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I'm going to reply here, but it pertains to your various questions.
Warpcast has a structural issue with how it holds/gathers attention in places (like channels). The space is primarily a river of posts where it's hard to curate/collect/structure into any greater pool of content value.
People who are established get better visibility on posting in no channel, and therefore end up posting in no channel vs reduced visibility in channels where things just flow out of attention quickly.
A lack of structural tools means that channel founders, with only a single pinned post, are very limited in how they can curate their channel.
I'd say that to reduce it into very simplistic terms... farcaster is a rapidly flowing feed, with no 'spaces'.
Right now the only place to really gather, hold, attention is in Frames.
This is why I'm building out the Empire Builder Discord to better structure and organize information, resources, conversation.
I'd love to do it here, but it's impossible as things are currently. 1 reply
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+100 to all points above. This thread makes me miss the "old days" of channels (<1 year ago lol).
If we think of channels broadly as a place for communities to form and hang out, I am still bullish on that as a concept/opportunity. Unfortunately today's channels aren't as good of a solution for this as channels a year ago.
Like @pichi says, the downfall started when the channel overhaul shifted the burden of spam to hosts, exacerbated by the fact that there were no great native solutions for easily/automatically managing channels, and like @yerbearserker said, channels are just streams of posts for the most part (plus a bio, single link/frame, pinned post, and cover photo), without much flexibility for customization and functionality.
It's not too late for channels to make a comeback. We just need to reduce the friction for real users to join, improve content sorting algos, make moderation easier/automatic, and give communities the best tools and experience for building their perfect online home. 2 replies
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