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Sometimes I wonder , is Farcaster really as open and inclusive as we say it is ? 
Are we truly creating space for others to join ?

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Probably because they are all over your feed and extremely visible.

Yes, I totally agree, the only ones I've followed lately are those that were featured by more influential accounts.

I think it’s really hard on new people who aren’t hand onboarded by powerful accounts.

there is no community momentum that new people can surf on except maybe being noice but it is different from the projects that had real dynamism last year

You’d have to ask Dan. If you browse his casting history, he explains his thinking and goals often. His /goal/ is growth; I think that’s backwards. Growth should result from a well-made, principled product. For better or worse, farcaster doesn’t stand for anything besides, maybe, personal enrichment. I came here because I thought farcaster was a principled alternative to Twitter. It’s not.

Yeah, you’re right. I’ll admit, sometimes I don’t fully understand all this complex tech it goes over my head a bit 😅 but still, we can just scroll past comments like that if we’re not interested. Thanks Wake.

But I have another question: why try so hard to bring in new users, when we know so many from Crypto Twitter already came and left without ever coming back ? Isn’t that something worth questioning

Open… yes. 
Inclusive… sorta.

Lots of people actively include new users culturally and conversationally. But farcaster is also passively exclusive; the tech bro crypto stuff is obvious and gross (to regular people).

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The number of people you brought back is huge and the percentages of survivors are indeed low. 😬

idk... 
But I have definitely attracted 500 people to Farcaster over the years, and only 20-30 people remain...

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Yea me too. Let’s bring it back? Need some positivity - let’s do it!

Yup recently feel the same. Feels like a parallel universe where newcomers are t particularly welcomed of they are not taken under someone’s knowledgeable wing. Feels like I have been on here forever and I still only get 25% of what’s on my tl. so can only imagine what a newcomer would feel like. I came here as an alternative to Twitter, but not sure it is anymore.

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I don't speak English too, so yes, you sometimes have to adapt.

Yeah, we say it’s open, but it doesn’t really feel that friendly for newcomers—especially for someone like me who doesn’t speak English natively.

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That's exactly it, I think you have to take time for yourself when it's calmer, last summer was too stimulating 😆

Hard for newcomers but hard to know which one is bot or real . Too many bots nowaday as well. Im just chilling again

Genuinely though - how is onboarding here any different if you started a new account on X, Instagram, or even tiktok?

Some people are being frustrated by the somewhat clique engagement style on here. When they cast severally without no engagement, they pull out. That's the problem @anemalle

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The space is very exclusive to begin with as it's a specific part of tech and art and the space itself has a great deal of gate keeping. Once you're here, folks are more open than gaming per se. I've been in the space since 2009 and it's become more bro with all the cash that's here per my last few casts in FarcastHER..