Farcaster

requiring a power badge (issued in an opaque manner by a centralized authority) to access a "decentralized" service is the antithesis of what i thought farcaster was supposed to stand for.

warpcast can use the badge all they want! (and, they do; my engagement is down ~40% since i lost mine)

other clients should not.

A few things worth corecting.

1. Power badge is not required at the protocol; it's a Warpcast feature that we offer as an API for other apps. They have freedom to use or not use.

2. People don't want to see uninteresting accounts. So we offer a) who you follow and who follows you b) power badge. Again, on Warpcast.

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maybe i'm missing sth, but corr #1 makes it look like @downshift.eth's suggesting that pb is indeed required while he's just reacting to @v ideating a new service.

anyway, i know we can build our own client, but when one of the most prolific builders on fc loses a pb on de facto standard client, confidence is shaken.

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appreciate the kind words…i agree; his response wasn’t at all a retort to my actual points.

What's the alternative to power badge that works better?

i think the system is powerful enough to justify:
1) a forum for folks to submit feedback
2) open comms from your team about addressing or not addressing concerns.

i know people have dug up a lot of data on anomalies re: who does/doesn't have badges.

i don't purport to be an authority on reputation systems, fwiw...