Dan Romero on Warpcast

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We're strongly considering winding down narrowcasting. It's consistently less than 1% of all casts in channels.

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isn't the new model default narrowcasting? or did that change

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I think I would narrowcast more but haven't changed my habits yet. I just never even think about it. I swear I'd like it if I started thinking of the site differently. Could it be this type of habit takes a while to take off, but still has real utility?

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yeah there's def some casts I think would work better as narrow casts, just that not enough people are using it like that for some reason e.g. customer support questions for a company that can be casted in the company's channel where employees see it

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I have never used narrowcasting, and probably never will. So I wouldn’t miss it, personally. But I do wonder if people’s use of it would change under the new channel model? Because once channels become “cozier,” maybe there’d be more incentive to narrowcast?

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I’ve been here since the network gave birth to fid 6595 and never understood wth narrowcasting is.

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It seems like a lot of people that commented on this don’t know seem to know what it is.

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yep would miss as I use it for /framedl and /farcastles

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appreciate the quick experimentation!

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A lot of people don't even know that it exists or how it works 😅 It's nice to have, but it probably just doesn't make much sense to keep and maintain it with how many people are on here currently. Something to come back to in the future maybe?

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Nooooooo, don't do that! I need it for politics and adult related groups

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I use narrow casting a lot and would miss it. It has helped me cast more freely without worrying about spamming my followers and like others mentioned it’s great for asking support questions in product channels I think an indicator on casts to show that you’re seeing it because it’s a narrow cast along with giving recent narrow casts a bit more weight in the feed could help spark more conversation

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i bet most of the 1% are @pichi casts

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I was a big fan, but it was never clear to me if narrow casts reached super followers or not, and I did not have some tangible indicator of what actually happens (other than testing with other users, which is not easy). So, I rarely used it. There is a need for some channels not reaching some users, but I think channel muting would be a better approach.

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never used it. never will. i'm here to CAST a wide net.

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i think this might be a case of a false negative product feature. not only is the narrowcast option not obvious (the “everyone” button just looks like information, not a selector), but even when the user gets to the audience menu, there does not appear to be any benefit to narrowcasting. in fact, on the surface, limiting the audience appears to only be negative. more users might choose it if it said something like “your cast will be seen by 50% more users in this channel more likely to engage with your cast”

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I think narrowcasting is very useful for a specific set of use cases, such as daily games that people may not want to syndicate to feed.

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The button doesn’t look clickable imo so easy to ignore it. But its value is also limited when the cast still appears in the main feed of your profile. When narrowcasting questions to specific communities, it’d be ideal to have those casts only appear in the replies tab.

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Would definitely miss it, I cast daily in /framedl and /framedl-pro, and most of my followers won't enjoy these casts

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i liked using it for specific casts, but wouldn't shed tears if it was missing

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