Curating /outcasters has become more challenging due to the increase in spam on Farcaster. So I have decided to run a new experiment:

Step 1: download list of all Power Badge users
Step 2: use list to filter top 1000 casts in last 7 days
Step 3: remove spammy users from list
Step 4: go back to step 1 and repeat weekly

I've just looked at the top 1000 casts based on most likes recieved since Sunday, April 21, and it turns out that @imthedude has casted 175 of them. That's 17.5% of the top-performing casts in the last three days. If this isn't spam, I don't know what is! But somehow, this person still has the power badge.

i’m the dude. i make art. i make memes. but, i don't make money. /actions /dude /designershumor /dankmemes /forecast /graphicdesign /getmotivated /newideasdaily

Esp when you dig digger and see it's mostly self-promotion for his monetization of followings

Gamer, educator, dev translator | Writings, memes, thoughts, and mints in /nerdery | lead /tabletop /sobriety

Yup, and this user is one of many. It's sad how many of the top performing casts are spam, even when you filter by users who have the Power Badge.