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We need more users more than we need more apps right now Builders need to put themselves in the shoes of a prospective user of their app or product then focus all of their energy on super-serving those users and providing a product that clearly fills a need or desire This is how we will grow as an industry

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The cost and speed of eth/base platform are too expensive and slow Users aren't showing up because the alternatives are still *better* for them around how they use social media

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I don’t think speed/cost are the big issue It’s more than most people don’t see how crypto clearly solves a need or desire What’s the clear use case for the average person?

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The use case for the avg person would be to have more immersive connections with their friends Insta/TikTok/Snapchat linked w Venmo is the competition I see them as faster and cheaper package to navigate for normies than fc

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Yes agreed but that use case has only become clearer in the last few days with Warpcast fully embedding a wallet I also think that a new social form factor built on top of the Farcaster social graph is the most likely thing to onboard a bunch of new users

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Agreed that's why I'm willing to experiment and spend time on fc due to the growing social graph but normies don't see that as a compelling concept They'll have to see how that social graph adds value to their life before taking the leap I personally haven't seen any app that's solved that problem. App issue imo

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You have to onboard users manually (1 by 1) until you get enough believers to help promote your product/app to other potential users Farcade could do this right now imo. So many people play daily mini games like that (NYT Games App) without good incentives or social features

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But to your point, they already play similar games on existing app. Why make the shift here? It's friction to move to a new platform. Unless the new app has something truly novel, or value adding (immediately) I don't think we shift existing user behaviors. Side note: Farcade needs Semantle

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Semantle is too hard to win to be enjoyable for casual players imo

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What?! It's a fun challenge. Do ppl struggle to finish it?

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Also, you can team up w friends and beat it as a group Cooperative option for ppl who aren't as good at the game

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