Channels update

1. It was a big change, but overall I think sentiment is net positive across a good chunk of the network

2. The most common frustrations:
a. losing access to a favorite channel, esp. if you had a streak in it
b. seeing your reply "below the fold"
c. older casts in channels disappearing from personal profiles
d. many channels not having clear instructions for joining

So what we're doing this week

3. Continue to talk to users (mostly me) and pay attention to feedback

4. We're considering some tweaks to how above / below the fold works for non-members, esp. if the original caster is following someone. We won't make any sudden changes here, fwiw

5. Strongly considering adding back older casts in channels to profiles (with a label on the cast). The data is untouched at the protocol level, just hidden on Warpcast right now.

6. Continue to get feedback from channel owners / mods / users / developers on making request to join a channel a primitive similar to invites. Again, no sudden changes.

Channel update summary

Since this cast yesterday, we've already:
1. Brought older channel casts back to user profiles
2. Added a dedicated channels tab in notifications to everyone
3. Proposed an iteration for how replies work to be more inclusive

Still on our radar:
4. Make it easier for people to request to join a channel, leveraging the growing set of tools built by developers; channel owners can decide how they want to do it
5. Make it easier to invite people to your channel from a reply / DC / profile
6. What to do with abandoned channels

I really like this proposal. It makes the act of replying more organic.

Proposal for improving replies

https://warpcast.notion.site/Improving-replies-for-channel-casts-1196a6c0c101804083f3dd261fca1db8

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for this would recommend letting them lapse at the 12 month mark and then a claim window where ppl can propose taking them over as owner - with followers and members included (vs deleting the channel and someone having to start from scratch)

1- glad for this move!

6 - maybe flush them if they are truly inactive. Let new people claim them if they want to

How about creating a cast action to invite someone to join their channel?

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Friction is good. 10-100x more awkward to remove someone from channel.

You made it hard to invite to channel on purpose done lie

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hahahah yeah it was quite similar

btw its still semi live but it removed the button for now because it was too buggy and doesnt fit the new product vision that well

@woj has a live cast preview mode for /supercast that aligns with this idea

elite shipping, appreciate the quick approach and improvements on all these

for #4 - would love a way for ppl to be able to submit a pending cast as a way to join a channel - then let the owner decide if they want to accept the cast and new member or not - also owner could decide if they want to see pending just from ppl they follow or fr everyone (similar to priority mode for notis and dcs)

ramen

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Oh wait, you can (?) I guess sometimes the tags just don’t get properly linked then

But for many of these abandoned channels, their owners are inactive too. Take /ramen, for example, where the owner hasn’t connected in the last 6 months.

BTW, it’s a bit annoying that you can’t tag a channel you’re not a member of.

6 - let owners delete them. What happens with channel casts?

as an extension to 5, enable people to onboard people into farcaster directly into the channel, optionally with fees paid:

Could see e.g., taking crowdfunding from the channel (perhaps sales of a moxie token, or other input) and using it to sponsor the fees for new users to join directly into a channel 

then we can incentivize growing farcaster and channels/communities at the same time

Step by step - looking great. 

Excited for the update 🤝

medical

Make it so ypu request to post in the channel. I don't want to lurk, I want to have conversations

Waiting patiently to become a member 😊

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Will web fmt be updated soon?

I'm sure you've considered it, but it seems separating "channel invites" from "channel announcements" would go a long way to helping users know what to do and how things are related.

Priority | [Invites] | Channels | Mentions | Likes | Follows

[ ephemeral ] - only show when there ARE invites