In my timeline, people without pro badge looks special now.  

How can I hide my badge? 🥲

Building @recaster-fc and other farcaster tools

An alternative client is probably the best option.

IMO, since this pro is linked to the app no client is incentivized to show the badge even if it has the badge data, here is where the farcaster name starts to be a bit deceiving all of these rewards, and the pro feature is not directly linked to the protocol, so yeah IMO creates confusion of what exactly is linked to the underlying protocol. 

That being said, at farcaxter[.]xyz app level I doubt they will add an option to hide it, at least not so soon, especially if demand is low.

Software developer, open source enthusiast, privacy advocate.

Clear Wallet Open-source privacy focused wallet: https://clear-wallet.flashsoft.eu/


Soon you will see many spammy accounts holding the pro badge. 

AFAIK, most buyers are expecting airdrop, not real farcaster user.

If that's so, I don't know how this move will help the network.

Other than raising 1M for the team, which is not much considering they raised 180M through VCs, this farcaster pro thing can create serious issues long-term.

I guess we will be here for the ride, for me is impossible to predict an outcome now but I wouldn't have taken this risk.

yeah, to get rid of the spammy, most of time, I am using my own client🤣