Dan Romero on Warpcast

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Why is Warpcast so mobile-centric? Common complaints 1. I can't sign up on web 2. Sometimes when I use a frame on web, I have to take out my phone 3. This feature isn't available on web Here's why 1. 80% of Warpcast usage is mobile (see below) 2. Since 2015 or so, all successful, at-scale social products have been mobile first. Even pre-existing desktop networks like Facebook and Twitter pivoted hard into mobile. It's where consumers spend time. 3. While it's likely true that crypto products tend to be desktop-heavy, I would suspect that cryptonatives still spend more leisure time, i.e. time we are competing against Meta, X, YouTube, Netflix for, on mobile. 4. Mobile products have significantly better retention—app installed on a device, ability to send push notifications, deeplinks when a URL gets shared in a external messaging app. 5. Finally, security. Farcaster uses an app-specific Ethereum wallet for identity. There's no good way to do this on web right now. We are bearish on browser extensions.

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terri pfp

I have a friend that won't use warpcast because they don't do any crypto stuff on their phone.

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i am a very unusual user not worth prioritizing changes for (not being sarcastic) 95%+ of my warpcast usage on web over last 2 months and i am aligned and in agreement on 1-4 under here's why i have to take out phone to sign in for some frames on web like amps and i'm fine with that, understanding its a point of friction im bringing upon myself by being a weird web heavy user all that said, i think it may be worth considering enabling what you've identified as the #1 complaint "i can't sign up on web" (not sure if it's actually the most common complaint in this category or if just listed #1, but regardless) i don't know the solution the problem presented with 5 but i suspect there is some way to make web signups work with some tradeoff which may have been considered a nonstarter but may actually be worht considering just my 2 cents

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Garrett pfp

good context! i’ve always loved the mobile first approach from Farcaster/Warpcast even though it does introduce some friction

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Social media is mobile centric it makes sense for farcaster to behave the same. Having said that, you still sometimes want to be able to use the desktop for interactions, particularly financial. The frequent need for qr codes can be a friction point

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Ashwinikumar pfp

Fair point but when Warplet native on web?

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