Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
If you find Farcaster fun, what's preventing you from inviting 1-2 friends and helping them get started here?
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Zinger
@zinger
The friends that are easiest to onboard are the ones that already use Twitter regularly since it's the most similar form factor. Most of those friends have used Twitter less in recent years as it became harder to actually connect with people on there and shifted to engagement bait FYP slop. I try to tell them that Farcaster is basically what Twitter used to be and even better. Some of them don't really care / not worth the effort to onboard to a new app and figure it out. A couple who have tried dropped off either because of too much crypto content or just not building the habit of using it regularly (and therefore not reaching that magic moment of making friends or "getting it"). In terms of my friends who don't use Twitter (which is most of them), they are typically in the Instagram and TikTok crowd. They stay on those either to keep up with friends (entrenched existing network) or to follow content creators, both of which are pretty tough to break (or wedge a new network into). The feedback I usually get from them is "Why should I join Farcaster? I'm fine with IG / TT." Some of my friends also use Reddit and YouTube regularly but I think the usage of those tends to not be discussed as much socially unless you happen to follow the same subreddit, channel, etc. and it comes up serendipitously. Reddit people might like it here but again, too much random chatter about things they didn't sign up for (crypto / meta discussion). YouTube is an entirely different beast. Hope this helps, happy to dive into any of the points further!
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Would you say your friends are happy with IG / TT / YT?
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Zinger
@zinger
Yes, those platforms keep them entertained and connected with their friends (in the case of IG, even if at a somewhat superficial level) I think someone needs to be intellectually curious in order to really enjoy the current iteration of Farcaster and the truth is that most people aren't and just want to lurk
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BrixBountyFarm 🎩
@brixbounty
Man. Think these were some great observations overall. I haven’t invited many friends here cause very few of them use social much Still planning to recruit more farmer folks - though that’s likely pushed to the off season at this point.
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