fc-updates

Experiment: Hiding power badges

Power badges will be hidden on Warpcast for a week. We’re running this experiment because:

1. New user find it hard to get follows due to “power badge bias”
2. Power badge isn’t being used much in Warpcast anymore.

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

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I still like power badges because they help me identify if I'm dealing with a legitimate account or a scammer trying to impersonate a project or user.

IRL: Creative Director who makes movies and ads.

So I would have been labeled a scammer (by you) automatically if I didn't have badge before this? Just tryna understand your logic.. 🤔

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Ah I got you, you can see why I would be confused tho my that word lol 😂

My mistake upon rereading this You did make it clear that you were referring to people impersonating other More well-known accounts, in Your original cast!

That’s not what I said, lol. What I meant is that scammers can be easily identified if they don’t have a power badge. By "scammers," I mean people who try to impersonate others with similar names and PFP, often attempting to drain wallets, for example.