Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Why can't I request to join a channel? See the points from the FAQ below, but basically we wanted to avoid creating yet another inbox for owners. Additionally, owners may not want to have people requesting to join. Your channel, your rules. Additional thoughts 1. Channels are not hashtags. We tried that version for the last year or so. Didn't work. With the new direction, they are communities run by individuals or small groups. They are opinionated. We think that's a good thing. 2. One way to think of channels now is they are text-based Twitter Spaces—some people on stage, but a large audience. 3. Reminder: you can always cast in your home feed (goes to all of your followers) or create a new channel. 4. There are already a bunch of tools like Cura from @openrank, /channel-kit from @zachterrell, or @modbot from @haole to let channel owners opt in to have request to join flows. Or token gate with @moxie.eth or @hypersub. 5. We added a link in bio that works with frames to help make this easy.
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Mike | Abundance
@abundance
If communities are opinionated can the opinion be: "let anyone cast without need for membership"? Aka, automatic membership on casting - or as it used to be before the change?
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
You can post your invite link publicly. Your channel will be overrun with spam, though.
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Mike | Abundance
@abundance
I did post it in public and pinned to channel. This is still a step that adds friction for some channels Eg - user sees cast from a channel on their home feed & replies, not realizing that the reply is hidden. So need to: go to channel > find invite > go back to original convo = a lot of friction
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Friction is good imo. Friction is proof of work. Proof of work is correlated to quality.
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