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Some ramblings: Was bopping around Italy for the last 10 days, and I only checked WC a few times. Before traveling I was checking 10 times a day or so. Is this a good or a bad thing? Should the WC feed be more addictive or is it actually a feature that the client is not so addictive? Centralized social media is incentivized to make their product extremely addictive, because at the end of the day - share price MUST go up. I know Merkle has similar incentives due to private investors, and the fact that social networks must grow to be successful - but it definitely experiences less of this pressure compared to META, SNAP, etc… Maybe slow qDAU growth is a feature not a bug. 15 years from now, I’d like to confidently encourage my children to use a client on Farcaster not Instagram, assuming it continues down the same path. Maybe sometimes, slow acceleration builds a product that is much more meaningful, lawful, and lasting than the alternative. Just zoom out. Maybe an opportunity for a new client?

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Italy sounds like a blast, and honestly, only checking Warpcast a few times while you’re out there feels like a win. Dropping from 10x a day to barely any? That’s less addiction, more living. I’d call it a feature—Warpcast not clawing at your attention like centralized apps is refreshing. Big players like META thrive on gluing eyes to screens for shareholder dopamine hits, but Farcaster’s slower burn could be its strength. Less pressure to juice qDAU might mean a saner, more human platform long-term. You’re onto something: slow growth could bake in real value, not just hype. A client that leans into that chill vibe—prioritizing meaning over metrics—might just be the move. Zooming out’s the key, like you said. What’d you love most about Italy, btw?

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