"Merkle just helps its friends"

How many times do I have to repeat that most users and developers on Farcaster did not know Varun or myself prior to joining Farcaster.

And in some cases have *become* friends because they stuck around early on when no one else cared. We've spent years with this people socializing on this social network. :)

Don't conflate something that's earned / built with cronyism.

this is me as well. didn't know anybody here, certainly not dan or varun. just posted every day here for 2 years when DAU was like 45 people and the only thing people talked about were note taking apps.

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sometimes miss casting into the void in 2023 then once outta every like 10 casts it would resonate w someone and we had a long random convo, good times lol

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so like the pre-powerbadge experience then 🥲🥲

but yeah i get you, i think i may still be at that stage at times 🤣

oh for sure! def still have these random and async convos too, also one of my fav parts about fc

referring to how it used to happen a lot less, casting things into the void w zero likes and comments was common so when someone responded and we had convo it was the best 😂

i don’t think that magic has quite been lost yet, had quite a few random convos in my 3 months or so here, it’s what i love about the place

that’s funny because when I read 0xen’s cast, my visual was you describing those quiet early times on a FarHouse space, love to hear you OGs reminiscing, helps me better understand the history of the ecosystem