Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
The spam filtering dilemma Sharing how we think about it so people can better understand: 1. Most people will only use social networks if they are fun 2. Casting something and getting dozens of spammy replies is not fun 3. If you get enough spammy replies, you'll just stop using the app 4. So, aggressively filtering for spam is necessary to keep your existing users happy 5. However, this means some good new users will hit spam filters. Understatement: this is a bad user experience for those people. It would be great to not have this happen. 6. But given the choice of who to make unhappy — an existing user who has invested a ton of time and energy into the network or a new user that is most likely to churn (top tier social networks lose 50% of users!), then you have to optimize for your existing users. 7. So does that mean you don’t care about new users? No! It’s existential to have new users be able to join Farcaster and find people to connect with — without being labeled as spam. 1/2
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raulonastool.eth 🎩 🏰
@raulonastool
Respect this approach. fair for all. Would be nice to also get some transparency on the "spam filtering algorithm" (if it exists). Will there be Docs shared somewhere?
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Any transparency will make the actual spammers more effective. It's pretty simple, don't constantly cast at people and not have them engage. Fine to do a few times, but if they aren't engaging with your replies, they aren't interested. Find other people or channels.
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