Farcaster

PSA 

Clearing up a few misconceptions

1. Casting in your home feed gives you the same distribution as casting in a channel.

2. Everyone can read and reply to casts in channels

3. Most people will appear above the fold with a reply.

4. We changed the way channels work to shift them from hashtags to communities.

5. If you’re annoyed by the changes, just cast in your home feed. You’re not missing out on distribution or discovery casting in a channel.

I am still very puzzled by (1). Can you elaborate on this? Maybe I have the wrong mental model for it.  What is the point of channels if channel members who do not follow me won't see my casts (i.e. no distribution boost)? 🤔

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That was the goal. The problem is most channels are not well curated / moderated, so most casts are meh or spammy.

I think I get what you mean: "If I cast in a channel, channel members who do not follow me won't see my casts *in their home feed* but they can see my cast if they browse the channel page". 

So casting in a channel does not give your cast a distribution boost but it gives it some discoverability boost. Am I correct?

yes, very marginal. not worth getting upset over imo