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ted (not lasso)
@ted
tons of users have been reaching out to me re: spam labels. when i look at their content, these are the 5 most common pieces of feedback i give: 1. don’t only post mini-apps. think of warpcast as early facebook: if someone only posted dolphin olympics screenshots every day, people would tune them out. 2. avoid overly generic content. casting "gm" or inspirational quotes is fine occasionally, but if your feed feels interchangeable with anyone else’s, it’s hard for people to connect with you. 3. don't use AI thoughtlessly. people notice when casts or replies feel like ChatGPT wrote them. it’s fine to use AI, just add real thoughts or emotions. authenticity wins here. 4. don’t repost stolen photos / art from the internet. farcaster values original content or curation that reflects your taste — not just what’s trending on pinterest, reddit, or X. 5. quality > quantity. you don’t need to cast 10x a day or reply to everyone everywhere. take time to cast things you would stop scrolling to read.
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
Great advice! For point number 5, it seems like Warpcast rewards are incentivizing quantity over quality. I’m sure Merkle is aware of this, so curious if you can share what you are doing to improve this?
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Cast a lot of quality is what the algo rewards.
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
The algo isn’t public so we can’t verify this, but even if speak the truth that’s not what I learned from the replies to this cast. Seems like people are doing a lot of low-effort quote casting specifically because it boosts them on your leaderboard https://warpcast.com/ghostlinkz.eth/0x0b40dbfd
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
some points of confusion here: 1. yes, quote casting typically gives you more visibility vs. replying (same goes for twitter or any other social app); some people want to optimize for reach, and other people want to optimize for connection 2. yes, the leaderboard algo does reward based on original cast engagement 3. but low-effort, bad quality quote casts aren't going to help anyone in the leaderboard and usually puts people off so doesn't help build any relationships
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen your team say “casting a lot” helps you make money on Farcaster. So you are encouraging quantity over quality with those statements. I’m wondering if you have plans to also do the same to encourage quality. One example is this cast you made, which I said was great advice. For point number 3, do you have any data to back it up? It’s a fair assumption to make, I myself ignore most quote casts that should have been replies, but it would be disingenuous to say yall are not encouraging more root casts with the rewards leaderboard. What I learned from talking to people is that making root casts gives you a boost, regardless of low/high effort. If this isn’t true, then it’s an opportunity to educate users
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