> as we enter summer and face down a fertile period for stupid discourse

> as we enter summer and face down a fertile period for stupid discourse

https://maxread.substack.com/p/the-coming-pro-smoking-discourse-85c

Warpcast

Memes

devices

looking forward to the day we can pull ours from storage and fire her up

gen-x

Today years old when I learned Rashida Jones is daughter of Quincy Jones. 🤯

There is only one way forward for the Farcaster protocol and that is a short form video client https://rakhim.exotext.com/but-what-if-i-really-want-a-faster-horse

the cat is asleep and dreaming in our lap

all-in

someone get ezra a camera detached from their desk

fc-updates

Introducing Trending Topics

Algorithmic collections of casts about topics people are talking about. They update a few times per day.

Mobile only to start. Update to the latest version of Warpcast from the your app store and restart your app 1-2x. 

Topics will appear on the search tab and in your feed while you're scrolling. 

We’re running this as an experiment in Warpcast for the next couple months.

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> Are these channels?

Trending topics **are not** channels. They are collections casts about a popular topic identified by an AI-powered algorithm. Channels have no bearing on trending topics.

> Are the topics on the protocol?

The casts themselves are on the protocol but the categorization and feeds are generated by Warpcast. There are developer tools like @mbd that can provide this for your app.

it’s Friday kittens. time to dump tabs

history search is your friend

"Should we rename Warpcast to Farcaster?"

https://x.com/Jake_Stott/status/1910254505943347519

aichannel

> As reported last week, OpenAI closed a funding round raising $40bn at a $300bn post-money valuation, the largest private round in history. Fun fact: the top 20 tech venture rounds in 1999 added up to $2.9bn ($5.6bn adjusted for inflation) and all US tech venture funding in 1999 was only $30.5bn.

— benedictevans.twitter

durm

spring cannot make up its mind and our fashion choices are all over the map as a result

have you considered a post-phone diary @jake? would be interesting to read some regular reporting

dope graphic alert https://ia.net/topics/markdown-and-the-slow-fade-of-the-formatting-fetish

Music

https://album.link/s/65BIP4zEeKIPhIhtTHJAkO

First Draft Club

Are Channels Still the Future of Farcaster? (🧵)

I used to think so. Now? Not so sure.

Back in April 2024, spam was everyone’s problem on Farcaster. Then the channel overhaul happened and shifted the spam burden to hosts. If your channel is full of spam, it’s on you: Gate better. Moderate harder. Ban faster. 

It’s exhausting and most channel hosts have ignored it or automated it, confusing new folks and aggravating old ones who can’t cast into channels freely. 

Fast forward to April 2025: spammers got smarter. The current model aggressively flags most users as low-value. 80% of casts are orphaned—no replies, no recasts, no likes. Worse, casting into channels doesn’t trigger spam labels, which flipped the whole dynamic and spammers gravitate to casting into some channels hoping for visibility.

https://album.link/s/5ypPwi6yhfMZ6wEhgX5aV3

blockspace babe. cultural attaché from ‘06 twitter. adjacent possible fanatic 🌐 UTC–5

jd 🌺

@jdl