Eric P. Rhodes on Warpcast

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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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"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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Thanks for proving my point. Dismissing artists for wanting better sales channels is exactly the problem. Why shouldn't they want to improve their reach? You've got the 'builder talk' here, and that's fine. But right now, it's a super niche space for devs. And that's it. If that’s the goal, great. But it severly limits the broader appeal. Farcaster could be more if it bridged the gap between builders and creators instead of pushing anyone who's not a builder away.

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I guess your definition of "artist" is more generous than mine

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To fully finish the thought....I don't want to be 'sold' in the place where I come to talk and exchange ideas, its the digital equivalent of someone stuffing a flyer in your face as you walk by. If there are channels where I can choose to see this content, great! But I suspect the 'artists' don't want that model b/c no one would voluntarily go to a channel to get shilled by hundreds of people

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I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect that every artist on Farcaster - a very small network - will find sustainable audiences for their work. I hope more and more do over time, but we also need to be realistic about both the NFT market and the number of artists that can be sustained by a patronage model (mints without any expectation of resale) People who do build audiences and platforms here will probably have a harder time of it initially, and will likely win bigger over a longer time frame.

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totally agree—it’s not realistic to expect every artist to find an audience here, or anywhere. the beauty of decentralization is that there are so many platforms to do that, and most artists in this space know how to navigate those opportunities. what i’m pointing out is that artists who did try farcaster found it too transactional (tipping meta) and engagement dropped (removing reply bumping didn’t help). plus, as @0xt0ny said, it’s very builder-centric, making it hard for non-builders to feel welcome. farcaster is a super niche network with cool tech, but when creators who understand this tech still choose to leave, it’s worth paying attention to.

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the artists that have thrived on farcaster are the ones that understood that this platform is not about *their work specifically and that being shared* it’s because they were themselves and took advantage of that in an amazing way @yonfrula comes to mind

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1. what is this platform about? didn't know there was some rules we were following. 2. aren't artists wanting to share their artwork just being themselves too? not sure how that's any different.

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There certainly should not be rules, and hopefully how things have been done won’t determine what will happen in the future

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1. i think we all have a different journey here. but for me it has been grinding to get to know people on which i trust and that make me feel motivated and alive, and that is only a consequence of showing up. it is a platform that rewards people that show up. that's what it is about. the rule is that there are no rules 2. yep. but it is not only about "them". i see that with big names that came over, and had to start from scratch. of course it was frustrating to start from scratch. talking to the void. if a person is cool enough other people will get interested on their work because of that. and that will open a powerful window but maybe that only appeals to small people that want to "make it" as me. idk. im biased of course

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