Liam Rosen
@liface
I'm still trying to figure out the culture of Farcaster. It seems very laid back here. Shorter posts (despite a longer character limit!), more chill. People just posting about their day. Few seem to be worried about "making every post good". For this reason, casts get a lot more replies than other platforms. It feels more conversational. Also, the vibes are strongly wholesome and positive. Almost suspiciously so. How have I not seen someone seriously disagree with someone else yet!? It reminds me a bit of Something Awful's BYOB forum circa late 2000s. On the downside (for me), there seems to be a lack of serious intellectual rigor. Take the image below: not much new is being forged here, philosophically.
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tara.base.eth
@tara0x
When there is financial gain from social media, people will find ways to cut corners just for the sake of engagement. We’re all aware that getting replies esp on farcaster is directly tied to earnings, so it makes sense people will just post content they know will get clicks and $ Luckily it’s pretty easy to spot those sorts of posts, so it’s really in the users if they choose to engage, but hey, What you permit you promote
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Liam Rosen
@liface
The thing is, I'm not seeing strange engagement-hacking behavior here like I would on Tiktok or Instagram. If I look at the top 10 ranked accounts, they're all very chill!
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Chase Sommer
@chasesommer
there was an autofollow list a while ago. So early accounts got mass follows. That might be where some confusion is coming in (as in why don't top accounts do engagement hacks etc)
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