I’ve only been here for ~2 months, and I know for a fact I’ve been guilty of all the stuff that I now crusade against - low effort posts, $degen contests, etc.

But the key is that you learn and improve - no one joins here knowing all the unwritten rules

Making a mistake is OK - the problem is repeating it forever

14 months ago you could give a unique welcome cast to every new user. Lots of us did.

That vibe has somehow persisted at 25X scale. It’s damn near miraculous 🦄

I remember that bot which recasted every new user's first few casts

building /royalpatron, data lover, jpeg collector. previously data science at warby parker 