Farcaster

🧵 The Necessary Transparency on User Labeling in FC and Improvement Suggestions 🧵/10

- New Update for Jan, 30, 2025

Summary of Changes for this week!

- Week 2: 484,688 users
- Week 3: 487,872 users
- Increase: 3,184 new users (+0.66% growth)

Spam Category Changes:

📌 Likely Spam:
Week 2: 242,778 (50.09%)
Week 3: 253,414 (51.94%)

Change: +10,636 users
Growth: +1.85%

Insight: A notable increase in likely spam users, which may indicate rising suspicious activities.

📌 Unlikely Spam:
Week 2: 43,772 (9.03%)
Week 3: 43,915 (9.00%)

Change: +143 users
Growth: Slight -0.03% decrease in percentage, but a minor increase in actual users.

Insight: This category remains stable with minimal changes.

✅ Overall Conclusion

Positive user growth (+0.66%) overall.
- A notable increase in likely spam (+1.85%), which may need further investigation.
- A decrease in uncertain spam cases (-1.82%), indicating improved detection.
- Stability in the unlikely spam category.
- While user growth is positive, the rise in likely spam suggests a need to enhance spam detection mechanisms.

📌 Might Spam:

Week 2: 198,138 (40.88%)
Week 3: 190,543 (39.06%)

Change: -7,595 users
Growth: -1.82%

Insight: A positive decrease, showing fewer users with uncertain spam status.