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.

Onboard directly to a channel will be FANTASTIC.  A well-run channel could have a smooth onboarding process that includes some learning resources to help smooth the ride into learning Farcaster culture - which has it's own language and way of doing things.  

My first big project for my CuriousDAO is actually to create a set of newbie courses not just for getting into Farcaster, but learning about crypto, web3, and even diving into first steps in building frames, mini-apps, and deploying smart contracts - all based on the learning I'm doing myself.  Perks of being an autodidact - I can figure it out myself, and then use my writing superpowers to teach it to others.

Devotional polytheist living a monastic lifestyle centered on curiosity, simplicity, and joy.  Exploring the intersection of technology and spirituality.

It was an idea I had a couple weeks ago.  

I've devoted my life to learning, following my curiosity.  Arranged a simple and very cheap life so I can do that on my content creation income.  I'm an autodidact and can learn anything I decide I want to learn - taught myself Chinese last year.

But I want some more formal education, too, and after my bachelor's - which is being paid for by a combo of grants and scholarships - getting a master's will be expensive.  I want to get the formal research training so I can go off and research my own interests.

So I started CuriousDAO - I'll be doing various CuriousDAO projects and committing the earnings for those to the DAO treasury.  DAO members will get to vote on some of my research avenues, and if I manage my biz and education well, that treasury will grow, funding my future education, but also, hopefully, the education of other independent scholars.

Stay Curious // iixii // Lazer Technologies // Prev: CoinDesk, Roc Nation // based

It was an idea I had a couple weeks ago.  

I've devoted my life to learning, following my curiosity.  Arranged a simple and very cheap life so I can do that on my content creation income.  I'm an autodidact and can learn anything I decide I want to learn - taught myself Chinese last year.

But I want some more formal education, too, and after my bachelor's - which is being paid for by a combo of grants and scholarships - getting a master's will be expensive.  I want to get the formal research training so I can go off and research my own interests.

So I started CuriousDAO - I'll be doing various CuriousDAO projects and committing the earnings for those to the DAO treasury.  DAO members will get to vote on some of my research avenues, and if I manage my biz and education well, that treasury will grow, funding my future education, but also, hopefully, the education of other independent scholars.
https://paragraph.xyz/@thecurioushermit/announcing-curiousdao