mvr 🐹 on Farcaster

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I think the first thing that has to go is this shortlist of influential people that are dominating the Farcaster feed since I joined in January 2024. Let's call them the OGs. The OGs that were on the autofollow list and gained 1000s of followers in early 2024 by design are now deciding who ranks high on the rewards leaderboard. You can easily spot OGs in the trending feed, they are there every single day. Their casts are trending even without any engagement. These OGs also decide when your casts are trending and pushed by the algo by engaging with your cast.

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Only a handful of new people(dogs?) have made it since then. They're doing well and most of the time, they deserve the credit. But this only happened because the OGs paved the way. In some cases, the newcomers even became OGs themselves.

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Daniel - Bountycaster

Appreciate you sharing this perspective. The autofollow list definitely shaped the early days, but I think were still figuring out the best ways to help new voices break through One thing I've seen work: surfacing more new builders and apps, especially via bounties or curated lists (shout out to @chuckstock's starter pack). It's not perfect yet, the protocol's still evolving, and the team is always open to feedback on how to make the trending feed more dynamic

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Whoever cast that got reaction by OGs will auto get pushed up on the rewards leaderboard? Seems like I have lots of stuff to catch up on farcaster

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@iamtherealyakuza.eth

I feel the same. However, I must say that some of the OGs have welcomed me well to FC. But just a few. Me, being an OG on Lens have helped lots of people, projects and apps getting the visibility they deserve there. See it also here, but just a minority helps newcomers… Oh, and also I find it not fair that “frens” of FC Team members are shilled all the time. They should be more impartial/neutral. Or shill everybody who’s new 😄

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This will never reach trending tab 💀

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Di pfp

oh, come on, people always form groups, always promote friends. when has the world not worked like that?

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@dwr.eth would you like to comment?

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@miguelgarest.eth

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It’s either you’re in the clique or not… sometimes you might be blessed with a like. We are the bottom feeders my fren.

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@eljuniordiaz.eth

It needs to be said, glad you said it ser!

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Yeah there’s definitely an issue with flow of attention and incentive structure but it’s crypto so there’s always an inherent attention race to the bottom issue

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I agree, the algorithm is very elitist and stagnant

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totally agree. These OGs also decide when your casts are trending and pushed by the algo by engaging with your cast. Shouldn't work like this. It's bullshit.

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I had a few trending casts in the past, none last more than 5 min on trending tab, even when the likes keep on coming 😂 Trending tab is a faux pas

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Yeah, I agree with everything you said. My observations over the past couple of weeks led me to the same conclusion. But maybe these are just the rules we’ll have to accept... It could be that since the platform’s still in an early stage, they’re being cautious and only letting people they know personally into trending, I don’t know for sure...

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I gained my first 1K in weeks after fc lunched It was so fast but I don’t see my self as a person who decides anything here

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I gained my first 1K in weeks after fc lunched It was so fast but I don’t see my self as a person who decides anything here (

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Whats my classfication? 💭 600 👏

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