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WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH CHANNELS?

1. Channels aren’t going anywhere anytime soon

2. Our priority is growth; we’re working on a) improving onchain UX with frames + wallet (network differentiation) b) invites + rewards (increase daily actives users) c) protocol improvements to support new clients bringing their own users (increase daily actives users) d) creator onboarding (increase daily active users)

3. Channels, historically, have not driven growth; channels, however, have helped deepen engagement and retention for existing power users.

4. Given limited resources (i.e. focus), we don’t have near term plans to add features to channels.

5. However, nearly all aspects of channels are programmable via a) the protocol b) Warpcast open / free APIs. If there is demand, we may also prioritize making channel registration available API. Note: moving all channels metadata to the protocol is a lot of work that wouldn’t drive near-term growth.

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aligned with Dan/Merkle's assessment on channels.  

we (openrank/cura) believe channels have great potential but they need a dedicated app and design space to grow. 

we need to transition from a twitter +reddit mashup for channels on warpcast to new form factors that enable community curation, better UX for conversations/replies, community leaderboards, automatic joining/membership flows. 

ultimately, we see channels as powerful primitives to onboard net new communities/users to farcaster.

we've been onboarding some of the top farcaster channels on Cura and we'll continute to share progress/updates along the way. Reach out to @moe @dharmi @gloriakexinwu @anmworld3 if you're excited to grow your community/channel on farcaster.

currently @openrank prev: buidl.so, threads_reader
https://dharmi.notion.site

Fully agree - channels need their own space to thrive. Love what you’re building with Cura to push that forward. Excited to see it grow!