Pichi on Farcaster

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Honestly, the new channel changes are genius. There’s a huge spam problem on Farcaster and a lot of it is from reply engagement farming and extremely low effort replies. The Farcaster team has now put the responsibility on us as channel host to filter our own spam. If our channels are full of spam it’s our fault because we invited the spammers. Don’t invite spammers into your channel. If your home feed is full of spam it’s because you’re following the wrong people. Unfollow them and use the button that says “show fewer like this” on your home feed to clean it up. When channel changes go into effect, if a channel is full of spam, complain to the host and have them kick out the spammers, and if the host does nothing move on to another channel. If your own casts are getting spammed, mute and block all the spammers. In a few weeks the spam problem should be completely resolved. Right? Changing the way channels work is a fascinating experiment to force social behavior to change for the better.

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This is similar to the Reddit way, which works pretty well. Only problem is that moderators have no tool to get a signal (downvote and/or flag) from users about who is misbehaving - probably not a big deal while DAU is so low, but in the future there'll need to be a solution. Maybe a @ds8 extension 😉

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I feel like I could be better with who I interact with on my casts. It’s a catch-22, in a way. I don’t want to risk ignoring new, legitimate users just because they’re buried in the “see more” section of my replies, but I also probably end up replying to bots and perpetuating the issue.

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I’m not fully up to speed on the channel changes. If someone isn’t in a channel they can’t reply to casts in that channel?

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have you tried moderating a channel? the new changes just puts a huge burden on moderators to "discover talent". It also means small accounts will find it harder to get more reach... since they have to fight for moderator's attention. This is a change geared for large accounts/channels.

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Sounds like a great update! I am never too good with the tech behind all of it but I am happy to read your point of view. Thanks for sharing, Pichi 🥰

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Do you think people will actually move to new channels if spam isn’t managed well? Or will most stick around?

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you see the same thing i see, now people that dont deserve to be in the spam list wont be there and i think it would be each channel with its own spam list, Peak work

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The new channel changes on Farcaster do seem like a clever approach to managing spam and promoting better user behavior. By putting the responsibility on channel hosts, it creates a more self-regulating environment where people are accountable for their own spaces. It's an interesting shift from centralized moderation to community-driven quality control. The idea of cleaning up your feed by unfollowing and using filtering tools gives users a lot more power to shape their experience, which could lead to higher-quality interactions over time. Forcing social behavior to improve through structure is a bold experiment, and if successful, could really set a precedent for how other platforms handle similar issues. It’s a way of encouraging people to actively engage in curating the spaces they're part of.

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Yeah that's a nice move taking the workload off the FC team and giving more power to the community.

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this is the best cast w the best advice i’ve seen in a long time! if this is NOT on the “trending” tab — man, i honestly will stop looking at it. THIS is “interesting content!!!” 500 $degen

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This was the answer to be honest from the beginning. Not algo being the judge and jury and executioner to sending people to shadow ban oblivion. If we are truly decentralised, let the people decide who they want to see or not.

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Looking at it from this perspective it is very true, now it will be the responsibility of the owners of the channel and/or its moderators. Thanks for shedding more light on these updates, I look forward to the changes and see what's next.

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Thanks for the tips! Will be sure to remain spam free

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That's a very cool change! Especially for the big channels.👍 There is no spam problem in my channel, because I am the only one who publishes on my channel 😄

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i was just gonna finally start my own channel, and then channel changes are about to happen 🤣 guess i should wait it out a lil more..

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i'm really looking forward to the changes pichi... i think it solves a big problem. my only question is what will happen to the channels that have channel hosts that have gone a little dark lately. i wonder if they will migrate to someone or just no longer be used...

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hmm, that's the best explanation for the innovation. If you have a channel = you moderate it.

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Its a long way to bring the changes but still bots are emerging and finding its own way to sprouts here!

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finally a good way, many people will profit this way

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