Web3 discord killer is all we need

1. It's very difficult for crypto to be frictionless to the non-crypto user (including the friction of its reputation). 2. Skeumorphic apps ported onchain are often not powerful enough value props to overcome this friction. 3. But perhaps some "net new" behaviors will make it worth facing first-time crypto friction.

Now apps are hard regardless of whether they are on crypto rails or not. They are harder on crypto rails because of the UX. Back in 2021 everyone was excited because some large apps such as Instagram, Twitter, Reddit and YouTube were exploring crypto features. After FTX and the bull market all of that stopped. The few new apps that have received any attention are speculative such as friend tech and Polymarket. No one wants to try anything else. The reason why I'm a fan of Farcaster. One of the few projects actually trying to do stuff in crypto and consumer without fi

it was supposed to happen in games but have you compared crypto games to other games? they are almost all terrible and anyone who says otherwise doesnt play games it has to be new games, and games with novel (previously nonexistent) mechanics that crypto makes newly possible. i still think onchain gaming is a fruitful endeavor, but it will take much more time to sus out these types of mechanism designs and for consumers to get familiar with it

Net new apps are the only way to really drive adoption. Example: GoodReads vs onchain GoodReads -> what is the reason for a user to switch? If it’s the exact same app, there is no reason. Put another way: if you only aim for GoodReads audience, the best you can do is GoodReads, and it’ll be an uphill battle.

https://warpcast.com/tanishq/0x2be946a0

I feel like there are a lot of crypto apps? Across all domains from consumer to infra and everything in between. Definitely not the scale of other apps, but I think that’s because crypto founders can’t (maybe don’t want to) break out of the crypto niche. More thoughts… https://warpcast.com/manuelmaccou.eth/0x74c52ce9

It's harder to build sustainable companies out of apps than what is perceived by many in our space. You have to grind it out, listen to users, do multiple pivots. The "new cool thing" changes so soon that many people try to jump onto it and expect quick success. It's hard to continue to listen to users, keep on shipping things, and have strong convictions in this environment, when you see a new cool app get quick success, and not being drawn to that. Specially for multiple years. But it will happen, both the builders and consumers have to be patient and have long term thinking IMO.

attention span. the collective attention span is very very short now. if its not new and profitable something will come along that is.

because creating a network effect is at odds with crypto's PR problem, and without requisite DAU funding sustainability isn't possible the thing that exploded farcaster wasn't 'onchain twitter', or even 'decentralized social', but the net new frames feature

I see "Future Primitive" I'm immediately excited

awesome to see curated projects time to time. thanks for putting this together, mike! would love to send over some projects from /fbi to play around and share feedback for builders.

Lovely!! I’ve been itching to write something similar! Fun idea! Would love to invite you to try app.poster.fun as well! Onchain canva where you can create with community contributed stickers and publish to farcaster as frames 🖼️

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this is something @accountless.eth should check out!