Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
A few thoughts on replies vs. Quote casts 1. We originally didn't have quote casts for a while. People complained about not having quote casts. 2. We've run 50/50 split tests on the home feed for nearly a year and the current "for you" algorithm—which does bump up some replies—performs better on engagement and retention than previous versions (esp. the following feed with reply bumping). 3. We've since added the following feed for power users to be able to toggle as their default. Very few people actually do this. Stated vs. revealed preference. 4. Naive reply bumping—which we had for a few years—was a relic of when the network literally didn't have new posts for minutes at a time (and I was the one usually filling in the gaps with an open ended question). 5. Naive reply bumping gets abused (remember @briang's livestreams?) and is EXTREMELY confusing for new users. If you think Farcaster in-group or "cabal" vibes are bad, reply bumping for new users makes it way worse.
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Zinger ↑
@zinger
I understand that it can be tricky to get right (and naive version doesn’t work) but if there’s one area I think it’s worth it for you guys to innovate in it’s figuring out an elegant way to surface the interesting conversations that happen on here No, it’s not something you can copy from Reddit or X but I think it’s worth getting creative and getting it right
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Assume we surface them and they get worse retention metrics for feeds that don’t. What should we do?
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