Dan Romero on Warpcast

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"Merkle just helps its friends" How many times do I have to repeat that most users and developers on Farcaster did not know Varun or myself prior to joining Farcaster. And in some cases have *become* friends because they stuck around early on when no one else cared. We've spent years with this people socializing on this social network. :) Don't conflate something that's earned / built with cronyism.

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I lose brain cells every time I read another piece like the ones written by @artlu @ghostlinkz.eth @geoffgolberg Like pls just write about what your concrete proposed solutions are. Everyone here knows what the problems are. You're not some gigabrains revealing the lost city of Atlantis to an unsuspecting population

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I mean you definitely show us the people who you feel earned us seeing them. That is a gray area between your friends, their friends, and open ends; people want to decide for themselves a bit more in the end do you wonder if its worth it, or call it perfect? sorry for the rhymes, im kinda bored, turning swords on the lords its just a joke, im not that woke

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I think it’s less about helping ‘friends’ & more about granting fiefs. Revealed: Participants in decentralized systems don’t like dictators even if they are benevolent.

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If it's not cronyism it's building a mafia though, right? It does seem like you expect some allegiance from those you favor. There's not necessarily anything wrong with that, there've been some very productive mafias! But someday, and that day may never come...

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You have been very kind in sharing my work and it means the world to me. I think where many people are coming from is the fact that there was a autofollow list. It appeared as though you were helping friends. I get the genuine need for it for retention and such, but the perception was that it was helping your friends. I really appreciate all of the new updates and AB tests around all this. Just trying to give a perspective of a smaller account.

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But there may be a reason for this voice in the market. For example, we have been building some things, such as we have done a lot to let Chinese users register and produce content, and we have also held many meetups, but they are usually ignored. It is difficult to otherwise we also doubt this point of view! I hope to pass this feedback to you. @dwr.eth @v

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@ghostlinkz.eth

Im someone that msged you on Twitter for an invite and you were kind enough to send one. Farcaster was incredible place early on. Amazing people, an app with features that Twitter didn't have, virtually no spam/farming. Then that all changed and when users like me started to express frustration, I felt the network was trying to silence me. People said I was being dramatic and disengenious. You and V unfollowed me and V went as far as to mute me because I quoted him and pointed out how he was wrong about /degen. You also kicked me from the channel mod group chat and said "we are closing that channel down anyway" So here is the honest feedback: It felt like friendship until I started to have a different opinion. Then I felt silenced.

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I’m a high FID, low-follower user. Yet you basically reply to every constructive criticism, question, idea, etc. that I have. I don’t really see any favoritism. I think some folks just don’t want to put in the time and want the instant gratification TikTok and other social media platforms give users off the bat.

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yep much as i miss the group chat vibe ppl have put in the work here

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if they're separating the company Merkle from the protocol Farcaster, that's good I guess lol

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"DWR helped me and we're mortal enemies"

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That’s what stuck with me and made me stay. Farcaster really smells like meritocracy

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That's an important line to draw and most people these days don't know the difference

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ignore the haters

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What is Merkle? 🧐

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I didn’t know any of the team when I joined, but I’m one of these accounts that’s done well. I came because Reddit rugged the APIs

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i cared since day 1 mfer

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