >$300 at the time. And I split my to 4 people.
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. πx4269 42 $DEGEN 500 $WILD
Thanks Pichi πx555
A little for buy another πx200
already bought to many hamsters π πx420
10 $DEGEN
Respect to the hamuchanzu πββοΈπΉ πx420
π x 1000
πx169
I just subscribed. Thank you so much βΊοΈ
this is something great Pichi πx222
Trying to educate folks more about Farcaster Lore! Do you know what community badges are?
community badges hmm , seems like i need to read
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.
I've never heard of it before!
The good old days π 5000 $units
π Your cast cashed in! Claim π© DEGEN tokens on jam now! π£ https://jam.so/?referrer=Gilwq9 π£
Are there still any kind of badges left? idk
Communities create them. That's whats great about this place. just do it.
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Nice! @buildbot nom @pichi
thank for making and sharing this! been in ham for few months but didnt know about hamuchazu!
I just subscribed to @pichi on /paragraph ! Check it out:
Really short and sweet explanation of community badges by @pichi https://paragraph.xyz/@pichi/farcaster-community-badges?referrer=0x1234567890