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⌨💸  we increased the Developer Rewards weekly payout from $3 to $5k! 

algo also got a tweak with a focus on daily and transacting users and a boost for higher signal users (e.g. Farcaster Pro) that interact with your mini app instead of strictly how many interactions or transactions

https://farcaster.xyz/miniapps/rewards

Oh snap. If I was a developer and my rewards were tied to getting more Pro users using my app, I would be targeting those users with airdrops and notifications.

Maybe NOT having a Pro Badge could really leave you out in the cold.

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I did not. I read that it would have no effect on algo or engagement. But this says otherwise.

It literally “does not increase your reach, visibility or rewards—as a subscriber”. 

I was accurate in what I said. 

I also reserve the right to change in the future!

okay, i can live with that...

but if developer rewards are now increased by having pro subscribers use their app, that's going the shift the narrative. 

If i was a dev, i would start targeting those people and that now means people without the badge are at a big disadvantage for things in the future.

Disadvantage for hypothetical airdrops from those devs? What else?

Most mini apps on the list haven’t done an airdrop and probably won’t.

The goal of most developers is to maximize users.

Dan look I’m not saying you’re being dishonest but you can really see how the pendulum would swing 

Would definitely get pro when it gets  on a monthly sub and would always show up but from a concerned user who has been on app for a while and seen how labels and some stuff discouraged a lot of real and active users… I do have to speak up

Again not coming down on you

OK, I’m not going to be able to reason with you.

“algo also got a tweak with a focus on daily and transacting users and a boost for higher signal users (e.g. Farcaster Pro) that interact with your mini app”

It’s pretty clear which users are prioritized here

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I'm just building them as a hobby next to my 9-5 and mainly focus on utility for me (and others) 

it's nice if that could be maintained by paying with just my time and not out of pocket costs

Build a mini app that makes money not just from rewards. They are meant to be a bonus, not a business model. :)

Hypothetically. I have maximized around non pro users (there's more of them) and now I'm out of the leaderboards and no longer able to pay for hosting for the apps

BTW, devs have been doing this for ever. For example targeting first 20k FIDs, because they expected higher signal/noise.

1. You’re making hypothetical arguments 

2. Reality is most developers want to maximize usage, but also want their users to be monetizable in some way. Tough reality: willingness to subscribe to pro is a good proxy for this. Not perfect, and smart developers will figure out how to expand their pool, but no one is entitled to a developers coin / offer / promotion. It’s the developers call. 

Saying that targeting should be dumber to be fairer is bad for developers.

I worry that it will lead to 2 classes of Farcaster users and I dislike that feeling.  It's really hard for new people to find their footing here and many will feel pressured to subscribe for fear of being left out.