Farcaster

If you don’t like the “make money” consumer value prop for Farcaster—what do you think is better?

Reply with a suggestion and rationale. 

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I always thought of Farcaster as a place where I’m not the product. I pay to be here and I own my data. My usage and habits aren’t being collected to be repackaged and used against me at a later date. I can’t be de-platformed, censored, or silenced. I can build what I want on top of the protocol and not worry that my access will be turned off because of a whim or impending IPO. This is the easiest and most familiar way to get into social Web3.

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I think this narrative needs a lot of development to land, but I think it's the right one. 

I think educating ppl why they need to onboard is the most important step in cultivating the right culture.

"Come to make money" promotes a different culture, even if making money is actually part of the value prop.

This is exactly it. 

It's hard to see how bad something is until you experience something better. Everyone is stuck in Stockholm syndrome on web2, and that's the barrier we have to overcome. 

It's the harder path, but it is the better one, imo. It's the one that results in the future I want to see for Farcaster. 

Dollars to donuts, the "come to make money" just dilutes whatever money there is in the Farcaster ecosystem until it's no longer meaningful anymore. Because nothing about that narrative brings more money, just brings more money extractors.

We are so early. Web2 is toxic in a million ways but most people haven’t caught on enough to leave it. Before there was no good alternative. But now we have Farcaster. You can have the familiarly of Web2 (this feels like apps people are families with) but built on Web3. 

It’s still a rough message to sell to people who spend most of their time on traditional social media. 

i am so happy i’m able to find like minded people on farcaster