shoni.eth
@alexpaden
I've been reflecting on how we approach content and community building—particularly on Farcaster—and believe there's a real challenge that needs acknowledging. Many serious creators feel demotivated seeing superficial or "low-quality" content disproportionately rewarded. It's not about resentment; it's about the long-term sustainability and vibrancy of our community. Platforms succeed when incentives align authentically with value creation. Right now, we're heavily rewarding those skilled at gaming attention rather than those innovating deeply or genuinely contributing. This dynamic pushes thoughtful, creative builders away, leaving the ecosystem weaker. I've personally felt demotivated—not because I lack ambition, but because the community hasn't yet recognized that meaningful encouragement matters.
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shoni.eth
@alexpaden
Acknowledging and actively nurturing builders with meaningful ideas—even those that don't neatly fit the popular mold—could genuinely change the game. My goal isn’t to criticize for criticism’s sake; it's to help realign incentives toward a healthier, more productive, and more inspiring community. The suggestion is simple: Encourage existing builders more intentionally until the network reaches a point where it can realistically expect significant effort and investment from its community. Farcaster hasn't meaningfully reached that point yet and should lean more heavily into proactively offering encouragement to maximize the value of builders already here. Most clients are low-impact, and most trending apps are low-impact. Maximizing the value of open data is high-impact for everyone—but also time-consuming and costly. I often don't pursue this because it feels like my work doesn't matter. Squeeze the juice from my lemon and make some lemonade.
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shoni.eth
@alexpaden
cc @ted this has to be your problem as the community person-- dan will never take this seriously because he 1) thinks founders have to have that agency for themselves 2) is worried about scaling enough to make $100M funding worthwhile my point is just that you could have had way more results from me by just saying hey what are you doing so i knew literally anyone gave a shit even if it wasn't real i'm obviously not that unique so there's tons of lemons like me on the ground here.. please don't say you'd rather have a dog posting hot takes than an AI that can answer "who am i?"
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