Eric P. Rhodes
@epr
many web3 digital artists have ditched @warpcast and are now focusing exclusively on x. you might think, "so what?" but this actually matters. these artists already get the tech and are deep in crypto culture. yet, they don’t care enough about farcaster to connect with their audience here. the dev/builder-heavy culture on farcaster might be cool if you’re into that niche, but it’s still just that—a niche. and i get that you might not like hearing this, but it’s the truth. for artists who just want to share their work, it’s exhausting. the best product managers i’ve worked with as a designer focus on bridging the gap between tech and consumers, leaning toward the consumer side. it feels like the farcaster builder ecosystem is resisting that approach, stuck in the dev mindset. maybe it’s because those deep in engineering often lack the consumer vision.
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Tony
@0xt0ny
"artists who just want to share their work" I could do with less constant bombardment of AI generated slop and endless free mint frames. Artists just looking for another sales channel where they can post their stuff and disappear have never liked farcaster, and that's kinda ok with me, rather have the builder talk
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Andreas Birath
@andreasbirath
There were artists here. They loved showing their work, finding new artists, sharing eachothers work and pushing eachother. Sales? Que sera sera. Now, most of them left. You're left with slop ai art as means towards tipping goals. Measures taken by fc team - proof in pudding. And they still talk about quality casts 😂
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Tony
@0xt0ny
I think it's pretty clear the merkle team is not super interested in attracting or retaining artists
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