Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
"It's impossible to compete with Warpcast" 1. If you're trying to build for the same use case then yes, it will be extremely difficult. Have been saying this since last year. Given the size of the network, there's not enough users for multiple venture-backed businesses. This is why we are so focused on growing the size of the network (which itself requires a supply of content). 2. Try building something that's orthogonal (i.e. not a clone of Warpcast which is largely a clone of Twitter). Or use the social graph permissionlessly (no signers needed) to enhance your onboarding like Drakula, Tavern, Rodeo, Zora, etc. 3. If you still want to build a Warpcast competitor, try starting with a mobile-first onboarding flow -- copy this one. 85% of Warpcast usage is mobile. Yet people keep galaxy braining with a web first strategy and then complain it's too hard to compete. 4. PWA mobile experience will save you time and no App Store, but you will have a much harder time creating habitual DAU.
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nounspaceTom.eth
@nounspacetom
can confirm, would not want to go head to head with warpcast with a similar product or vision, but the team and I love building client that's quite different and orthogonal. much prefer this vs. building a new social network from scratch too. our goal is to be the best farcaster client. we know it's an ambitious goal, but we wouldn't be building a client if we didn't think we (the team & the community) could dao it. still, we consider warpcast much more of a partner than a competitor. tl;dr, we're grateful to be building on y'all's shoulders. we don't have any expectations for you to support us, but we appreciate all of the support you give nonetheless 💜
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