the new channels remove the little accessibility warp once had for the everyday user 
 
as a new user, i can no longer join warp & simply cast in any topic of my interest…

now, on top of paying the registration fee, i must also (in most cases) pay a monthly channel subscription… 

no new users will deal with this; it was hard enough to get them past the $5 data fee 

the issues we’ve had with “cabals” & “it” crowds are now 10x more divisive & exclusionary & immediately work against new users

on top of these channel subscriptions adding friction, they force you to pay (in many cases) the /owner/ of the channel via their hypersub

now this owner may or may not have any experience or expertise in the channels topic at hand

more likely than not, they were just the first ones to want to talk about it on warp - it’s just an interest… so why make these people god?

it doesn’t matter if it’s a minimal cost, new users won’t pay 10-15 individual subscriptions to access channels of interest

1. Agree it’s hard for new users! But it’s always been hard for new users. We’re going to be adding “onboard directly to a channel” when joining Farcaster as the next big project for channels.

2. Channels as hashtags / topics did not work. We iterated for a year trying to make it work.

3. So we’re trying a new direction that is more like public group chats with a feed UX.

4. A reminder that casting in your home feed like Twitter is available to everyone.

No denying it’s hard for new users, but what is the alternative? Let this place be raided by bots and spammers? I think it’s a bold and positive change and gonna get way better in time.

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Totally agree, you also need to give something up in order to gain something valuable. Even when you don’t see the value right away.
and Dan this is what I was talking about the other day! rjs replied to me here, but now will not get the notif that I responded to him, because he is not following me.

This is what people seem to be missing. If it's easy then it's worthless. On HackerNews you get downvoted into negative karma if you make low effort comments. That's what makes the culture there (mostly) high quality.