increasingly more 10k fids & below are in my dms calling for me to get LOUDER

it appears the inner circle is finally getting pissed off?

two notable developments:

1) “get louder for us” — people are scared to speak up due to fear of retribution from ex-cb mafia (this is horrifying, no different than censorship & why we get called linkedin)

2) just talked to a second crypto & fc og who is now advising an fc competitor interested in tokenizing the social graph: one just wants to start a fire; the other is giving “fine i’ll do it myself” energy

while i appreciate dans recent visibility on the timeline, we’ve debated this time & time again to no end & nothing has changed 

out of love for the network, the people want SOME of the 100m+ of capital being SAT ON deployed & deployed LOUDLY 

starting with ONE non dev hire to run ONE of these initiatives (to start): 

> eco fund
> marketing & ua
> branding & optics
> grants & devrel
> meaningful creator rewards & ambassador program

Let’s say a group of folks were to establish an independent Marketing and Funding arm for the Farcaster ecosystem. 

What would you want such an org to do?

shaping the ideas that shape us /native /believein 🇵🇸

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

help builders grow the tvl of the protocol while merkle does its thing

Purple

Horticulturalist. Environmental hand wringer. Open source enthusiast.

Doing free marketing for a billion dollar company 💀

- Develop an engaging FC story (in the sense of 'Story Branding') in a way that allows it to be presented in a 100 different ways in a 100 different places and go do that. 

- Go out into CT and other places and tell the FC and FC success stories in a way that combats the well-entrenched stereotypes people formed early in 2024

- Encourage (lead?) an onboarding process to facilitate success and retention for newcomers

- Connect with tech and web3 media to promote FC effectively

that's a marketing start...not commenting on funding at this point. 

Love the question and prospective idea 🫡

this

https://warpcast.com/jpfraneto.eth/0xb4974685

I think it would be good to hear user stories captured in a way that makes them more relatable to the general public. And have these stories connected to a "why" and a result that feels relatable to those not trying to build or trade.

Organize the writers and creators on FC with themes, inspiration and support. This happens organically with some events/projects, like onchain summer. But I imagine incentivized and supported events to create and share specific content could be beneficial. More ⬇️

Give farcaster Fridays organisers funds to actually grow pockets of activity. The AFK presence needs to be nurtured in public. Retail needs to feel the need to bandwagon in