Farcaster

even when i test engagement farming tactics on this app (for science)

they tend not to work as i would expect

i truly don't understand their "algo"

who's got the best insights on how it actually works? (we shouldn't trust Merkle to tell us how it works...for obvious reasons..)

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What are your goals?

Aka getting on the leaderboard is different from trying to get a trending cast which is different from getting views/impressions.

Pi-chi.eth Artist /animeoutcasts
Hosting: /sakura /kyoto /anime-manga /farcasterunion

https://portrait.so/pichi

my goal is to understand how it works so i can warn/inform others

my conclusion for now (until i have better data) is that Merkle reserves a secret nerf option for individual casts

my most incisive and critical casts get almost zero engagement, especially when Merkle itself is in the crosshairs (when the rules of every traditional algo would see those blow up...everyone knows divisive content wins)

i'm making a statement that's anti-algorithm in general. fuck manipulating a content strategy to play into the hands of a wealthy central authority who stands only to profit of of you and all of your hard work. fuck that completely

But which one do you want to optimize for? They require different strategies.