@patriciaxlee.eth

Based on our conversation, I’m still on the fence about channels. In theory, they’re helpful for onboarding. In practice, the moderation challenges you explained create a confusing experience for newcomers. In the party analogy, it’s like a newcomer shows up and sees people eating food. But if membership is not managed actively, then newcomer is waiting in line for weeks to get to the table. I’m still waiting for invite approval to /surfing and /sf, both channels that align with my prior casts. In more open channels, it’s easy for newcomers to step onto the dance floor. But if everyone’s just posting AI slop, you want to leave the floor quickly. The first channels I joined were the first ones I left. Channels are helpful validation for “other people on Farcaster like [interest] too” - even when they become poorly moderated. But I find that channels (as they are today) structurally do not solve the core problem of incentivizing people to cast interesting content. Maybe there’s another way.

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