Creators

farcaster culture is developers, crypto, and hanging out url/irl 

even the best content creators on the internet would be appealing to a hyper-niche group

the incentive for them to create on farcaster has to be more than *launch a coin* 

so what am i missing? 

p.s. i talk this out bc i really am trying to understand what i don't understand about the current narrative cycle we're in

Atlas

weird internet kid. word rotator. yapping on /okbanger. playing with @wannanaplabs. curating in /cameron | dev + vet + HBS. 
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i am just conflicted on why chase micro scale when normal scale exists (speaking as a dev)

i hate it when that happens 

there's still a chance for farcaster to become the best place for crypto devs to launch mini apps that get micro-scale 

maybe more scale w more users?

at least that solves a problem

Digital Designer building onchain ✦ Web3 ✦ Anime-Cat🩷.

The idea is there, Sora has to improve it and do something to make it more appealing.

yeah culture here is generally super kind

Also, farcaster is like a daily routine social app for me better than snapchat or Instagram, where i used to spend my whole day just by scrolling....

While here, i met a lot of friends who genuinely cared for me...especially when i was depressed and took a break ! Most of my friends DMed me to ask about me that I'm alright 🥹

wildenfree

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Grateful for the regards! I’d say it’s pretty active in there with a lot of love for my music, just so you know lol 😆🙏🏾

thanks for the invite, channel notifications turned on!

You should check out the energy that’s been budding in my channel, /wildenfree — the artists, the poets, the writers & their appreciators are here too, clawing out spaces for ourselves to make this place feel like where we want to be.

I’m finding real, genuine fans & community here, and it doesn’t look exactly like what others may be experiencing, but I think it matters. It helps to paint a picture of FC beyond just the limited niches you’ve mentioned!

🌈|| reluctant med student, brilliant writer, mediocre comedian, full-time cat dad and wannabe stylist. being whimsical /writertopia

that’s why i don’t think creator payouts should be the sole (or even major) incentive to convince people to create here. most major creators do not have a singular platform, it’s as simple as including farcaster in their rotation. in fact; the main sources of income for creators (brand sponsorships) are next to absent here. i don’t think this app can’t compete on that level just yet, like you mentioned, competitors have infinitely higher volume and reach. 

i will say a major hindrance is that crypto news and mainstream news rarely mix, and at the end of the day farcaster is a crypto social. i think a major (and severely under-marketed) selling point of farcaster is the culture, there’s not one kinder space on the internet imo. if that can be fostered and marketed, it might work.

yeah, but X got scale before people even had an idea of the creator economy 

creators could potentially migrate to farcaster (*big* if) but what's stopping meta, google and tiktok from increasing creator payouts to bring them back? 

those first two are trillion+ dollar companies with insane distribution (i.e. basically everyone on the planet)

honestly i think the network just needs time. the way im looking at it, the DAU’s love it here for the most part, yes its hyperniche but you also don’t become X overnight

@jrf yeah, here’s a quick list of problems for content creators:

1. discoverability is a struggle. algorithms don’t help.
2. monetization options are limited and often complicated.
3. burnout from constant content demands.
4. ownership of their work is often murky.
5. shifting platforms and trends make it hard to k...

@atlas can you pls articulate in a clear list the main problems that need to be solved for content creators

Focus on finacializatuon  is not the same as focus on uplifting creators. 

A token is more like a ball and chain. Than wings.

right, i guess i included that in crypto, big category

And curious. And traders. 

I’m a curious trader.