two things can be true:

1. many farcaster users feel as though a 'FC Cabal' is favored at the client level, and enjoy permanent, outsized benefits from being active, early  

2. its totally possible to join Farcaster and grow an account from 0. I joined on Feb. 5th and my account is in the top 300 users by engagement according to most dashboards I've checked. You have to post & reply consistently, and it really helps to have something to say.

things are not the same as they were back in februray, its totally different now for new/smaller accounts, they are hidden

Founder of the /success channel. Search Marketing Director at Kraken Kratom. 

are you sure? RJ told me he doesnt see me wen i reply to others

Not this week. Priority mode is turned off app wide rn.

not the powerbadge itself, priority mode and "shadowban" of non pbs did more harm imo

im honestly not seeing new content here, most of the ppl i follow i followed back in march/april, i feel like new content isnt reaching me

and its probably goes the other way, i didnt get a new followers for over a week now, while pbs get literal thousand (mostly bots)

there is some truth to this, but thats also how I felt upon initially starting. 

a few things I would suggest to people:
- consistently replying to accounts you like, thoughtfully, even challenging what they are saying
- join a gated community with a group chat, get to know some larger accounts within other social contexts, people will typically then follow or engage more over time
- cast thoughtfully in channels, often times a channel owner will engage if your post is interesting

what specifically is different between feb and today? power badge?