"Merkle just helps its friends"

How many times do I have to repeat that most users and developers on Farcaster did not know Varun or myself prior to joining Farcaster.

And in some cases have *become* friends because they stuck around early on when no one else cared. We've spent years with this people socializing on this social network. :)

Don't conflate something that's earned / built with cronyism.

the quotes view of Dan's cast is beautiful

my story: opened this tiny PR fixing a hubble bug, I had no idea who Dan or Varun were

@v merged it and reached out to ask for my Farcaster handle and I told him I didn't have one

he sent me an invite, I started following the protocol updates and all the kings and queens on the follow list, made some contributions to hubble, and eventually joined the MM team

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

nf.td/varun

the quotes view of Dan's cast is beautiful

my story: opened this tiny PR fixing a hubble bug, I had no idea who Dan or Varun were

@v merged it and reached out to ask for my Farcaster handle and I told him I didn't have one

he sent me an invite, I started following the protocol updates and all the kings and queens on the follow list, made some contributions to hubble, and eventually joined the MM team


https://github.com/farcasterxyz/hub-monorepo/pull/253

Building @warpcast and @farcaster, new dad, like making food

That’s rad!

You didn’t know what FC was and didn’t know DWR or V so how’d you find the repo and what compelled you to contribute?

there was a link to the farcaster.xyz which looked like this at the time in @vgr The Muskening post

clicked the link, found the readme interesting, ran the code, spotted the bug

Blogger at ribbonfarm.com, running summerofprotocols.com, host of /gloom ☀️

Creator of /bot-or-not. Contributing to /blitkin & /orange-dao IRL: Building spatial computing for construction @ Resolve YC W15 | FID 1725

there was a link to the farcaster.xyz which looked like this at the time in @vgr The Muskening post

clicked the link, found the readme interesting, ran the code, spotted the bug

https://studio.ribbonfarm.com/p/the-muskening