Warpcast

ok so how do i make farcaster feel less like shouting into the void?

Feels like a common problem for Farcaster. 

I think Warpcast has done a good job with curation and spam reduction... But in the process it hasn't stimulated a "conversation culture".

You don't get any direct reputation value out of replying to ppl's casts. So ppl just QC instead. 

Making lots of low quality replies also punishes you, which is good. It's cut down on the pointless +1 replies.

What we don't have is any incentive to actually start real conversations with ppl. To reply to ppl to give them validation we liked their post. 

Basically there's no mechanic that rewards friendships. On a platform that is hyper focused on reward incentives, having the most important activity be the least incentivized is what results in users feeling like they are "shouting into the void".

Warpcast is doing great things, but what's really needed is to make conversations great again.

Ideas, anyone?

I think after getting the distribution right, the next step would be to create a way to reveal oneself more. 

There was a dating app that helped people reveal themselves to other people by sending voice messages.