denver

la (los angeles)

losangeles

newyorkcity

newyork

sanfrancisco

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most loved channel owner on Farcaster

What should we do with egregious examples of squatted channels?

I'm going to call this individual out since it's clearly squatting — @0xg — is sitting on a bunch of city channels and not actively building communities:

/denver /la /losangeles /nyc /newyorkcity /newyork /sanfrancisco

(Also the multiple variations of city names with no activity is clear squatting and when there are active communities in /los-angeles /sf /new-york.)

A few other thoughts:

1. We have a no squatting policy for fnames and we allow ENS for a name that isn't governed by that policy.

2. We never advertised channels as something you buy and own forever. Has been centralized and experimental since we allowed anyone to create a channel last December.

3. I'm sympathetic to someone who is good faith trying to build a community, but that's not squatting.

4. Squatting is squishy, know it when you see, not deterministic.

5. Ultimately, squatters are massive negative externality on the network. It's parasitic, anti-social behavior.