Farcaster

The active badge is going away.

Spammy accounts are aggressively gaming the system to get the badge. 
Making the rules stricter just makes it harder for legitimate users.

We’re past the point where a simple rule based system will work. We need something better.

Badges is just another word for reputation. Limiting it to the number of followers was never gonna work. But the power badge is still limited in its ability to detect legitimate, active users. Why not leverage open data to make more comprehensive determinations?

/humpty noun 558, augmenting onchain narratives, helping creators grow their audience and make more money, building /cryptosapiens, streaming /earlymorningcrew

long response so using a screenshot instead. happy to keep the conversation going plus share my feedback from precious products built and used that operate in this space.

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

nf.td/varun

We've tried a lot of the onchain stuff, couldn't get it to work. Too many low quality accounts have credentials, balances, attestations etc.  

The best predictor of quality in our experience is "who likes your stuff". All the onchain signals can usually be purchased or grinded through by a dedicated airdrop farmer.

you need financial backing for reputation 

Otherwise you get noise. 

It’s the same problem validators have in proof of stake and why the require capital to approve transactions