dusan
@ds8
i’m usually the last to hate on experiments, but farcaster PRO is hands-down the least thought-through feature merkle has ever rolled out. and that is an understatement. (disclaimer: i’m a late pro holder—no nft for me. so i get it might sound salty, but I’ve had this rant sitting in my drafts even before the release, so bear with me) 1) it’s a terrible signal for willingness to pay. people buy worse crap when it means any kind of exclusivity 2) it’s driving a massive wedge between PROs and everyone else. not even 24 hours in, and we’ve got exclusive airdrops and gated content popping up. that’d be kinda okay if merkle was orchestrating it, but nope—it’s bottom-up. the mind virus has spread, and now early PRO holders are treated like some elite class of crypto royalty bought status works in stuffy nightclubs or country clubs, where there’s a velvet rope and a bouncer to keep the outgroup out. but not so much on a social network 1/2
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Arjan | That Poetry Guy
@arjantupan
I bought pro because I believe we need to find different business models for social networks. Web2 is broken to the point of evil, so I will try to support any experiment that tries to find a better way. I see/saw it predominantly as subsidising. From rewards I got here, I could afford to put something back into the system. That's what I will keep doing. I will not let a badge dictate with who I interact here. My friends are my friends, no matter which badge they do or don't have. So, I hope that spirit balances the hypegrab spirit a tiny little bit.
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dusan
@ds8
should've been more explicit: - farcaster PRO: YES (i also got it to show support) - exclusive NFT for waking up a little earlier: NO
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thatdamnboy.base.eth
@hitman42.eth
I was too busy following Bryan Johnson’s sleep protocol… and missed an NFT mint. Biohacked myself into poverty.😂
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Arjan | That Poetry Guy
@arjantupan
Yes. And: have v have-not divide: NO!
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frdysk
@frdysk
damn dusan, stop hatin me for setting my alarm at 02:58 to mint that early # 🤣 234 $degen
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Sinaver Idrisov
@sinaver.eth
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