Farcaster

What's one thing that's confusing about Farcaster?

bad-takes

onboarding for new users: the suggested follows aren't very useful, lots of good channels aren't obvious to newcomers (I would never have joined /six or /bad-takes on day one but they are actually great places to cast) everyone's doing $DEGEN or 🍖 tips but channel org. makes it hard for users to get plugged in

@dwr.eth biggest issue is cultural, no warm welcome, lots of slightly hostile casts about norms & how "farcaster is different" but I actually didn't experience the high signal low noise until I actively sought it out. instead I saw a bunch of accounts with huge followings complaining about new users

Plenty of warm welcomes too, but I am surprised how hostile the reaction to new users & speculative activity has been. I personally love it here, but FC culture seems bit tribal & self-congratulatory about how we do things instead of encouraging divergent uses. FC is an expansive network, not for us, but for all

I'd argue that client design decisions reflect a somewhat ingrained culture of protectionism. Removing reply-boosting, not showing replies from users you don't follow, etc

Yes, FC is awesome if you have a robust social graph but if you are new? no followers or network? can feel empty & its hard to know where to start

Hmm, ymmv

My sense is Farcaster is quite open to new people joining. That said, the focus from the beginning is quality.

Ultimately, the freedom to create your own client for each type of community is how Farcaster will scale.