Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
A few thoughts on replies vs. Quote casts 1. We originally didn't have quote casts for a while. People complained about not having quote casts. 2. We've run 50/50 split tests on the home feed for nearly a year and the current "for you" algorithm—which does bump up some replies—performs better on engagement and retention than previous versions (esp. the following feed with reply bumping). 3. We've since added the following feed for power users to be able to toggle as their default. Very few people actually do this. Stated vs. revealed preference. 4. Naive reply bumping—which we had for a few years—was a relic of when the network literally didn't have new posts for minutes at a time (and I was the one usually filling in the gaps with an open ended question). 5. Naive reply bumping gets abused (remember @briang's livestreams?) and is EXTREMELY confusing for new users. If you think Farcaster in-group or "cabal" vibes are bad, reply bumping for new users makes it way worse.
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
6. “Bring back reply bumping and reward replies” a. It will reward top-level casts that ask questions (generating a lot of replies) b. Replies inherently get less engagement than top-level casts. The one exception is ratio type replies which will have its own cultural effect. c. I’m old enough to remember that last summer people were complaining about too many replies because of a certain FC meta. :)
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DV
@degenveteran.eth
Great thread and discussion Yep, old enough to remember as well.
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tricil
@tricil.eth
It’s too bad said FC meta left FC almost entirely and pivoted to Base and AI agents
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0xChris
@0xchris
So... should I continue to follow this advice? https://warpcast.com/ted/0x5172ad28
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↑langchain 🎩
@langchain
Dan we just want you to tell us what replies are good.
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Chris Carella
@ccarella.eth
Great post 1000 $degen
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JR ↑
@juli
Due to Degen tipping I looked into 5-10 channels regularly and started interesting conversations (data, founders, consumercrypto, even in art..). I wouldn’t neglect this high activity time due to the misuse from farmers that deroded some peoples experience. So, I’d appreciate bumping replies, hiding spammy replies (next time pls not from every new user - they got really unhappy & left)
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Crazyboy69.ETH 🎩
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