dusan 🎩
@ds8
i’m usually the last to hate on experiments, but farcaster PRO is hands-down the least thought-through feature merkle has ever rolled out. and that is an understatement. (disclaimer: i’m a late pro holder—no nft for me. so i get it might sound salty, but I’ve had this rant sitting in my drafts even before the release, so bear with me) 1) it’s a terrible signal for willingness to pay. people buy worse crap when it means any kind of exclusivity 2) it’s driving a massive wedge between PROs and everyone else. not even 24 hours in, and we’ve got exclusive airdrops and gated content popping up. that’d be kinda okay if merkle was orchestrating it, but nope—it’s bottom-up. the mind virus has spread, and now early PRO holders are treated like some elite class of crypto royalty bought status works in stuffy nightclubs or country clubs, where there’s a velvet rope and a bouncer to keep the outgroup out. but not so much on a social network 1/2
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Sangohan.base.eth 🟦
@sangohan
The analysis is interesting, but if we take an optimistic point of view, the announcement effect should be enough for non-holders to benefit from the hype reserved for holders. Paying $120 for a year-long access to something that doesn’t even exist yet helps ensure that users are truly involved and generating value. Paying in the first few minutes or hours amplifies that feeling of being an engaged and high-value user. Now, everything depends on how the future unfolds. It’s true that if a few holders grab everything, it could eventually run out of steam. But here, we have the social aspect that helps maintain and fuel this hype to become something well-established in the ecosystem. There are tons of very expensive NFTs that have brought in loads of money to their holders at the expense of all the smaller users. That hasn’t stopped them from thriving. 1/2
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Sangohan.base.eth 🟦
@sangohan
So I really believe we can make a difference here. We’re agile, we adapt quickly, and we hate leaving people behind. On the contrary, I think we all share the common goal of ensuring everyone feels at ease here and generates the value they deserve. Something to keep an eye on 🫡
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