Trigs on Warpcast

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Feels like a common problem for Farcaster. I think Warpcast has done a good job with curation and spam reduction... But in the process it hasn't stimulated a "conversation culture". You don't get any direct reputation value out of replying to ppl's casts. So ppl just QC instead. Making lots of low quality replies also punishes you, which is good. It's cut down on the pointless +1 replies. What we don't have is any incentive to actually start real conversations with ppl. To reply to ppl to give them validation we liked their post. Basically there's no mechanic that rewards friendships. On a platform that is hyper focused on reward incentives, having the most important activity be the least incentivized is what results in users feeling like they are "shouting into the void". Warpcast is doing great things, but what's really needed is to make conversations great again. Ideas, anyone?

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The mechanic for rewarding friendships and interactions are the friendships and interactions themselves, no? The network-protocol-client-whatever can facilitate it but it’s ultimately on the end users to 1) recognise the inherent value of talking to people and 2) interact and sustain relationships.

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Maybe it's not so much that Warpcast doesn't reward good conversations as much as there are other things going on in the feed that compete and drown out the good conversations?

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Jumping in this conversation, which current threading makes difficult, but Warpcast team is aware. I agree authentic connections and the conversations that arise out of them are what give a network life. @intori we’re building a system where sharing about yourself leads to like-minded connections, and those people can actually earn something together. Answer a question, see others with matching insights, send a gift. The more you engage, the more meaningful intros you unlock. I need to get you on the app. It’s early, but we’re already seeing people connect with others they have never met before, replying more, learning about each other, and sticking around because of who they might meet next. I’m excited when conversations and ideas like this come up. It means theres more of us out there ready to engage and make conversations.

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How would you categorize the tipping mechanic? It gives me a way to reward content and responses I find useful/ interesting. It does seem to increase engagement, perhaps not with the dynamic you are trying to encourage though.

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I think after getting the distribution right, the next step would be to create a way to reveal oneself more. There was a dating app that helped people reveal themselves to other people by sending voice messages.

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