timdaub
@timdaub.eth
I think if Farcaster wants to become the social status game of Ethereum‘s who is who, it needs to get rid of the Farcaster aristocracy. Otherwise, what status game is it implementing? Not clear to me
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Connor McCormick ☀️
@nor
Are we part of the aristocracy? Because if so i agree. I'm hoping new feed algorithms will make this better, but I also think that this will naturally happen as new clients emerge and new ways of tracking relationships emerge
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timdaub
@timdaub.eth
I don‘t count myself as part of them. Let me be straussian and say: I think my membership has been tested and I was rejected because I‘m an enfant terrible that poses too much risk upon entry. Given that you have 5k more followers and since you present as fairly „brand-safe,“ you‘re more in than me.
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Connor McCormick ☀️
@nor
lol I'm always surprised when ppl have that perception. I've frequently felt like I didn't belong here because: 1. I'm not libertarian 2. I don't suck pmarca's toes 3. I think nfts are about as interesting as any other datastructure 4. I'm not e/acc Just those 4 have frequently been enough to make me feel out of place
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Connor McCormick ☀️
@nor
But I think the key is to avoid thinking about followers as status. I understand that the goal of the mechanism is to get you to compare your followership to everyone else's. But we know how that ends It's a fine mechanism to start with but it has pathological properties and we should aim as best we can to replace it
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timdaub
@timdaub.eth
I agree with much of what you're saying, but I'm taking away that you suggest that I've fallen prey to an illusion? I don't feel like it's an illusion though. I feel like some people here have out-sized influence over others although their rank doesn't translate into e.g. Ethereum fame. 1/2
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timdaub
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However, I guess then it must be a misjudgement on my end, because as you say, there shouldn't be a relative translation from Ethereum fame to Farcaster fame. Farcaster's status game is more akin to what Hacker News is for YCombinator. It's the long-tail network of a16z and west coast elites (who did I offend now?) 2/2
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