Dan Romero on Farcaster

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Why ship Farcaster Pro with just a badge? Why not wait until the other benefits are ready? 1. It’s optional. If you think that’s dumb, you can either wait to subscribe or just skip subscribing completely. 2. For startups, every day you delay something matters. Every time you say “this thing is different and worth delaying” you degrade your one true advantage as a startup: speed. It compounds. And then a few years later when it ultimately doesn’t work out, you likely missed out on something like 100% more opportunities to ship. Action produces information. Your pre-product-market-fit startup is not Apple.

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Speaking of not delaying, perhaps permissively licensed OSS codebase in 30 days if it sells out? :3

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@quillingqualia.eth

You’re def selling out on Tuesday Lore in the making

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Pls $100 per annum is reasonable or $10 per month is fair. Think about others, Dan.

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You think the advantage of a startup is speed? I think of speed more as part of the definition of a startup.

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Thoughts on a discount or free 1 year for Farcaster OG NFT holders?

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i think people will subscribe just to get longer posts (and i think this will sell out on tuesday) and yes, everyday you're not moving, is a day you're dying. its good to move fast - e.g. warps are kinda done for? its taking up valuable space, encourage spend/conversion to usdc, and remove it from the sidebar!

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Maybe a dumb question, but does the USDC chain matter? I've got USDC on SOL. Do I need them over Base?

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@dwr.eth quick question—once we mint the Farcaster Pro NFT, can we trade it on a secondary market, or is it untradeable like a "VIP badge" you can only show off but never swap? 😄 I’d love to flex it, but I also wanna know if I’m stuck with it forever like a tattoo

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I would like to see Farcaster flourish. For that reason alone I want that badge. The whole year in one go is a bit on the heavy side for me, but I've been swapping some shitcoins and memecoins and other stuff that has been gathering dust in my wallet, so I'm ready to push purchase. Even if you launch it when I sleep and I'm too late for the badge.

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Respectfully disagree - I think you should ship with at least one actual benefit or change the optics. Shipping ASAP is important but the goal is to learn. I feel like all you're learning is how many people are 1) fans of Farcaster 2) want to speculate on the value of a future NFT for airdrops. Because of #2, it doesn't even forecast demand. Instead, I think you should either: 1. Ship with any one feature (eg. 10k characters in a post) and no NFT. At least you learn about how people react to that feature and use it. 2. Rebrand this as a preorder with no max limit that doesn't charge you until functionality is built. Currently, it's a "10k NFT collection" that will mint out due to farmers. IMO the Warpcast wallet funding badge coincided with a new feature - wallet support - and the purple ring signaled to others to add it too. Separately, minting out patron NFTs are useful for early stage startups with no funding. I'll still sign up for Pro since I'm a fan even if I think it's bad optics though

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I don't understand why some would be angry about this; the Pro service is optional, not mandatory! At least I am willing to purchase support, which is what makes Farcaster so distinctive.

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dan woke up and chose violence

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Yup this is why CZ made bajillions with binance vs so many exchanges who were waiting for “regulatory clarity” just got absoluted dusted

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Will paid users have more visibility?

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You should hire an artist to make the 10k pro nft into a generative art or pfp project. It’s a great opportunity! Don’t just drop an AI prompted picture with a gate.

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Both are fair points My only challenge has been driving engagement with my casts in the past 3 weeks. Charging early slows growth. Why not make sign-up free and focus on growing the user base? Going Pro later, makes total sense in imho. That’s every success social network playbook. My 2 cents

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I pay for the startup lessons in practice 📝

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Good luck! You got a tough crowd ;)

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Hope I get to subscribe! really looking forward to this

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