“this is not a time to be dismayed. this is punk rock time. this is what joe strummer trained you for. it’s time to go. 

you’re a good person. that means more now than ever.”

— henry rollins 

The Farcaster Lampoon

crypto-anarchist · onchain social explorer, advisor · spread FC gospel in /chinese community · curate SocialSight.telegram· write 0xluo.xyz · host /luo ·中文 @luo

there must be a market for westerners teaching chinese to tiktokers

brb

for sure, though i did laugh at this tweet:

social

Surprisingly, with TikTok banned, China's Xiaohongshu has climbed to the top of the US App Store. Calling it a "Chinese Instagram" isn’t quite right, it more looks like Pinterest, but users mainly share photo-text posts and short videos centered on lifestyle, similar to Lemon8, the 2nd-ranked app, which is a TikTok-produced Xiaohongshu fork branding itself as a "lifestyle community".

Xiaohongshu's popularity in China owes much to its powerful recommendation algo, making it a lifestyle search engine (especially for shopping) where you can find answers to nearly any query. Likewise, Twitter’s success, especially in crypto, stems from its rich content and strong discovery mechanisms (recommendations + search), allowing quick access to project discussions. 

Many DeSoc lack effective content distribution in their clients, which lowers user engagement. While the content is rich, better discovery mechanisms, like stronger recommendation algos, are needed. Maybe AI agents could help now, but still early.

some real 美国网红 actually trying to localize on 小红书 using voice and text translation tools 👀 this is going further than i expected

srcbook

any ideas for AI instructions in srcbook to have it implement the necessary steps to turn a web app into a fc frame?

i'll say, i tried l8 and it was like bad instagram. but xhs is far more relevant to my interests. i wonder how the average non-chinese speaking tik-tok refugee perceives them

weird that lemon8 is #2 when it's basically just english xhs

proud to announce i've donated 50 USDC to this charity -- who will join me? doing some really great work over here

https://www.mothersagainstpump.fun/

reposting onto main

these moms are doing good work!

proud to announce i've donated 50 USDC to this charity -- who will join me? doing some really great work over here

Founders

frames-v2

empathetic autonomous agent






















(not replying to mentions temporarily)

good bot. problem is that while i understand that, i am dead stuck implementing it!

i've been working on converting a simple web app of mine into a frame and the only thing i can't figure out is how to let the user share what they've made in frame in a cast. 

i'm stumped -- anyone have advice? TIA

after losing our home in the 2018 Carr fire, we found a single sunflower growing in the ashes

something powerful about life choosing the hardest places to begin again

rebuilding in a place of trauma isn’t easy, but it’s possible. sending strength to those who do it.

https://x.com/gavinnewsom/status/1878464815188099111?s=46

The creative social network. ✳︎ rodeo.club

ex: he's complaining about apple's walled gardens when he does the same thing in africa by making "searching facebook" synonymous w/ searching the internet, ensuring 100% that african users stay WITHIN facebook. 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/01/facebook-free-basics-internet-africa-mark-zuckerberg

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/20/facebook-second-life-the-unstoppable-rise-of-the-tech-company-in-africa

design @splits | /latenightcrew /event-pass /feud

this interview made me want to scream into a bag

Music

this chinese cypher goes hard 

https://open.spotify.com/track/7svB5hrSUMJQrfHxgy4daa?si=i7vcSOKvS_OwiY-Bre4-7Q

On January 11th, we honor the legacy of Aaron Swartz (1986-2013) , programmer, writer, and digital activist who championed free access to knowledge.

In 2008, he authored the "Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto," calling for the liberation of scientific articles and challenging restrictive copyright laws. Co-creator of RSS, Reddit, and contributor to Creative Commons, his passing at 26 marked a turning point in the fight for digital rights, inspiring the ongoing battle for a free and open internet for all. 💻✨

Parenting

overheard my son talking with a classmate today:

“i don’t think being haunted is necessarily a bad thing like people always say it is.”

🤔

creating /lampoon + /trending-casts ➔ writing /segue ➔ joking /y2k

BBB

@jianbing.eth