There will likely be a bunch of complaints this week about "too much financialization of Farcaster" wrt channel passes.

1. It's still an experiment (why they aren't decentralized)

2. You're free to create a channel without a pass, i.e. free

3. We will have a way to gift passes to people for free

And a reminder:

1. A channel is a curated space with a host. You don't have a right to cast in a channel.

2. You're always free to cast to your followers outside of a channel.

3. You can create your own channel.

Would the channel pass ultimately make it “private”? Or are we going to just see casts of people who paid to cast? 

I was initially under the impression that a channel is a way to focus the topic for whatever need a la degen,  millennials, gen x.  People can see other people post in the cast…

Doing the most in between naps.

Dusty Nickels.

Happy Trees. With hugs

But does this channel pass now make people who can’t afford to pay able to look a posts that people paid to post are posting?  If so,  does that motivate people to make the same channel for folks who can afford it? Does that split people by affluence?