The challenge with channels is there’s no consensus on what they should be.

1. Distribution vs. niche interest

2. Open but tons of mod work vs. Closed but frustrating for new users

A lot of this is a result of our iteration on the feature and not having anything work. 

A simpler version not dependent on the Farcaster app—but not emphasized by it, would most likely mean other app developers could solve for the various cases. 

And now with mini apps, you could imagine channel-specific clients as mini apps.

https://farcaster.xyz/dwr.eth/0x19ce197c
https://farcaster.xyz/dwr.eth/0xd7e9b71b

The real challenge with channels is that they are better suited for a different client.

Twitter is not reddit, and vice versa. 

Channels are for a reddit-esque experience, not an algo feed.

Hence why its so unclear what Merkle/this client should do about them.

Onchain startups. Farcaster app store (@farstore) and tips (@tipn)

You can’t be both and a bunch of us are using them both ways and none of us are happy because we are stuck in limbo.