Dropped from ~6300 to 4100 follower count with the Warpcast changes, but hardly noticed since a lot of my time on FC is spent in group chats that are much more high-signal for me than algo feeds.

I think a lot about how we might take some of that group chat energy public in ways that might help Farcaster thrive, but still don't have a good answer.

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would love to hear if you think SassyHash could help.

One key use case is to move certain groupchats to a channel. Only channel members can write in channel, and only channel members can decode what people choose to encode.

Imagine you agree to meet friends in Times Square and everyone in the group gets a Cone of Silence, which they can choose to use or not.

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really good point.

dev hubris is a real thing, as is the challenge of balancing "someone build" with actual intent (the famous "stated vs revealed").

my list of gc strengths:
- deeper bonds leading to stronger accountability, which also provides more freedom to explore due in part to public deniability (your ride-or-die, trench compatriots, cabal mates would never dunk on your innocent inconsistencies in public)
- a gate controlled by a few, and the responsibility + power dynamics that brings
- encryption / privacy, which is a technical aspect of a social norm
- less volume. more categorized

I really think channels + sassyhash technical encoding/decoding (which is wrapped up with permissions) provides all the building blocks. Plus it can make the gc semi-public. Like a bumping nightclub where the beats spill out to passersby on the street

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I think at this point we need to pay more attention to the social and cultural factors involved than the technical affordances per se, but I will keep your suggestion in mind!