the new channels remove the little accessibility warp once had for the everyday user 
 
as a new user, i can no longer join warp & simply cast in any topic of my interest…

now, on top of paying the registration fee, i must also (in most cases) pay a monthly channel subscription… 

no new users will deal with this; it was hard enough to get them past the $5 data fee 

the issues we’ve had with “cabals” & “it” crowds are now 10x more divisive & exclusionary & immediately work against new users

on top of these channel subscriptions adding friction, they force you to pay (in many cases) the /owner/ of the channel via their hypersub

now this owner may or may not have any experience or expertise in the channels topic at hand

more likely than not, they were just the first ones to want to talk about it on warp - it’s just an interest… so why make these people god?

it doesn’t matter if it’s a minimal cost, new users won’t pay 10-15 individual subscriptions to access channels of interest

1. Agree it’s hard for new users! But it’s always been hard for new users. We’re going to be adding “onboard directly to a channel” when joining Farcaster as the next big project for channels.

2. Channels as hashtags / topics did not work. We iterated for a year trying to make it work.

3. So we’re trying a new direction that is more like public group chats with a feed UX.

4. A reminder that casting in your home feed like Twitter is available to everyone.

I don’t even know where to start if I was going to bring a brand new user over to warpcast anymore.   

Feeling a bit defeated with the latest round of changes.  For power users it’s a no brainer move but catering to power users is really the last thing wc needs to do.   This place needs new people more than ever and now it’s harder than ever for them to join and understand everything.

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1. Power users create the network that new users want to stick around on. 

2. Invite a new user to one of your channels?

I am not making channels.  I saw what happened to Google plus and how community mods destroyed the whole platform. I don’t want to be a part of that here. 

The megalomaniac channel mods will take over and this will turn into a microtransaction nightmare for anyone that wants to join.  

Begging and paying for access to channels just seems so backwards and not online with the ideas of permission-less crypto platform.