Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
The spam filtering dilemma Sharing how we think about it so people can better understand: 1. Most people will only use social networks if they are fun 2. Casting something and getting dozens of spammy replies is not fun 3. If you get enough spammy replies, you'll just stop using the app 4. So, aggressively filtering for spam is necessary to keep your existing users happy 5. However, this means some good new users will hit spam filters. Understatement: this is a bad user experience for those people. It would be great to not have this happen. 6. But given the choice of who to make unhappy — an existing user who has invested a ton of time and energy into the network or a new user that is most likely to churn (top tier social networks lose 50% of users!), then you have to optimize for your existing users. 7. So does that mean you don’t care about new users? No! It’s existential to have new users be able to join Farcaster and find people to connect with — without being labeled as spam. 1/2
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Daisy✨
@dazedaisy
On 8a So if we notice real users being labeled wrongfully we should share right? I’ve noticed about 2 genuine users who are marked Is it okay if I share their usernames under this cast?
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Yes, reporting is helpful. We're also considering a more formal vouching system at some point. However, on challenge is the people you are vouching for -- are you 100% confident they didn't have any spammy activity (that they may have deleted)? Vouching only works if the person vouching has some skin in the game in terms of reputation. (That's how it works in the real world.)
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