ted (not lasso) on Warpcast

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ted (not lasso)

imo friendtech is the worst omen for social and society. my #1 critique of social is that it’s turned us into dopamine addicts, consumed by competition, constantly projecting an image for others moreso than for ourselves. friendtech takes this and… financializes it? and some of us are excited by it? i’m out.

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Did you ever use bitclout? This cast is a much better description of that iteration of this concept For me personally, Friend.tech is more about supporting friends and having fun then it is a financial game (not that can’t be your main focus or purpose for using the app)

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Mac Budkowski ᵏ

crypto startups been financializing everything for so long that the only thing left was friendship

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i agree long term but it’s just some onchain fun today i like fun and i like onchain

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Friend tech actually very related to your cast a few weeks back critiquing Balaiji’s dystopian bent… Blockchains enable many wonderful and terrible things… the future depends on what we build

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Everyone that shilled their own token will be surprised when their buyers are upset the price went down

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But you’re in for TikTok which checks all your #1 critique boxes and more 🤨

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Your take and @hillis are both spot on. This app, like any social app de jour all follow the same patterns. A meteoric rise in initial interest, followed by a lull where degans control the narrative until the ratio of degans to average users is askew. https://twitter.com/JonathanHillis/status/1692882390077567139?s=20

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albi is /nervous

yeah to be honest i find it more boring than anything else at this point x or warpacst feel much more simulating to me

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I’m joking with folks over on Twitter that it’s a great platform to onboard my teens onto. I thought more would get the sarcasm 🙄

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@thatalexpalmer.eth

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res ipsa ☺︎

whenever i have strong moralistic views against a new popular idea as i did with BitClout and now FriendTech, i get a knee jerk reaction of feeling somewhat defeated, that we are growing further and further apart from the things that matter. but…

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https://twitter.com/AWice/status/1693578663797854340?t=R2NqkGJxHRrWQg273fYbqQ&s=19

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@mishaderidder.eth

😬 https://www.theblock.co/post/246529/friendtech-leaked-database-ethereum-addresses (found @kiwi news 🥝)

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sounds likefriend tech is bitclout 2.0 won't last more than 3-6 months

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I think the protocol is interesting, the current algorithm is a bit strong, but if toned down a little bit with actual utility and less speculation there could be a useful product here.

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Satoshi Tomatomoto

If it makes you feel any better, the friendtech UI is garbage, so the dopamine hit you get from using it is pretty limited. Aside from the financial aspect, there's no real incentive to use it. I don't see it lasting for long.

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I understand the criticism of FT from the point of view that noobs with get rekt by another ponzi But in terms of an omen for social it’s the purest form of what web3 always raves about - that building a following financially benefits you & value is not owned by the platform. And as an experiment that’s fun to see

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I'm trying to take a critical and curious approach. willing to play with it maybe there's an a-ha I’m not seeing. Haven't found it yet.

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