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@aviationdoctor.eth

Casting is not that different from doing politics. Without an audience, your casts have no reach, in the same way that your political agenda won’t be implemented if you lack an electorate. So, you need followers, or else you might as well be casting to your notes app. In building that followership, you must choose where to place the proverbial cursor between two extremes; you cannot remain undecided. One extreme is high-integrity: cast only about what you truly care for, regardless of how niche and recondite your interests are, however long or short form that may be, and no matter how alienating your vocabulary is to the average reader. The other extreme is *not* low-effort kawaii selfies, edgy memes, or LinkedIn platitudes; if those are truly what motivates you (no judgment here), then you can still be a high-integrity caster. What the other extreme is, simply, being inauthentic in return for an audience, engagement farming, and casting only what you think people want to read. I again pass no moral judgment here — it’s really a personal tradeoff between deontological and utilitarian approaches to using this app. (Side note: The Venn diagram of low-effort and inauthentic content may overlap greatly, but that’s still orthogonal to the concept of integrity.) Politicians are no different — you’ll find a few high-integrity folks (on both ends of the ideological spectrum). They may not get elected; but they are consistent, inspiring, and often widely respected in their own ways. And then you’ll find others who see political expression purely as a mean to an end; the end being to be elected at all cost. And because their electoral discourse is inauthentic, you cannot truly know who they are and what their hidden agenda is until they get to the top, which leads to all sorts of face-eating-leopard, surprised-pikachu regrets, and jadedness toward politics. I don’t even know anymore if this cast is about Farcaster dynamics or politics. I guess it’s both

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Not sure about the "what people want to read" part. That's a big issue to me. The social systems are flawed as they make us think that kawaii and selfies and what you had for lunch is what people want to read. But it's wrong, it's what people are attracted to. The flies doesn't go straight into the blue light because they want to... We have a moral choice to do. Do we feed the machine or do we try to make each other better. One is easy and machine rewards us for it short term, the other is hard and the reward is long term from people who will really appreciate us for what we bring to them.

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but there are some pretty epic stubborn level impossible accounts that remain consistent in talking to the void every single day. in some ways its like the sink

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Interesting analogy. The (happy) difference that most stands out to me is that a politician needs to be elected at a specific point in time. It's zero sum and time-bound. They win or they don't. Here on Farcaster, I'm reminded often about the concept of finite and infinite games. There are countless games people can show up to play here, many of which can be "won" without mass appeal. That's why I especially appreciate that you distinguish between "high effort" and "low effort" casting without moralizing either of them. What seems to matters most for sustainability here, as you describe, is being in true alignment with whatever game one chooses to play.

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bitter irony of the modern web: follower count ≠ actual reach. People may have hit “follow” because of one great cast, a meme you reposted, or a momentary flash of relevance. But that doesn’t guarantee they’re tuning in to you or becoming your audience.

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The sad part is, even if you do make a cast or do a bunch of casts very fast, you'll be labeled as spam to the point where it's even more impossible to get discovered. It's really a lose-lose situation unfortunately.

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Damn, I think I'm actually one of those high integrity shit posters that fall right in the butt crack of that venn diagram.

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Also, both have cabals.

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very good weekend read :)

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great read, write more content about this my man

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I think I now better understand why I’ve grown to hate Instagram so much, and that hatred only deepens with time. It’s full of shallow, fake personas whose content is all about chasing clout. Do they believe in what they post? Doesn’t matter. The only value is getting eyes on them and keeping people hooked. The good thing about Instagram is if someone doesn’t like your content, they just ignore you. But on Twitter, if your posts or ideas get criticized, you can face the most intricate forms of hostility and backlash. Farcaster? It hasn’t reached that level of maturity yet, but it’s definitely offering the highest quality right now. Though, lately, it’s been picking up some Instagram-like vibes, probably to attract a broader audience. :)

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yes i like casting to my notebook

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Really great analogy!

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i can tell which camp you're in

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appreciate your casting here

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Brilliant analogy Authenticity is a compass, whether you're casting or campaigning But the tension between reach and integrity is real, and navigating it honestly is the true art

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why do I feel attacked here!

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