Farcaster

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

Agreed.

This was not how farcaster was supposed to differentiate. 

The $PROCOIN thing is irritating at best.

But if Farcaster is to be taken seriously,  this experiment ain’t it.

How do you achieve the goal of not alienating new users who can’t afford this?

Do folks truly believe that it’s a good idea to be apart of supposed governance of the “elite 10K?” Or is this prejudiced?

This ain’t it.  I get the goal for Merkle, raising funds.  But don’t alienate the people you are trying to keep.