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Farcaster new fid register is now <500 per day.

What are we doing wrong?

I don’t think that’s the whole story though. I think new users that come here and try to grow struggle to be seen 🤷‍♂️ 

They don’t get enough initial engagement to feel as though they are valued on the platform

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They are focused on continuing to give visibility only to the usual ones, and that's the big problem. They have all those users with the PB active (they promised it would disappear by the end of August), and it's as if this app is only for them since the same people always appear in trending.

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Hmm I don’t think that’s the whole story either. People with large followings get engagement because they’ve built their audience through their marketing skills. 

Algorithms will always inherently promote that content because it performs well, which is good for the network. That’s also why they trend, because they get more engagement due to a higher following count. 

I think we need more “boosts” like they’ve been giving out, that gives people a chance to get more exposure than their following would allow for on a regular basis

oh tbh, I almost never look at trending, usually it's been botted or some type of frame that gets the most (at least from what I see) 

I don't think algorithms are incentivized to show low-performing posts though, it's not about helping one group or another. It's about helping people connect with value. For those who contribute value to the network, they should receive value in return. 

It becomes less of an issue of algorithmic problems and more one of marketing 🤷‍♂️ which is the same as it was in web2. 

the majority of people get the majority of their value from bigger accounts, because those accounts have found a way to market their value in a way that the majority prefers

I'm not saying this is the best solution, merely that it's the status quo. The power badge is more of an indicator of who is connecting with the high value people in the network, which extends that value. it's tough to get outside of that with so few people in the overall network

The people who appear in the trending casts are always the same. If the algorithm is constantly benefiting and showcasing the same ones, why are the rest of us here, swimming in the dark? If the algorithm is already “helping” those who don’t need “help,” it’s just closing the circle, and if this keeps up, in the end, they’ll be the only ones left.

Plus, they should remove the PB once and for all, not just hide it. That would improve things a bit because the algorithm wouldn’t be so focused on them. But they’re not interested in doing that.