Farcaster

Investing at cherry.xyz | writing at luc.cx

In retrospect, decentralized social network has been terrible framing for Farcaster.

Two recent frames that are better:

1. Farcaster is an economy — social network + crypto wallets, small but high GDP per capita, h/t @woj.eth @luc 

2. Programmable social — X APIs are dead, Farcaster APIs are constantly getting better, h/t @six 

It's still (mostly) decentralized under the hood, but lean into the things that it's really good at relative to the competition.

Never used any of those terms when I first mentioned fc to friends.

I’d usually describe it as a new social platform where your friends stay connected with you, no matter which platform you move to. It’s small, but the people who use it are really into it, and it creates this amazing space to connect, share, and build something meaningful together.

Only later do I dive into the details—how it’s decentralised or about the cool stuff like AI agents, NFTs, tokens, and all that.

Wish I had a better phrasing to suggest, but the focus is always on the people, not the tech—that’s what matters most.