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Last week, I decided to start a new series called Farcaster VIPs (Very Interesting People), to try to counter the false narrative that there aren’t interesting people on the purple app. You can read the first five features by scrolling down on this Paragraph, or over on warpcast in the /farcaster-vips channel.
Originally, my plan was just to send a single long cast every day, highlighting one person who is building and contributing on FC and constantly bringing value to the network in their own way.
But in typical Toady fashion, I went a little over the top...
When my feature of Chris Carella wouldn’t fit in a Long Cast, I said “fuck it, I guess this is a Paragraph series now.” And once I had switched mediums… I found myself wanting to do the medium justice. As a result, my profiles on Yon, Melissa Burr, Mike Demarais and Prof Werder took shape as longer form, semi-researched features… a far cry from the simple daily cast I had originally set out to do.
While I have been enjoying the writing process a lot, and the feedback has been thus far been overwhelmingly positive, I’ve also come away from Week One with a renewed respect for those in our network who write so creatively and consistently for our edification (people like YB, Kaloh and Six) and I’ve realized that doing a piece of this length and detail every day just isn’t feasible alongside my other obligations.
TL;DR: I want to keep doing these profiles, and I will, so long as people still enjoy them. But having found the daily cadence to be a little over-ambitious, I am going to take a Mulligan here and switch to 3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) starting tomorrow. Hoping you understand and will continue to support this initiative!
-TH
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A quick word about my /farcaster-vips series on @paragraph. TL;DR: After week one, I’m: - In awe of prolific writers on this app like @yb @kaloh @six etc. 🤯 - Grateful for the overwhelming support of the FVIP series so far 💛 - Thankful to my first 5 VIPs for sharing and boosting the articles @ccarella.eth @yonfrula @burrrrrberry @mikedemarais.eth @nounishprof - But… realizing that daily cadence was just too ambitious for features of this length 😅 - So… going to switch to 3x per week starting tomorrow. 🗓️ Thanks for understanding, more here on Paragraph: https://paragraph.xyz/@toadyhawk/vip-cadence
More info on week one of FVIP: https://warpcast.com/toadyhawk.eth/0x047f6d71
sounds perfect, it was hard to keep up for me, lol. excited to read all the upcoming ones!
If it was hard keeping up as a reader, just imagine lol
thanks for the shoutout Toady!
This is much more reasonable 🤍 Thank you for all the effort you are putting into highlighting the interesting people here on farcaster 🫡 560 $degen
As they say: “Shoot for the stars… if you miss, at least you’ll still be floating around aimlessly in the great vacuum of outer space.”
We are the dreamers Toady 🫡
Thanks for the mention! Discipline and consistency is all about finding the right cadence
When we founded /thenounsquare, we committed to doing a daily audio show about Nouns every day and so far we’ve done 826 episodes without missing, so you think I would have learned my lesson 😂
I _really_ want to do a daily newsletter But it’s extremely hard. I did that for a month as an experiment (30 interviews x days) back in 2022. Feels like you lose a bit of quality - but if you find that consistency should be pretty rewarding. Pomp and the daily gwei by @sassal.eth have been doing it over multiple years
Sassal definitely doesn’t take the daily in daily gwei too seriously though and I think that’s key (huge fan of his work.)
I was kind of afraid to ask questions here about people being a newbie, so what i did was try to gather the little i can from the comments, but reading your series, i know better, it's fresh and I appreciate that. Switching to 3x weekly is a smart move fr, it'll allow you the space to craft better and ofcourse I'll continue to support in my little way 🫶
Thank you! And never be afraid to ask, most people here in my experience are happy to answer questions. 💛
Hi how about 2 a week to start and to end Gives people more chance to yknow aim for the spot or nah?
Where do you upload this other than frame ?
On my @paragraph: https://paragraph.xyz/@toadyhawk
Exciting news from @toadyhawk.eth! A new blog series titled "Farcaster VIPs" highlights fascinating individuals making valuable contributions on the platform. Originally intended as a daily cast, it evolved into in-depth profiles. Updates will now come three times a week. Enjoy the journey!