Don't force users to add a profile pic at sign up. Use whether they add a pfp later a signal as to whether they care enough about their app identity to add one.

@nikitabier has made a counter point which I’ve come to appreciate which is that adding friction in onboarding is not always a bad thing. 

If it helps meaningfully with retention and engagement, it’s often worth doing. 

For us, requiring pfp only causes a 0.1% dropoff but makes real profiles look more legit and spammer easy to identify

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

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Is it really a barrier?  

People can easily upload any random picture from their gallery. It doesn’t take any extra effort for those who don’t care, so it’s not something that would drive them away from the app altogether!