Farcaster

helping build farcaster | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina | “lucky me, lucky mud”

thx for welcoming the message well @ted, even if it might be a bit bitter.

I'll try to put together some thoughts. First, I want to make clear that I truly believe Farcaster has the best foundations of a social layer (that's why I'm here, and I built on it). And just the fact that you put together such a big network of nerds and mavericks and gave them a sandbox for experimentation is already an incredible gift

But I also think that the current trajectory is heavily biased towards a US-centric worldview. And imo, that has some positive things but also some strategic limitations

For example, the fact that your instinct was to suggest me to make a bet on a prediction market (which I, personally, love ngl ahaha) already shows the lens through which many of us approach things. And that lens excludes the 99% majority of people who don't give a fuck about financial bets or putting money in the middle of every aspect of our lives

And that moves FC towards a tiny market, not appealing to many people

Continues...

Not everyone is obsessed with money and I am glad it is indeed