farcasterunion

Since Spam labels are now public, I’ve spent some time looking at things these accounts have in common vs accounts that don’t get labeled and this is my initial advice for people who’ve been labeled. 

1. STOP sharing frames. If you didn’t build it, don’t share it. 
2. Stop recasting. Instead, quote cast and spell out why you are sharing it. What makes this worthy of being shared?
3. Ensure 80% of your timeline is original content. Don’t steal it from the web, make something unique and genuine. It better to not cast at all than to cast slop. 
4. Only reply to people in channels. If someone casts to their home feed and doesn’t follow you, don’t comment. 
5. Stop tagging people. They don’t get notified of the tags anyway. It’s pointless to tag them.

1) numbers 4 and 5 seem counterintuitive 
2) this feels a bit like a circus but if I squint I guess I can be convinced that it’s exciting to be seeing this play out in real time (but I hate being the one stuck in spam purgatory)
3) at a fundamental level it is disheartening as a new person to try and engage genuinely with the big names only to be marked “spam”. 
4) it seems like the “spam” label in many cases just means “doesn’t start conversations”. That’s an important factor for rewards but it didn’t seem like the opposite is “spam”