Dev. Writing "The Marketing Compass" newsletter, themed around marketing from first principles to help fellow devs learn to attract users and customers

For the essay contest, @kenergy.eth wrote an eloquent appeal to build a "forever home" through decentralized social media. 

Hopefully FC can become a preferred alternative to the vicious cycle that Ken describes so accurately.

Quotes below! 👇 

https://paragraph.xyz/@kenyiexyz/a-call-for-building-a-forever-home

Writer, senior editor, music nerd, GenX eldergoth, monastery-bootstrapper. https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson https://tinyurl.com/Black-Stone-Wordsmith

(2) “…corporate platforms are valuable only because of us, the people who made it their home and breathed life into their barren platform.”

(3) “I and many others have chosen to make Farcaster, a Decentralized Social Media platform, our home.”

(4) “…onboarding challenges limit our community to those willing to be a bit tech-savvy…[…] the community is small and close-knit, mainly consisting of those passionate enough to learn how to use these new technologies. …we've started our forever home here for those who have jumped these (small) hurdles.”

(5) “…joining Farcaster has evoked a sense of nostalgia from the early days of the internet. […]

“It's a place where I find shared values with online strangers.

“Even rarer, I find it easy to make genuine friendships.”

(6) “As time passes, more users and developers will recognize DSMs as ideal platforms to spread roots, build homes, and establish lasting communities.

“On behalf of our community, I'm extending an open invitation - join us whenever you find the tradeoffs to be worthwhile.”

(1) “Users are tired of running in circles, moving from one company to another. Social Media should not be owned by companies. 

“Social Media should be owned by the communities that inhabit them.”

After watching countless enshittification cycles play out in similar ways on multiple social media platforms (with predictable results), building a "forever home" on FC is balm for the weary soul. 

Thanks for helping to shape the narrative with encouraging words. 💜

Thank you so much! Glad my essay resonated 😊