"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.

I think it’s less about helping ‘friends’ & more about granting fiefs. 

Revealed: Participants in decentralized systems don’t like dictators even if they are benevolent.

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Revealed: people realize that building and then getting people to use their client is really hard so they spend all of their time focusing on the client they are unhappy with