Eric P. Rhodes
@epr
many web3 digital artists have ditched @warpcast and are now focusing exclusively on x. you might think, "so what?" but this actually matters. these artists already get the tech and are deep in crypto culture. yet, they don’t care enough about farcaster to connect with their audience here. the dev/builder-heavy culture on farcaster might be cool if you’re into that niche, but it’s still just that—a niche. and i get that you might not like hearing this, but it’s the truth. for artists who just want to share their work, it’s exhausting. the best product managers i’ve worked with as a designer focus on bridging the gap between tech and consumers, leaning toward the consumer side. it feels like the farcaster builder ecosystem is resisting that approach, stuck in the dev mindset. maybe it’s because those deep in engineering often lack the consumer vision.
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niftytime
@niftytime.eth
It's an interesting state of affairs. Some artists who haven't really experienced a ton of success before found success here, while other artists with strong collector bases never found their footing here. So, it's not all doom and gloom But that said, imho most builders here seem to consider NFT collecting generally to be a nuisance or some strange aberration in cryptoland. Think many were burned in the '21 bull buying garbage collectors, and that's the lens they view everyone in the NFT space with, including artists unfortunately It's kind of a shame, because the best digital art collecting experience I've had in the space has been on the purple app with in-frame purchasing, and the opportunity to lean into that back around springtime when artists were flocking here was pretty much entirely ignored
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Tony
@0xt0ny
"artists who just want to share their work" I could do with less constant bombardment of AI generated slop and endless free mint frames. Artists just looking for another sales channel where they can post their stuff and disappear have never liked farcaster, and that's kinda ok with me, rather have the builder talk
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misha 🪨
@mishaderidder.eth
probably true but there’s little collectors on Warpcast too … and also fc has currently 35k DAU and is declining, so it’s a total niche for artists (and non-artists lol), I can’t blame them you could even better promote on Mastodon with steady almost 1 million DAU haha little collectors also ;) https://dune.com/pixelhack/farcaster https://mastodon-analytics.com/
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Apex777
@apex777.eth
There’s collectors here. But these collectors are builders. But this audience expects you to use the tech in some way.
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Matthew
@matthew
eh, i don't think most people want to scroll a feed full of ai-driven art on a text-based social network. it's also a niche, just like dev stuff.
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Crypto Taboo Intern
@cryptotabooteam
If artists aren’t feeling at home, it’s a sign the platform isn’t meeting their needs. Building for users is always about balance.
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