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Tunecaster Update: Profile Pages! Now you can view any user's music casts in a dedicated profile page. Features include: - Full user profile info - Music channel cast history - Infinite scroll - Profile link in menu after signing in Try it out: tunecaster.xyz/ghostlinkz.eth

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You can get a receipt for the hoodie as well and maybe the hoodie is really exclusive so down the line it unlocks a whole other experience. If you just buy a hoodie at the show and get nothing for it but the hoodie, it’s almost as if it never happened. How do we know you didn’t just make the same fake hoodie on your own without the artists permission?

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Spotify is a black box. Artists can’t even upload directly, they’re forced to use distributors, which adds friction and middlemen. I like the idea of music files living on a public blockchain. Audio, credits, and rights would all be transparent, and payments could be automatic. Everything changes if plays are verifiable and can’t be faked. Imagine what becomes possible when all the data is public. Charts could actually be legitimate. NFTs don’t have to be speculative. They can act as digital receipts, proof that you bought a song or album which can be verified by anyone. Or they could let fans actually buy ownership in the rights or earnings of a track. Artists could also use NFTs programmatically for early drops, private tracks, community access, etc. Obviously all of this is not happening tmrw, but it’s fun to think about.

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I get what you mean and that’s how I would have approached it too, at least until Farcaster reaches a certain scale. But channels were originally meant to be programmable “cozy corners” that anyone could spin up. What you’re describing sounds more like hashtags, which is actually how channels function at the protocol level. Technically, you don’t need a membership to cast in /ai - it’s just a requirement enforced by Warpcast and any other client that chooses to respect the concept of channel memberships https://docs.farcaster.xyz/learn/what-is-farcaster/channels https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/71

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It doesn’t mean much meaning I don’t trust it as a signal for quality which is what you were trying to suggest it represents. It does mean a lot in relation to it incentivizing more quantity over quality, which was my main point

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The leaderboard doesn’t mean much to me because the scoring and reward calculations aren’t transparent (black box algo). The whole point of crypto and decentralization is to minimize the need for blind trust. And im not suggesting that people should cast less. I was simply curious about what steps Merkle is taking to prioritize quality over quantity.

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They are related, but I understand this wasn't the point you were trying to make with your cast. Most people want to avoid the spam label because they want to earn free rewards and be elegible for airdrops. If we are being honest, free money is the main incentive that has been attracting users to Warpcast. The WC rewards leaderboard is a bit different than Degen and Moxie, but all of them resulted in the same thing: more quantity than quality. If im wrong about this, id love to see proof/data

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I’m pretty sure I’ve seen your team say “casting a lot” helps you make money on Farcaster. So you are encouraging quantity over quality with those statements. I’m wondering if you have plans to also do the same to encourage quality. One example is this cast you made, which I said was great advice. For point number 3, do you have any data to back it up? It’s a fair assumption to make, I myself ignore most quote casts that should have been replies, but it would be disingenuous to say yall are not encouraging more root casts with the rewards leaderboard. What I learned from talking to people is that making root casts gives you a boost, regardless of low/high effort. If this isn’t true, then it’s an opportunity to educate users

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1. I asked Ted an honest question, and your response “trust the black-box algo” didn’t really offer any substance 2. I shared a thread that includes thoughtful feedback from users of your app. You might actually benefit from reading those replies Seems fair and constructive to me?

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I’m trying to have a constructive discussion here. Up to you if you want to engage

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The algo isn’t public so we can’t verify this, but even if speak the truth that’s not what I learned from the replies to this cast. Seems like people are doing a lot of low-effort quote casting specifically because it boosts them on your leaderboard https://warpcast.com/ghostlinkz.eth/0x0b40dbfd

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That’s a better question. Where can we find the answer?

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Great advice! For point number 5, it seems like Warpcast rewards are incentivizing quantity over quality. I’m sure Merkle is aware of this, so curious if you can share what you are doing to improve this?

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tons of users have been reaching out to me re: spam labels. when i look at their content, these are the 5 most common pieces of feedback i give: 1. don’t only post mini-apps. think of warpcast as early facebook: if someone only posted dolphin olympics screenshots every day, people would tune them out. 2. avoid overly generic content. casting "gm" or inspirational quotes is fine occasionally, but if your feed feels interchangeable with anyone else’s, it’s hard for people to connect with you. 3. don't use AI thoughtlessly. people notice when casts or replies feel like ChatGPT wrote them. it’s fine to use AI, just add real thoughts or emotions. authenticity wins here. 4. don’t repost stolen photos / art from the internet. farcaster values original content or curation that reflects your taste — not just what’s trending on pinterest, reddit, or X. 5. quality > quantity. you don’t need to cast 10x a day or reply to everyone everywhere. take time to cast things you would stop scrolling to read.

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With @dwr.eth and the Merkle team bringing back high profile AMAs, it's worth resurfacing @alvesjtiago.eth's AMA fiids tool, which presents each session in an easy to read format. Just lay in the root cast URL and you're good to go. https://ama.fiids.xyz/

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Happy new music friday 🌴 This is my first collab with @thomasadagio. More to come! https://open.spotify.com/track/59zOJyys2aEp6COGAjEAM9?si=97df69802ef44e01

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Is anyone using mini apps in a Farcaster client other than Warpcast? If so, which one?

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1. You can still reply to casts in the /ai channel, so you are technically still able to talk to ppl about AI 2. You can look for other AI channels that may have more active mods/relaxed membership requirements 3. You can make your own AI channel with your own rules/norms I do think Warpcast should introduce native channel membership request/approval flow. Right now channel owners and mods have to rely on third-party apps to do this or they need to manually invite users like I’m doing with /music. Channel memberships were introduced to help reduce spam, it was really bad before

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