Channels aren’t failing because people don’t want to build or manage communities. They’re failing because Warpcast never gave channel owners and mods the right tools and features. On top of that, Warpcast is obsessed with controlling the distribution of attention instead of letting things grow organically. The average user treats channels like tags because that’s exactly how they were designed to function at the protocol level. Warpcast neglected channels for the longest time while prioritizing things like trending tokens, which no one asked for.

Channels are how I found my footing on Warpcast - without them I’d have left long ago.  I’m not the typical web3 user - have no interest in crypto speculation - not building software or apps - but I do believe in open ledger / decentralized social.  I’m pretty sure there’s way more people like me not yet Onchain - channels are the way in - but it seems we’re not a target audience yet.

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Interesting channel data in this article by @sidshekhar. I believe the network is increasingly favoring the path of crypto-native sub-communities, which means there's much work ahead if we hope to encourage people who are new to crypto to consider launching communities on Farcaster.

Channels are what kept me here too. In theory, they fit really well with a decentralized protocol, but no garden can grow without being watered.

I also felt that focusing solely on a crypto-native user base was a mistake, but Warpcast doubled down on it, even as users were clearly asking for something different

What are you afraid of:
https://www.musicto.com/hi-farcaster-what-are-you-afraid-of-why/

Channels are what kept me here too. In theory, they fit really well with a decentralized protocol, but no garden can grow without being watered.

I also felt that focusing solely on a crypto-native user base was a mistake, but Warpcast doubled down on it, even as users were clearly asking for something different

https://warpcast.com/ghostlinkz.eth/0x3d2681ab