social

so what happened here? i'm in an imessage group chat of 5, mostly sports and tech talk

we mention "dopamine detox" in a few messages yesterday (i never searched or googled in a browser)

within a couple of hours i get an ad on instagram (first time i remember seeing this ad), this morning a friend gets an ad on tiktok

Farcaster

some thoughts and questions given recent news re: "interesting content," changes to how channels work

to me, social platforms are marketplaces with "buyers" and "sellers" (in this case, of content)
- creators are "sellers" of their content goods
- enjoyoors / vibing / curators are "buyers"

as a content creator type on fc, i have expressed my concerns that the current fc algorithms punish new users too hard, which reduces possible audience sizes and makes the place not attractive to content creator types (and not fun for content consumers either!)

(i also want to emphasize that i myself am a "buyer" on other platforms like instagram, youtube, etc.! there is no value judgement to be either and we often play both roles.)

so what if instead, *user intent* is composable?
similar to how in role-playing games, you can play as characters with diff types of specialization

and it's set "per session," since sometimes I want to broadcast and share my content, and other times, support my friends with theirs

The new channels primitive is exciting.

I’ve thinking about programmable group chats for a while and think we finally have the tech to make them successful (vs when FB and Reddit tried group chats for groups and failed).

Grateful building on Farcaster means building with/on top of primitives made by some of the best product thinkers in crypto who are trying to provide real value for real people.

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Unspoken Farcaster Superpower: Channels on /farcaster enable “Finding your people” in a way that’s not possible on Reddit or Twitter.  It’s a great stepping stone towards building a social network.  In 4 years on Twitter I never found another plant lover who was into Crypto.  On Farcaster I’ve gotten to know a half a dozen.  Poking around on friend’s TL’s I see a similar story.  They’ve found a group they didn’t know on X who’s closely aligned with their personal interests.

Michiko

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