Farcaster

Platforms have different priorities among:

1. Entertainment / Algorithm feeding
2. Following / Audience building
3. Social / Community finding

Twitter used to be higher on 2, but now it’s higher on 1, which is why it feels so different. 

I think this is why Farcaster is so enjoyable. More 2 & 3, less 1.

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I think that since you can choose any client it’s fine, someone will build a 0-algorithm client for those who want it. Or a way to tweak your algorithm strength within Warpcast. 

I always liked the idea of “choose your own algorithm.” Farcaster seems like the platform where it could actually happen.

Idk how @dwr.eth feels though.

Yes, and this is why I'm skeptical about warpcast moving towards a more algo driven feed.

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Idt that’s true about 3, people love spending time in online communities and talking to people they don’t see in person, so long as the app makes it easy

Do you think the pursuit of an algo feed would hurt 2 and 3?

Counterintuitively a focus on 3 involves less time spent in app

also interesting because as platforms scale the reason people use them also changes - ie goes from just engaging for the vibes, finding people they want to talk to, and grow a community to using platform as a funnel to something else (buy my course!) 

wonder how that will change as warpcast grows but it’s nice that you can just create your own version too and set your own rules