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do we have a lack of users or a lack of apps?

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

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?

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

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

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

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