Collected some info and wrote my thoughts about the current state of Power Badges here, from the perspective of a trad soc avoider, with 6mths on FC.
(i may be an idiot for only figuring this out recently, but at least i figured it out 😬)
Appreciate any feedback or criticism!

https://paragraph.xyz/@madlog1c.eth/warpcast-experience

September Update!

Scroll to the bottom, I have been adding to this original write-up

https://paragraph.xyz/@madlog1c.eth/warpcast-experience

cc @pichi @mvr @saxophone55.eth @0xmaru.eth @y0b - who else has been looking into this?

TLDR: Power Badges continue to be effective, while spammy content has increased 😤

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Thanks for keeping this info updated! 100 $degen

Would be interesting to make a list of all "perks" reserved for Power Badge holders.

Regarding channel moderation, if the channel info shows "no moderator" then the PB is used. The /ai channel is moderated by the owner, who needs to like casts for them to go to Main.

What channel do you have in mind? btw LOL to (soon™). Need to tag @grandenchilada for this reference even though she hasn't been active on Farcaster.

ahh touché thank you for the insight. i have yet to start my own channel (soon™) so i'm not too familiar with moderator settings

added mini update after your feedback
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