whiles scrolling jesse’s latest posts, seeing all the fc ogs who are no longer here, im sitting here wondering.
what could bring them back?
jesse.base.eth
@jessepollak
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lots of conversations about base over the last week. wanted to share my candid take after a week of listening and a lot of reflection over the last 6 months.
first off - in case it’s not obvious, the first quarter of 2026 was a punch in the face. I spent 2024 and 2025 making a
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if this doesn't alarm farcaster, idk what should. i think jake is actually doing the right thing-staying and thriving where audience lives.
simple analogy.
if a new taco shop opens, only one of two ways to survive and thrive:
1. existing attention
are people already visiting the area near the taco shop? then even ...
I have not been spending a lot of time on Farcaster over the last few days as I have been insanely locked in and prolifically active on X.
This is because a memecoin that I launched somewhat spontaneously on the robinhood chain by tagging @bankrbot on X has garnered as much attention as anything I’ve created ever has,
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farcaster should not think of competing on content.
you can’t beat these. x has infinite amount of these high quality tips and influencers.
farcaster needs to think hard about the atomic unit of content, not me too text writeups, images, videos, audio.
x is too big to do one thing. farcaster is the perfect size t...
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