Farcaster

friendly neighborhood shitcaster / building @pinetree

My general take on this: one thing is not enough for sticky social growth, it needs to be several different things that integrate into peoples' lives in different ways. A multi-polar dependence!

We used to say "it just needs one killer app" but I think that's 2010 era thinking that didn't pan out long term.

What this looks like: Each week I do a bunch of different things that are enabled by Farcaster, each a separate habit, and occasionally I discover new things I want to add to my habits.

Some examples today:
1. Have conversations with people in my stream by replying to threads (very vanilla)
2. Compete on the weekly Rewards leaderboard (it pushes me to do some kinds of posts more than others, for better or worse... sometimes I'll save a post for next week.)
3. Play with miniapps. For a while, geoguessr was fun, now it's MiniWord, probably something else in a few weeks. Not sure how sticky this is but I bet we'll find something here eventually!

We need a larger variety of different appealing use cases.

Increasingly believe that Farcaster is a network state

That’s why:
- the IRL pilgrimage (FarCon) is a shot in the arm
- growth is slow but once someone "relocates", churn is low
- scams & broken trust feel particularly tough

Also why establishing a token casino as the main attraction is so polarizing to FC citizens

Well said! This is kind of what my video was about actually, regarding the depth of connection

/cal 

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I started watching it! Definitely resonated with the “find your people” aspect of the IRL -> URL pipeline 

Gonna finish watching tomorrow, got derailed by the weekend :)

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URL -> IRL*

I think @zinger had also coined the XRL terminology which captures the bidirectional nature (online context informs in person, and in person enriches the online interactions)

zinger

Making friends in 2024: URL → IRL → XRL

XRL friends, pass it on

https://warpcast.com/zinger/0xe07e4c9b