Farcaster

Hey all - just wanted to share some of my concerns about the public nature of our casts/behavior on FC.

Hoping for an open dialogue on where we think this is headed, and in the long run, how to provide privacy protections from a user content perspective.

Hey all - just wanted to share some of my concerns about the public nature of our casts/behavior on FC.

Hoping for an open dialogue on where we think this is headed, and in the long run, how to provide privacy protections from a user content perspective.

https://paragraph.xyz/@barrycollier/farcaster-content-graph

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Thanks for writing this up.

The Farcaster protocol is focused on real-time, public information. Don't use it if you are worried about information being public.

Anyone is free to use the graph to build a privacy-focused social network. So nothing stopping someone from building something that focuses on your goals.

Unsure of what the sign-up flow looks like today, so maybe this feedback has already been addressed.

Could make it more obvious to users when they’re signing up with friendly and clear messaging so they know what they’re opting into.

I think it would be especially helpful as non-crypto natives are onboarded.

Thanks, Dan.

I'll need to think about the implications of that more, but I think my overall concerns are still multi-fold.

It's not about "my" personal data, but the growth potential and implications of a fully open content graph at scale that concerns me (as a builder).

Will think on it more. Thanks for reading.