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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
Lately, I've heard ppl saying that a lot of high-quality users are joining Farcaster. So I decided to check the data, and here's what I found: - Since Aug 01, FC has gained 20k new users - 9k casted at least once - 5k casted 1-10 times - 550 casted 100+ times - 160 casted more than 370 times The data (which I got via @neynar) shows that over 50% of the new users have never made a cast. For context, the average OG user, such as @phil, makes about 369 casts per month (root + replies).
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six
@six
50% conversion from signup to cast. nice!
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
The observation is not positive. The other 50% who did cast are not high-quality users, not even close
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six
@six
Are we cooked?
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
If you spend all your time on Warpcast, everything looks great, just like @vitalik.eth recently said. But if you follow @balajis.eth's suggestion and analyze the protocol data, you'll see a different picture, one where the protocol is dominated by very low-quality users and casts. I'm sure @dwr.eth and the team are aware of this issue and have plans to address it, but I can’t speak on the specifics. I also haven’t seen any public information about what the team is doing to tackle it, though maybe I’m just not listening well enough :)
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balajis
@balajis.eth
I don’t think I ever said the data is low quality. I am just glad you can write a script to analyze the protocol data directly on Farcaster. That alone in a sense means it is not low quality — because it is visible.
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
I totally agree! The open graph is one of the biggest reasons why I stick around. But it feels like Farcaster is starting to develop a culture where if you dig into the raw data and point out that things aren't looking great, people try to silence you. It’s like everything here has to be "permanently optimistic" by default, which isn't a good look
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