Our top priority this week is fixing spam in popular channels. The core problem is: 

- Channels with large distribution attract casters
- Some casters post spam or even just slightly off topic stuff
- Moderating it is exhausting and thankless

We want to find a solution that can be decentralized across  clients.

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

nf.td/varun

The main goals are: 

- Make the channel high quality for the average viewer
- Minimize actions the host needs to take
- Be easily decentralizable

We shipped channel passes a few weeks ago to a handful of channels - it helped, but wasn't sufficient to prevent spam. 

We're going to extend the idea of passes with some more features that will make channels more "self moderating".  Preview to come soon!

I think the channel passes idea is not a viable solution. The incentive to spam and scam is very high. Those accounts will gladly pay for any pass as long as it is economically viable. I will not pay for anything if you just price me out because this is not the open internet we need.