fc-updates

Experiment: Hiding power badges

Power badges will be hidden on Warpcast for a week. We’re running this experiment because:

1. New user find it hard to get follows due to “power badge bias”
2. Power badge isn’t being used much in Warpcast anymore.

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

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I still like power badges because they help me identify if I'm dealing with a legitimate account or a scammer trying to impersonate a project or user.

IRL: Creative Director who makes movies and ads.

So I would have been labeled a scammer (by you) automatically if I didn't have badge before this? Just tryna understand your logic.. 🤔

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That’s not what I said, lol. What I meant is that scammers can be easily identified if they don’t have a power badge. By "scammers," I mean people who try to impersonate others with similar names and PFP, often attempting to drain wallets, for example.

My mistake upon rereading this You did make it clear that you were referring to people impersonating other More well-known accounts, in Your original cast!

Ah I got you, you can see why I would be confused tho my that word lol 😂