Data

The problem with the Warpcast Power Badge is that many spammers have it. Here's a list of the top 100 casts with the most recasts in the last 24 hours, made by users with the Power Badge  data.hubs.neynar.com/public/dashboards/b1FfpKPs0IPEVvsopekEgCrlJK7a8CqARAeMRSvC

To create a clean list, I had to manually filter out 145 FIDs that are spamming but still have the Power Badge. You can find the list of these accounts here docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SMqs9VqucNo93k9doDJZMBtUwp4OjuzdwLjBo22MnNA

If I can identify these accounts with a reasonable amount of effort, then so can the Warpcast team. As it stands, the Power Badge is not very useful. Don’t just take my word for it, analyze the data via @neynar

A good illustration of why the problem of filtering out "spam" is challenging.

Most of these accounts are not spam. They are uninteresting to this particular person. One person's spam is another person's friend. It's a relative definition.

If you don’t follow these users, even with the power badge, low likelihood you’ll see them. 

And if they are really offensive, just mute.

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

I woke up to find myself on the list and the whole thread has been a fascinating read this morning. 

My take is that it’s wholly subjective. 

One man’s “spam” is another man’s “culture”. Ultimately EVERYONE on social media is engagement farming to some extent. I personally think this is where Farcaster has the edge with channels. 

The solution for me is providing users the option to mute specific channels and then allowing specific channels to set their own rules.

I’m not a fan of silencing people in society just because we don’t like what they have to say. It should be the listeners’ choice who they listen to.

A student of life. I trade things. Here to help you make better decisions. I read the chart, I do not predict the future. Founder of the /teach channel.