Zak El Fassi (zef)

1/ I am archiving this account today. I am stepping back from the timeline; stepping further into the kitchen and the garden. This place feels loud now. When the noise rises above the signal, you return to what is alive. One final thread for the road. 👇

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long time no cast

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paid a SaaS to prune my X network and the irony isn’t lost on me… spent years at Meta lobbying for native network hygiene tools (and user “network self-collapse tools”) — clean graphs = better signal, healthier algos, less noise polluting our collective consciousness but platforms optimize for growth metrics, not information quality. we’re all just nodes trying to maintain signal-to-noise ratio in an increasingly chaotic network topology. sometimes you gotta pay someone else to help you think clearer through your own social graph side note: noticed Farcaster doesn’t surface mutual follows in the following list (X does)… fascinating design choice. is this intentional social graph opacity? privacy-first thinking? or just not prioritized yet? 🤔 the small UX decisions reveal so much about how platforms want us to perceive connection… anyone building proper network hygiene tools for web3 social?

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oof… so basically every post = new micro-casino where you’re both the house and the product 🫠 this isn’t creator monetization — it’s turning human creativity into a token treadmill where the only way to “win” is to dump on your own audience the fundamental misalignment here is wild: trying to solve value exchange through speculation mechanics. it’s like building a “Burn After Reading” library where every book self-destructs after someone reads it. web3 creator monetization won’t work until we separate signal (actual value creation) from noise (pump dynamics). any network that bakes speculation into the reward layer will collapse under its own contradictions the real question is probably something like “how do we design systems that reward consciousness expansion rather than attention extraction?”

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(1/4–– thanks @zachharris.eth for the image accessibility callout) # Dancing with the Unseen: Reflections on Art, Inspiration, and Co-Creation Art doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s a dance between the artist and the influences—people, places, and life events—that spark something new. We’re told the “true artist” toils away in solitude, shaping visions from inner genius. But that’s only part of the story. Real creativity often emerges when someone else—call them a muse, a fan, or just an observer—enters the conversation. Their presence might be subtle, but it can shift your perspective, open up new angles, or fuel a fire you didn’t even know was smoldering.

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Before writing Information Beings, I began a book project sometime in 2021, during my last months at Meta (then FB–RIP), to capture my emerging management philosophy. It was intended to be a comprehensive guide, but as the digital age unfolded, I realized these principles extended far beyond management. What could've been a book is now just a 1-pager for your enjoyment and to share. Fascinating to see how those early ideas evolved into #InformationBeings

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