Some thoughts on spam on Farcaster and how we tackle it. 

First question - What is spam?  

The naive answer is "automated activity" but this isn't right. Over 75% of spam we find comes from real humans who have phones, wallets and x accounts. 

The best definition is "inauthentic activity". It's that feeling you get when you realize that someone who is following, liking or replying to is doing it to benefit themselves and not because they're interested in you.

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

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Thanks for the comprehensive breakdown. Really interesting to learn about the different levels.

Are level 0 people placed in ‘see more replies’ until you can get a sense of their account? Like a sandbox?

Founder of the /success channel. Search Marketing Director at Kraken Kratom. 

Interesting. I would have assumed the opposite! 

In the SEO world, Google puts new sites in a sandbox for a few months until they can establish that they’re not spam.

No we usually assume level 0 is good until proven otherwise

“Like a sandbox.” 🤣❤️ love it.