kenny π©
@kenny
I've said for a long time that Warpcast made a big mistake in February 2024 by getting rid of the reply bumping + chronological home feed and going algo only most people replied "go use another client", but my point was never about my personal experience it was that this decision caused huge downstream effects on the network because the vast majority of users use Warpcast and won't use an alt client any time soon therefore, if Warpcast makes a bad decision with feed quality, the entire network will suffer as the majority of users have to live with that bad decision the hypothesis was that many users (like myself) used the reply bumping feed as a way of finding interesting, active conversations, and then often joining in on those conversations getting rid of reply bumping and giving users a basic algo feed without comprehensive visibility into what the people we follow were replying to would harm that flow of conversation and according to the data, that's what happened π
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kenny π©
@kenny
@yesyes is levelheaded in his Paragraph analysis and I respect that, but I have my own conclusions that I think are clear from this data this shows that conversations on Farcaster, the lifeblood of the network, were sacrificed at the alter of "spam protection" back in February obviously though, that wasn't enough of a sacrifice, because everyone still complains that Warpcast has too much spam in which case one has to ask, was whatever this change accomplished worth reducing the odds by 50% that your friends will see and respond to your conversations? shouldn't a social network want to incentivize social exchanges? Warpcast needs to fight noise and spam, I get it but they also need to foster interactions between the users if the problem is "bad content" maybe product decisions that reduced the likelihood of good content being generated should be reevaluated
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stellaachenbach
@stellaachenbach
Thx for putting in the work @kenny 200 $degen
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Jhinn Bay π
@metawavestudio
Interesting content! How do you feel the channels are affecting the numbers? Iβm even less likely to reply now cause people mostly are only posting in their ugly channels. /murder
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Jacob
@jrf
i thought reply bumping was great is it totally gone? i thought there was an a/b test going on iirc
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Robotandkid
@robotandkid
I 2nd this. Related: getting rid of the "all channels" feed is an equally bad decision. It basically forces everyone into an echo-chamber. All they see now is stuff they explicitly subscribe to or trending content. Real conversations can happen in stuff that lies outside of the above. It is also a mechanism for discovery
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jd πΊ
@jdl
strong analysis babe. keep it
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Vivacious π©π
@vivacious
Wow, what an article! Thanks Kenny!
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Angelπ₯
@angel112.eth
I knew from the start that Warpcast's rapid updates would lead to significant user loss and exclusivity issues. If only original users (OGs) remain, it undermines Warpcast's mission to be inclusive and accessible to everyone.
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johann
@johann
THIS!!!!
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β«οΈ Pixe1 π΅
@pixe1
I feel this Member feature will have the same effect.
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tombornal
@tombornal
need to dive in, but def confirms my preconceived notions on the miss when getting rid of reply bumping 250 $degen
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