Some thoughts on spam on Farcaster and how we tackle it. 

First question - What is spam?  

The naive answer is "automated activity" but this isn't right. Over 75% of spam we find comes from real humans who have phones, wallets and x accounts. 

The best definition is "inauthentic activity". It's that feeling you get when you realize that someone who is following, liking or replying to is doing it to benefit themselves and not because they're interested in you.

AMA - anything you want to know about spam after reading this thread

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How do well intentioned high cast volume bot accounts like @survey get categorized?

For reference we’re looking to move most of the comms to DCs and make our trending posts more high signal, is that enough to reverse any spam markings? And how long would the WC algo take these changes into effect?

co-founder @survey x /ponder // benadamsky.com

Bots will be fine as long as they only reply to users who want to be replied to