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Tom Beck
@tombeck.eth
I finished a new essay, "Farcaster is a Car" which I'm submitting to the @kiwi Farcaster 2026 writing contest. It tackles the question of marketing and growth by reimagining what social media could be. The ideas were inspired by Nassim Taleb's insight that new forms of technology have a tendency to fix problems introduced by previous technology. It got me thinking: what problems in Web2 social media can Farcaster fix? The answer I came up with was context collapse. In this essay, I draw on an analogy between Farcaster and the early automobile, from historical, practical, and cultural angles. Using crypto (and AI) technology, Farcaster has the potential to unlock a "mobile self," turning users into builders who can create their own contextual experiences while maintaining continuity across the web. https://paragraph.xyz/@driftless/farcaster-is-a-car?referrer=0x33514A171B0eC657a0237Dd388fAA4f39eE2a2E4
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Mkkstacks
@mkkstacks
I felt the builder energy here and stepped into the arena by launching a channel, token and ai agent. I'm not a developer and have coded nothing outside of tinkering with WordPress themes. But I've gained the confidence to try to build a frame next. More people should show how FC fits into their lives beyond making money through trading. Where would the average person find value on FC? For me, it's knowledge, entertainment, inspiration and creative license.
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