"A lot of people just never ship because they can't get over the hurdle of putting something out. If you're not embarrassed by, it you waited too long."

@barmstrong joined @jessepollak to give advice for onchain builders

Warpcast now uses an ML model to order casts. 

If you have many unread casts, the model decides which ones go at the very top of your feed. 

It's main purpose is to learn your preferences and show you the most interesting stuff first. I'll go into some more details on how it works in the thread below.

What about just not showing the badge at all while keeping the same mechanic?

I swear half of the problem is people see it and envy it. If they didn’t see it, we’d have less complainers.

My rainbow noun became 1 million little specks of color, and now they live on @rainbow 🌈

Here's the secret to keeping the power badge: Say something slightly provocative to @dwr.eth about how much you dislike the power badge. When he replies, that will increase your engagement from a power user. Repeat as necessary.

Sometimes I get dismissive of technology and forget we live in the future 

Today I was reminded by the FREE Merlin Bird ID app that can pick out multiple bird songs from a recording of many 😌 

(I was curious what the sort of garbled call was; it was a dove) 🐦

1/ Why is growing a consumer social app hard?

A functioning app is a necessary condition, but one you have 100% control over. It is not sufficient.

You then have 4 difficult problems to solve—at the same time. 

In order of difficulty:

1. Awareness
2. Onboarding
3. Retention
4. Interesting and entertaining content

Degen is the mother of the crypto I love crypto

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@mahekmalik