Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
Farcaster and in particular Warpcast are really well developed platforms. The inclusion of channels is a small but powerful difference from Twitter which suffers from information clutter as a significant weakness. I’m actually surprised no one ever tried to reform Twitter by implementing such a change. I really do hope to see Farcaster grow into a widely used platform because it’s just a superior design. You don’t even really need the crypto aspects of it which can be confusing although they are obviously rewarding in some ways.
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Michael Varde
@michaelvarde.eth
I agree. I try to onboard people onto Farcaster but the moment they hear crypto or blockchain they tune out thinking, “oh, that’s not for me.” It’s a shame because this app is excellent at bringing communities together and building genuine connections.
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Varun Srinivasan
@v
what is the tactical reason they drop? the payment to sign up? or just ideologically opposed to blockchains?
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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
People tend to associate crypto with “scammy” on popular level, to the point where they often think you’re trying to scam them when you mention the word in context of a new platform or product. Best to not emphasize that message maybe and just let it run in background or somehow segment it from the general experience.
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Michael Varde
@michaelvarde.eth
It’s not a matter of dropping, it’s a matter of just not signing up. Ironically, the reason they don’t sign up is because the other people they want to keep up with are on IG or X. People will complain about the platforms they use but they aren’t motivated enough to try something new, if it means they’ll have to meet all new people.
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