Purple is a DAO whose goal is to proliferate and expand the Farcaster protocol and ecosystem. 

https://purple.construction/

i loved FC (and still do!) because it was an exciting web3 project that I could access w/o crazy crypto money.

i was initially stoked about @purple — and then realized it feels just like other plutocratic DAOs where governance rights are bought, not earned.

is $$ the best way for us to organize? what am i missing?

is bidding and buying an NFT the only way to become a Purple DAO member though?

agree that the mission of Purple can be achieved through many different formats — if I don't like plutocracy, nothing is stopping me from doing it differently 😏

FWIW, still stoked about @purple and excited to be a community member

/ted | exploring the onchain frontier | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina

fwiw, I helped spin it up and I have I (almost intentionally) not bid and bought a 🟪… really want to figure fair mechanism so contributors can be part of governance. so let’s figure this out