“Conflating Farcaster 'the protocol' with Farcaster 'the social media platform built on top of the protocol' limits people's perspective on what can be built on Farcaster.”

Maybe it’s just the case that we want farcaster to be something it’s not

Caring about the protocol of an app is a nerd thing still. Only apps matter

As a developer the things I care about are legos (bonus points if they can’t be rugged) and users

As a user the things I care about are useful/interesting/entertaining experiences with good UX (e.g. not having to start from scratch on every new app I try)

Farcaster has the opportunity to one-shot both sides of the equation. That’s why it’s equal parts exciting and frustrating to watch it develop

Hmmm I don’t share the frustration the developer things mentioned are just tools to improve ux to me

Try building great ux and apps in the ecosystem for a few months and you may respond differently (that’s what happens to lots of folks here)