dusan 🎩
@ds8
i’m usually the last to hate on experiments, but farcaster PRO is hands-down the least thought-through feature merkle has ever rolled out. and that is an understatement. (disclaimer: i’m a late pro holder—no nft for me. so i get it might sound salty, but I’ve had this rant sitting in my drafts even before the release, so bear with me) 1) it’s a terrible signal for willingness to pay. people buy worse crap when it means any kind of exclusivity 2) it’s driving a massive wedge between PROs and everyone else. not even 24 hours in, and we’ve got exclusive airdrops and gated content popping up. that’d be kinda okay if merkle was orchestrating it, but nope—it’s bottom-up. the mind virus has spread, and now early PRO holders are treated like some elite class of crypto royalty bought status works in stuffy nightclubs or country clubs, where there’s a velvet rope and a bouncer to keep the outgroup out. but not so much on a social network 1/2
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kianga.eth
@fhomoney
Well, for once I get to be elite just because I pay attention and took an interest in Farcaster for the "right" reasons. Not because I'm part of the VC or SF cool kids click. No one puts me any list of auto follows when people sign up. This is the first thing in the crypto space I've see that opened up the possibility for deep credentials without needing to be an insider or deep BFF with the crypto bros.
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dusan 🎩
@ds8
there are people here that show up daily, build communities and work for the good of the whole network that didn't get the chance to be the "elite". just because you think you deserved it (you very well may, i can't tell), doesn't mean it's well executed.
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