fc-updates

Priorities this week

1) Make it easy to do stuff onchain — frames + wallet; this is the differentiating thing for Farcaster and we will continue to lean into this

2) Growth — rewards + invites + new user onboarding flow + airdrop offers — make it more likely people invite new users and they stick around

3) Protocol upgrades — make it easier for other apps with existing users to integrate Farcaster, e.g. Snapchain

4) Creator onboarding — outreach and onboarding to help increase / diversify the amount of interesting content on the network

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

gm! as a (returning) new user, I'd love if there is more prominence to Channels. I think Channels are a great way to get exposed to other users and communities while growing my own account (vs. following individuals). 

My user desires are:
- Ways to have broader reach with my casts
- Connect and discuss topics with others without following them.
- See more content with those that engage on my feed.

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH CHANNELS?

1. Channels aren’t going anywhere anytime soon

2. Our priority is growth; we’re working on a) improving onchain UX with frames + wallet (network differentiation) b) invites + rewards (increase daily actives users) c) protocol improvements to support new clients bringing their own users (increase daily actives users) d) creator onboarding (increase daily active users)

3. Channels, historically, have not driven growth; channels, however, have helped deepen engagement and retention for existing power users.

4. Given limited resources (i.e. focus), we don’t have near term plans to add features to channels.

5. However, nearly all aspects of channels are programmable via a) the protocol b) Warpcast open / free APIs. If there is demand, we may also prioritize making channel registration available API. Note: moving all channels metadata to the protocol is a lot of work that wouldn’t drive near-term growth.

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> Channels, historically, have not driven growth
is it having a negative impact or net neutral? measured by DAUs, virality, something else? 

for someone looking to build an initial following, it seems helpful to find an active channel to post that content in? if so, would be cool if warpcast auto-recommended the right channel here.