First Draft Club

Congrats to all who wrote a /firstdraft this past week!

First Draft Club members who wrote received $5 back: https://basescan.org/tx/0xcb64646052287c3001bf92597c68554a3e51bf053057c6a257413d5a791fdfb3
Check out the thread for each member's /firstdraft👇

I came across this cast from @db about chat's take on mini apps & responded that though we may not like it, it's probably fairly accurate. Yes, there are exceptions & we are early.

A couple hours later, I came across @jake cast that you could earn $QR for checking the winner of the @qrcoindotfun auction. I've done it every day since. I read the cast & like it. I also read Jake's write-up on the winner.

What @jake is doing (well) gave me a taste of a counter to chat's 'no retention layer (yet)' assessment--the 'yet' that @db pointed out to me as chat's optimism. 

I know some games are retaining people (for now) with the dopamine hit, but I don't think that's why we're here. There are mini apps that have a use case for retention like /bracket but those are fewer atm. 

I also like that jake is finding a real use for $QR in the 'retention layer.' Who knows where all these tokens go, but this use shows some promise. 

This little engagement this week is an example of why I like being here & is my /firstdraft

A weekly accountability program for sharing and writing. More info at
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my /firstdraft 

https://x.com/0xWilliamA/status/1922627671172743451?t=uGEOepMKlDNcQmnMGvlQ4g&s=19

https://warpcast.com/0xtheweb3nerd/0x944712fd

Still need to dedicate a bit more time in the week to my own ideas, but happy to having an outlet for my own thoughts again

Writing for me is definitely something I missed

https://paragraph.com/@0xc578958dd1880cf00bffbb7feb9c28cbbbcad3bf/fuck-around-and-find-out-the-leap

Are we casting better- or are we just better at the engagement games?

2025 brought the Warpcast Rewards Leaderboard to the ecosystem and it’s definitely changed the way people engage. DAU haven’t really changed. The numbers in January 2025 and May 2025 are pretty much the same, but there’s a drastic difference and how many orphaned casts are on the network. 

Orphaned casts are casts that get zero engagement: no likes, no replies, no recast. In January about 80% of cast on the network fit into this bucket, but today that number has changed dramatically and  only 60% of the cast on the network are now orphaned.  

Has the leaderboard caused this behavioral shift? Have people learned to cast better and caught onto the Farcaster culture more quickly?

Having kids really amplifies this feeling that you won’t see people in your life as much as you’d like. Really makes you hyper aware of time.. and how little of it you have

I moved to NY nearly 8 years ago for a job and.. just never left. After having Zoe, it really woke me up to how much of my time slipped away. What was I doing for the first 30 years of it?

Intentionality with my time has reduced the anxiety some. Spend more time your parents.. they’re not getting younger. Spend more time improving your diet and body.. you only get one. Spend less time dilly dallying.. every second is precious so treat it as such

just understood that today is monday, not sunday (confused about the days after vacation mixed with work and building)

was so happy that prepared a good article and now truly upset :(
hate to miss up the dl's 

still want to share the fact of writing :)
https://warpcast.com/ramina13/0xccca2b8c

One month into the new job

At first, I didn’t know what I didn’t know. But quickly things started to come into sight, if not into focus.

Each day is a venture into the jungle. Sometimes it’s a safari, learning from a safe but exciting distance with a guide. Other days require a machete to hack my way through new territory.

It’s exhausting even when I’m not doing much. Immersion keeps the brain alert all day. I’m mainly just trying to stay afloat right now, but energy management strategies will be key. So much of this is new: my title and responsibilities, the size and stage of the company, the lifestyle change from freelancing to full-time work.

I wanted novelty and a challenge. And I’m getting what I asked for.