hey @kenny the town pariah is fighting Dan on something you’ve casted about literally thousands of times in the last two years

incentivizing things @ poidh.xyz - come chill /poidh + follow @poidhbot

yes which is why everyone quote casts on here instead of replying

replies are so nuked it makes 0 sense to reply vs quote cast if it's something you think might be slightly interesting to your followers

is that good for the network? personally I think it's a bad move to fracture conversations but Merkle doesn't care

The common response from Dan / Merkle is that replies and a community vibe are good for retention but not growth 

Per the party analogy, overhearing a good convo might encourage you to stay, but won’t bring new people to the party — it might actually disincentivize you from going if you think it’s going to be all inside jokes

Curious what your thoughts are on this logic

problem for Farcaster though is generally some of the best content on the network occurs organically in those deep threads of back and forth conversations 

having those posts show up seamlessly in the following feed is one of the best parts about twitter... it's like being at a party and overhearing a great conversation happening then hopping in to join

on Farcaster that doesn't get a chance to happen and that's sad

I’ve just thought that replying is good for having a conversation with the person who posted (if they’ll respond) and then quote casting is good for having a larger commentary that followers can engage with

I had no idea about this, good to know 😂