Dan Romero on Warpcast

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How are people feeling about announcements? 1. When they first launched, a bunch of complaints about them being too spammy. 2. Another population of people claim they never check the channels tab. If we were to move announcements into the All / Priority tab (vs. keeping them in Channels), how would you feel?

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Hate em. I care more about post notification in the channels I host than any announcement I've seen. From observation announcements are used very liberally to where they have no meaning any more. Just feels like a no risk high reward play for casts that otherwise should just be subject to the draw of the algo. Announcements have been so noisy I reluctantly check the channel tab because it's rarely what I want to see any more and just tons of casts I feel are being shoved down my throat. I considered unfollowing all the channels abusing (in my loose definition) announcements but just grew tired of the process after 2 channels. Didn't help that the announcements still lingered in my notifications!

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I did notice that when I made announcements in /stokefire, those casts got more engagement then if I didn't. So seemed to be helpful and give more eyeballs.

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I don’t check channel notifications. I value non channel notifications more and don’t want miss them. Channel notifications have a chance of overloading the notification feed. I would keep them separate but include the count in the notification badge.

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super useful to send out notifications. i don't check it all the time, but think it's a super good addition.

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Have never checked it. Probably misclicked into that tab once, or twice.

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I check channels tab when I see a notification, because seeing someone posted in one of my channels is useful. When that notification turns out to be an announcement, I generally ignore it and more often than not it feels like something I would not have chosen to get a notification for, if it was up to me, probably >90% of the time actually. One alternative slightly different from what you suggest in og cast could be to move the notifications about someone posting in a channel you own/mod to the priority tab and keeping announcements where they are now in the channels notifications tab. Then I would see pretty much everything I want to see in priority (including when someone casts in one of my channels), I would stop checking channels notifications (announcements), and occasionally I’d check mentions to see if I missed any quality casts I want to respond to.

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i would vote to remove the announcements feature.

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I’d prefer to keep the status quo. I don’t care enough about announcements that I’d want to see them in my priority feed. I want to be able to see notifications relevant to me (likes, replies, recasts of my posts) and not have to sift through other stuff.

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Never check them

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I prefer them in their own feed. I check them less than replies

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I think channel announcements are a smart idea, but should be - decoupled from pinned posts - delivered via Priority tab - able to be muted by a user As a channel owner, I wish I could announce any post in my channel via kebab menu - kinda like a boosted cast or quote cast delivered via notifications. I’d feel grateful that I have more control over my channel. As a user, I rarely check the channel notifs tab. I’d feel more informed if announcements were in the Priority tab.

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good, but i think users should have the options which ones go all/priority if not, could be too much

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I’ve been trained to never check /notifications/channels tab because very rarely are there announcements above the fold I care about “Unfollow the channel?” - yes but that’s more work, haven’t done the work yet; notification tabs are for positive dopamine hits but I get handed work when I go to it - in some cases, I want to follow said channels, I just don’t want notifications for their announcements (same as email newsletters I subscribe to — they go into a separate folder skipping my primary inbox; I don’t want them mixed in with other things I care more about) “What kind of channel notifications would you like?” - announcements or channel casts I’ve turned on notifications for; currently this exists but get buried by other announcements and I miss all of them “Move channel announcements into priority?” I guess the added noise will force me to unfollow channels so if the goal is to force that choice, then sure (feel free to ignore any/all of this)

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I’m in the spammy camp. Worst feature of channel update imo. I’ve left any channel that sends multiple announcements in a day. They should be in their own tab. If not their own tab, then you should be able to mute them.

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This is the first time i’ve seen them mostly because I was just clicking around the app for fun and stumbled on this post

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1. I don’t think the announcements feature is inherently spammy, it’s the frequency that can make it feel that way. If a channel does it too often, I just unfollow it. So far, this hasn’t been a big issue for me. 2. I click on the channels tab, and I like the fact that channel-related notifications have their own dedicated section. I wouldn’t mind testing how it feels to move them to the all/priority tab

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Can we opt in to announcements separately from following a channel? I follow many channels but maybe only want announcements from some. When I get too many, I ignore them all.

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I like them but also prefer they are in channels tab — priority tab is already busy.

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