Warpcast

Been feeling the same. 300k followers, you’d think just about anything I say would get 100+ likes, but far from it

stated: hide the bots
revealed: where are the likes

imho selecting out speculative hubs/bots is longterm going to yield higher-signal engagement, which is underlying justification for that vanity metric.

we shouldn't be settling for instagram-tier dilution & any compression/sequestration of noisy slop is going to pay off when everything heats up.

if users see little to no reaction to their casts, why would they bother posting?

is the illusion of fake engagement worse than the harsh reality of low high-quality content? 

are bots good or bad?

𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖒 𝖆𝖉 𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖆

candidly, this is a natural reaction to the withdrawal of rewards. it is the short-term, seasonal attitude that will dissipate in other circumstances.

perhaps fake engagement isn't as constrained a dilemma as perceived. for example, imagine merkle shipped a "I'm a bot/group" badge & there was an incentive for that. now engagement can be heated up, since it's more forthcoming to the other side of the market. meanwhile, users gain a bit of time to mark the sloppiest bots/scammers, before sybil/phishing becomes even more lucrative.

but the illusion has a immersion-breaking cost.