"Merkle just helps its friends"

How many times do I have to repeat that most users and developers on Farcaster did not know Varun or myself prior to joining Farcaster.

And in some cases have *become* friends because they stuck around early on when no one else cared. We've spent years with this people socializing on this social network. :)

Don't conflate something that's earned / built with cronyism.

Yes, I made qualitative judgements early on what people were good for the network. In fact, I onboarded close to 10K people individually.

Seems to have been an OK decision so far...

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

Did you actively curate this group? Were people who weren’t invited?

Working on a vouching sustem and trying to learn more abput growing a community.

Mostly about not letting spammy accounts through. Wasn't perfect, but pretty good at filtering.

it was great tbh
but have some problem with new spammy created accounts .
need smth like "mute any other  accounts that thwy may have or create in future" .