Dan Romero on Warpcast

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How will replies work from non-members with the new channel model? 1. Only members can create a new cast in a channel 2. Anyone can reply to a cast in a channel 3. On Warpcast, member replies will appear "above the fold" and non-members will be below the fold in "Show more replies" 4. However, if the original cast author likes or replies a cast from a non-member—or a channel mod likes or replies—the cast will appear above the fold. 5. This balances the membership model for channels with the ability for discovering new people, highlighting their reply and potentially inviting them to the channel. 6. Since you can have up to 10 moderators in a channel, including helpful bots, we expect that people will build bots that help surface interesting replies for non-members (and possibly even auto-invite them). Developers will get creative. 7. Ultimately, your channel, your rules.

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I think @icetoad.eth is on to something. Would be nice for anyone who the og caster follows to be above the fold. Thoughts?

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Oh shit, so engagement from non channel followers will be below the fold unless I go looking for it and like it. In that case, can we get an automated way to invite all channel followers to be members? I would rather keep the experience for people as close to the same as it is today than to have a big chunk of engagement appear below the fold. It seems like it will be easier to moderate who can make new casts as opposed to looking below the fold on every cast to try and find which comments might be worthwhile. I know we'll have moderators to help, but in my experience, moderators treat it more like a passive role. "if I see something, I'll take care of it - but I'm not going to go looking for it." I know I could probably recruit better moderators too, but that's an entirely new system to think about as well.

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Icetoad 🎩 🍕 🎶 🐈 💚

What if the OP follows a non channel member that replies?

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@joshisdead.eth

Would you add a "join channel" feature where I can apply to be a member of that channel? 🤔 Rather than messaging them one by one, they can just see my application through notification.

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On 4 you are referring to a reply, not a cast, right? Because a non-member can’t create a new cast in a channel.

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binocularsXL🎩

But will original cast author will get notification that non-member replied on their notifications page?

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Damn. Non-members getting cooked with the bots. I don't know if this is a great idea.

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my gut feeling is that very few ppl will tap “show more replies” and therefore very few good replies from non members will get pulled up. if i were designing this, i would probably put replies by friends of friends last above the fold with a “non member” badge.

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How can we distinguish between spam and non-members when they both appear under "more"?

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Timur Badretdinov

if i follow somebody, and they reply (to somebody else), would i see their reply above the fold?

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Solid starting point here, thanks for clarifying. For point 6 we’re building a tool for this. Channel owners can reach out to @intori or me for automated surfacing and inviting of member candidates

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bradq pfp

Thanks for this. Very clear.

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I like the direction 👏🏻

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ciniz pfp

very nice not sure about "show more replies" (ciniz' brain v much associates that w regret already), but i like the change

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love this, very simple, easy to grok, and makes sense for both ops and reply guys

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i really like this model. additionally having a bot to help surface people that replies have enough likes from the members to recommend for membership would be great...

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Quick question @dwr.eth If a person marked as spammer comments but is a member, where do they show up?

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Liang @ degencast.wtf 🎩

After the update, is cast in channel by default global or narrowcasting?

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excited to see how this all unfolds, I appreciate seeing you focus on making channels better, so much potential, it will be fun to experience new energy go towards channel management

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