Farcaster

zora, rodeo and interface all leverage public farcaster data to solve the cold start problem for their own private social networks, with their own follow & comment systems. 

Follows & comments in these apps aren't published back to farcaster.

is this a phase, or a broader indication of the long term incentives around apps leveraging social protocols just for GTM?

Building FOSS via @frames, /open-frames to help decentralized social win. a16z CSX23. farcasterchannels.com farcaster.id

We built the feature first, but that's irrelevant. The best app will ultimately win. I have no issue with our features getting ripped. We built them knowing they were good.