Farcaster

I often see people Farcaster isn't "sufficiently decentralized".

You're free to define what "sufficiently decentralized" means to you, of course, but how we think about it is laid out in Varun's blog post.

https://www.varunsrinivasan.com/2022/01/11/sufficient-decentralization-for-social-networks

Food for thought: 

1. If MM/WC was printing cash today and had millions of DAUs while all other products built on FC were not, then these complaints would be valid. That's not the case. Its a grind for everyone.

2. All of web3 social is competing fiercely against web2 social for users. Its hard for everyone right now. This isn't a MM/FC “sufficient decentralization” challenge, its a “displacing entrenched incumbents” challenge.

3. Everyone is ultimately responsible for their own user acquisition, engagement and retention. Pointing fingers is never a good look and gets you nowhere.

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1. Growth solves (or at least masks) problems :)

2. Yes, the biggest problem is getting more people to use Farcaster apps

3. While true, I do think the primary reason a developer would want to build on Farcaster is because user acquisition is easier / faster. That's the primary value prop. There are a bunch of secondary value props, but onboarding users to my new app quickly and with a higher chance of retention is the most compelling.

I don't think those complaining are actually building on FC, or even really interested by what decentralization brings.