Jason Goldberg Ⓜ️ 💜
@betashop.eth
I woke up this morning in Tokyo to 2 casts from @dwr.eth regarding future of Farcaster As a developer building on Farcaster, I found them to be a bit contradictory, unsettling, & overly defeatist. Farcaster has been building a solid foundation for a strong future. That future is dependent on app... longcast.jam.so/jjcJMh
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vincent
@pixel
Two cents of a client-builder (Phrasetown): barebones client aren't differentiated enough to win. A future I can see happening: "Twitter clones" are as undifferentiated as podcasting clients, because they all consume the same data. Warpcast is positioned to win the Twitter-clone category because "official client."
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Kuz
@kuz
New here, but isn't getting users to use the protocol the win here? Thought the whole point is to cater for different communities no matter how "small" the client app they use
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Steen!!!
@usersteen.eth
Not in the short term. The protocol needs to build a brand through an incredible experience including UX, UI, community, engagement, and yes, features. This will attract more/better building talent AND users. Building in 100 directions is not helpful right now.
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Kuz
@kuz
Building in different directions could spur inspiration as new use cases beget new experiences leading to even more use cases. Not knowing the available FC APIs, it seems private E2E encrypted IMs & social networking apps could be built using the same protocol
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