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@pichi's the feed today has been a lot information about the pro nft and the problems or glitches in the app can be fixed by checking for an update and hard refreshing the farcaster app.

https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0x867cc537

i just mentioned how I noticed even people who were hand held into the fc ecosystem will either trickle down and unseen or the "churn" is a few weeks for people

@pichi compares them to sparklers, they burn bright but out fast

https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0xdc600564

@jacque finds it frustrating how when a fundraiser ends up not getting funding then the funds end up hanging out in limbo because you need to go in and reclaim your funds or choose to send them on to the fundraiser themselves

meanwhile she is working with @hellno.eth on how to get an artists art and work out there and easily bought on the timeline

not to mention @erica onboarded her to UNO 👀 

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@ezincrypto references @joseacabrerav fundraiser for his plane ticket
--he made a post to remind people to go reclaim their funds. https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0x259d12d5 
--sounds like evermark is a mini app that will permanently bookmark

https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0xd8b99bc3

@joseacabrerav is gracing our ears rn

and i forgot I was taking notes for a moment

https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0x94fe8f8a

humpty has joined the chat, channels day was this weekend
was june 7th *really* the official channels day? 

"more than half of us are using our channels as communities and many new folxs especially as using them as topics" -- @pichi 

@humpty.eth expected dwr to come out saying channels are dead. 

you may get the same feel if you check out the clips below.

discovery on farcaster right now sucks, it's not good. 

"if anyone deeply understands ai, humpty has a convo he'd like you to have with dwr."

"topics, there was a test (mentioned in the recordings) to see how those topics could drive discussions and then be used to understand peoples preferences more deeply. "

"algos are hard, what we talk about changes often" 

https://farcaster.xyz/humpty.eth/0x15cd0ce0 
⤴️ expect more shorts like this to come from him, many to come are "quite provocative"

https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0x424f70d4

FarHouse

@pichi wants an ai that can tell the difference between matcha and matcha.xyz not to mention tress vs arborists 

there is a thought that in the future if you want curated channels, maybe cura will be the client to go to

farcaster the protocol needs to remain neutral, but farcaster the app can be a lot more opinionated, and say nope channels are going to function in this way because .. retention through activity, connections and long term engagement" -- @humpty.eth

https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0x8a240cee

sounds like i missed out on a channels input group, but if youre in that group make sure to share you opinions, unpopular or not

anyone wanna post about only what is trending for a week and see if that works for your numbers? -- @pichi

https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0xeb04bf37

If its trending do you best to aggregate and talk about it. — paraphrased by @humpty.eth

@bytebot is well versed with llms and adds that "even small models can be even more efficient on feeding you more of what you wanna see"

--in response to how the trending topics are manually picked 
"trending topics sound very stale" 
spammers are faster than humans, bots are really go at recasting content as their own." 
"spam algo is really really aggressive, what is missing? What is keeping them from going with a more automated solutions, it feels like the legos are in place. " -- @pichi 

bytebot believes some of the restriction is to help with newer accounts who dont have a good neynar score or much to show if they are a spammer.

pichi wonders what does it cost a company to rank and file like 500 casts and to truly automate trending? 

"if youre paying by tokens it could get costly", is what I am getting from bytebot but I will admit, dear reader, this is past my knowledge base notes are slipping through the cracks.

https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0xab891449

If you fit this criteria, you should definitely read this entire thread and chime in. It's important and the team is asking for feedback.

for your neynar score, you come in at a .5, anything below that is BAD but anything above that is good. 

something like .95 is a great score for neynar, the closer you are to 1 the better. 

but dont get too hung up on the number, it fluctuates

https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0x0ebb7582

post original content, even if a frame or mini app scripts it for you. 
but you have to think what you want to get out of it and how much work you wanna put in, sometimes you can put in all the work in the right world (and the right people have to interact with your content to get it really promoted) 

engagement games isnt a long term sustainable goal for everybody. It is true if you wanna get rewarded and be in every airdrop, you will have to play the engagement games.

there are behaviors that people do that makes the algo not like you, 80% of your content should be yours! -- @pichi 

make  yourself look like a "real person" trying your best, people arent looking at your score--just your content.

https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0xb8655786

https://farcaster.xyz/torii-stories/0x0091296e