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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timdaub
@timdaub.eth
Externally, IMO one core issue here may be that @betashop.eth feels held back by certain technical decisions. E.g. if Merkle controls the FID contracts, then that‘s hard to disrupt by a growth-maxi team like Jam. Are the FID contracts only governed by Merkle?
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Chu Ka-Cheong
@kc
Registration on the contract is gated rn. But I do see why they are keeping it this way. If they are opening it too soon, it will likely repeat Clubhouse’s mistake or it will become like Lens Protocol which is full of airdrop farmers.
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vern
@vern
I agree. Open signups are double edged sword. And moderation tools are virtually nonexistent right now. Albeit I do think signup gating and moderation should be client level feature in long run
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vern
@vern
Ideally clients should be able to enforce their own sign up + moderation rules, and whitelist events from set of trusted clients. Clients need to be able to grow and achieve pmf independent of warpcast / merkle team
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