Ben
@benbassler
right now, farcaster’s main appeal is that it feels like a small, aligned corner of the internet: pro-crypto, pro-decentralization, etc but that feeling probably fades once the network reaches a certain size — so what becomes farcaster’s main draw then? personally, i don’t think mini apps or decentralization alone will be enough to convert the mainstream the monetization opportunities are definitely compelling — but is that enough? is money more important than reach for creators? is money more important than entertainment for consumers? maybe farcaster will need a new kind of differentiation once it crosses that threshold
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Steve
@stevedylandev.eth
That’s the part that seems off to me. Like all these people who claim to be after consumer crypto don’t seem to have any normal friends irl? Like if you really believe in onboarding the next billion people why haven’t you tried onboarding your friends? It’s because most people are already exhausted with social and tech in general. Trying to onboard and teach them about crypto makes it worse. Many of my creator friends hate and loathe the concept of monetizing through socials. I don’t say much because I don’t have answers to the problems, but weird as hell to see so much pursuit for people that will eventually help pump bags yet not actually care about what they want.
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Pichi
@pichi
I’m okay with owning our little piece of the internet. That’s enough for me to lean in, but most of my friends don’t care. I can bribe them to come with money, but it won’t replace their habits until there are clients that replace their current web2 habits and let them get some money too.
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sean
@seanhart
Builders need a place concentrated with early adopters. That’s at least what Farcaster used to be. It’s up to us whether it stays that way
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tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr
very important question
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Nanahh
@nanah
this is a good question
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steve
@steven-b
the composability is the massive unlock. Being able to build apps around an open API is huge and if insta, twitter, tiktok, etc. had that you’d be seeing some killer experiences considering they have hundreds of millions of highly engaged users
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truthpurity
@truthpurity
correct. early crypto needs to touch mainstream consumer products, not replace it. bullish on zkTLS experiences that can bridge to creators where they are, until crypto has more distribution.
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