Product

#4 as an opinionated take is respectable, informs recent positioning as “built for the crypto community” and I think it makes sense in terms of their gtm

Basically no top crypto app has succeeded starting first trying to spread a wide net, they’ve all got adoption w cryptonatives first

Facebook go-to-market:

1. Harvard
2. Ivy League
3. College students (2 years at this level)
4. Open to everyone
5. Focus on winning country-by-country

People forget that MySpace was way bigger. Facebook was a "social network for college students".

Worked out for growing retained DAU. :)

But it also ate money like crazy until they finally plugged it into the most insidious ad tracking machine ever invented.

Maybe not the ideal roadmap…

LBuild slowly and then when the VCs come knocking become a megavillian who ruins the world”

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I appreciate that the protocol nature of Farcaster should help to prevent this pivot to exploitation.