Patricia Lee
@patriciaxlee.eth
I just had dinner with a friend visiting the Bay Area. She's a prominent politician in her country, where she can't walk down the street without getting stopped. She set a historical record by winning her election at a young age and built a large social media following. We talked about the various platforms and their distributions. She said the TikTok team courted her early on and guaranteed her *60 million views* if she joined. She turned their offer down. Later, they onboarded her opposition and gave them instant distribution. The reach that TikTok can give smaller creators is incredible, sometimes life-altering. But TikTok can also give reach to select individuals in ways that bypass organic user activity and, in some cases, negotiate political influence behind closed doors. In contrast, it can be hard to get seen on Farcaster. I saw this frustration expressed across many of the 4,000+ casts I went through in 48 hours. I also saw the team engaging with this issue with transparency and experimentation. No one here can be guaranteed an easy path to virality. Maybe that's not such a bad thing. Maybe, in these complex times, it’s actually a reason to stick around.
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Kyle Patrick
@kylepatrick.eth
Same thing here, these “big businesses” show support and donate to all candidates so they get their support back when they win Politics is really dirty, my classmate ran as a congressman and got death threats and more
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Patricia Lee
@patriciaxlee.eth
The job of a politician is so public, so underpaid, and so challenging. The threat of violence alone is a huge deterrent for any sane person to take it on.
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