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
