Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
POV: there is no influx of people waiting to join Farcaster once it goes permissionless other than airdrop farmers. 1. We use Ethereum, so anyone anti-crypto is won’t be convinced in the near term 2. Existing apps are too similar to Twitter, with way less content New types of apps / behaviors for growth.
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Ryan Anderson
@ra
I think this is probably accurate. Lens started with a stronger brand and developed demand earlier. Farcaster is better, but less differentiated and doesn't have as compelling a story or brand. Both of those things are easily fixed.
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
> but less differentiated and doesn't have as compelling a story or brand How are you defining "less differentiated" and "compelling story or brand"?
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Ryan Anderson
@ra
Lens launched as the next generation of social graph. Farcaster is arguably the same thing, but isn't telling that story as well, imo. FC positioned itself to a more technical audience, where Lens framed it as a social movement. Lens focused on identity design from the beginning.
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Ryan Anderson
@ra
I'll add that I don't think any of these decisions were "wrong" per se, but if your goal is to drive demand, my recommendation would be to focus more on the story you're telling to people who aren't devs.
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Sally
@sallyh
I’d second this. If someone asked me what the story / brand identity or values were for Farcaster I’d have no idea.
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