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what is the point of posting in a channel if it gets you zero extra distribution outside of your followers? except for on channel pages which no one checks. see thread

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It's about building a cozy corner. Every time we do a home feed A/B test, channel content recommendations perform worse than the control.

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so we’re back to channels being hashtags, just membership gated now?

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Hashtags imply distribution. Think of it like a public group chat, e.g. /six

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this revelation makes me lose most of my interest in the new channel design, which i was previously very amped about. why should i put energy into cultivating a channel when it doesn’t introduce anyone to anyone through the context of a shared interest? it’s like a party where your xr glasses only let you see and hear people you’re already following. like a party where everyone who is already friends acts like they can’t see you. that ain’t cozy.

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It's about a space you control (who can cast, no spam labels for members). A lot of people resonate with that.

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ok i will stew on this. to me the promise of channels is a lot about having high quality but underfollowed people demonstrate value to non followers by posting bangers on a topic people care about

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Mod has the ability to 1) quote cast 2) pin / announce those casts today. More tools soon.

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do the a/b engagement tests of "content from people i do not follow in a channel i do follow" in the the home feed consider whether the channels are actively membership managed or not? i'm not surprised if people engage less with low quality content from huge open membership channels like /ethereum or /farcaster (iirc) in their feed... but if they follow /social and see something interesting from @0xluo, do they still engage less than with content from people they follow directly? i still wouldn't be super surprised as people like familiar pfps, but as content quality improves in cozy (actively membership curated) channels, i also wouldn't be surprised if that flipped over time, as quality of posts from unknowns in channels i follow outpace avg quality of posts from accounts i do follow. https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x59cd08e1

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