phil
@phil
I've been thinking a lot about Farcaster's growth. Disclaimer: I'm still working through it, and my thoughts will change, but here is my attempt to frame our current situation and some potential paths forward. Allow me to introduce The Network Axis.
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phil
@phil
Any digital network can be evaluated along these two axes. Blogs like Marginal Revolution or SSC are not social networks per se, but they compete with social networks for user's time and attention. In fact, Twitter was characterized for most of its life as a "microblogging service", not a social network.
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phil
@phil
So, what makes social networks unique? My answer: the social graph and growth. A fast-growing content source without a highly-connected social graph is a popular blog or newsletter. A social graph with good content but no growth is a forum. Fine for niche audiences, but not mass market.
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phil
@phil
For Farcaster to succeed as a protocol for building sufficiently decentralized social networks, we need a framework to think about growth. Today's growth is a function of yesterday's content. Social networks can coast for a while on their reputation, but need to continually nurture sources of high quality content.
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Carsten ✈️
@cpoetter.eth
hm, not sure. while you correctly refer to FC as a protocol, you're describing an app built on it. as far as I understand FC, it's not necessarily a protocol for social networks but for any "social" web service. this can be a social network, but also a forum or any other small and specialized community with web3 rails.
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Carsten ✈️
@cpoetter.eth
so the growth strategy (as well as moderation policies,...) have to be implemented by an app and not on the protocol layer. the protocol might provide some options for app builders in this regard but it shouldn't force it. like email: it can be spam, but also conversation wit loved ones.
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