People yearn for how the internet felt 15-20 years ago — a wilder place where you could meet kindred spirits

Farcaster is the closest thing I’ve found to that experience now and I suspect that’s why so many of us are compelled to be here

I'm GenX and I've been online since 1993. I remember those early heady days of the internet with great fondness, and I agree that Farcaster is the closest thing to that experience. That's one of the reasons I love it here.

Gotta admit I miss old-school phpBB discussion forums and "webrings" of bloggers, too. Made most of my IRL friends that way. Can't help but wish FC channels had a similar vibe.

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Great ideas! Are there any channels today that you think are well moderated/curated?

I’ve wanted to host/improve a channel but it’s a lot of work to do well and not very rewarding with the lack of discoverability/growth prospects

Good question. A few ideas for now (could be a long list!)

- skilled moderators and curators who care about building real communities 
- a dedicated space for channel rules
- ample space for long-form writing
- tools for deep browsing: ways to surface, revive, and continue previous convos, and draw new people in
- threads that preserve conversational flow and invite people to linger or read at their leisure, rather than burying everything quickly in algo feeds

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