adding something new in your home feed -- icymi casts not everything in your feed has to be from today. icymi is built to surface good casts that are older but still worth your time. things like music, stories, recipes, good advice, art, and interesting discussions. if you come across a cast that doesn't belong, tag me. we'll be refining what gets surfaced as we go.

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Introducing the Clanker Ecosystem Fund (CEF) The mission of the CEF is to distribute protocol fees to creators and communities who positively contribute to the Clanker and Farcaster ecosystem $8m has bought 14% of the $CLANKER supply, yet has not proven to be an effective use of funds Sometime in the next few weeks, we'll be redirecting protocol fees back to the ecosystem, as well as using it to fund ongoing Clanker infrastructure more soon -- who's running the fund, how the splits work, and how to get involved. clank clank

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thanks everyone who joined the community call yesterday! vibe was great and exactly what we want, lots of good questions and collaboration. recap attached if you missed it. hope to see you on the next one. https://neynar.notion.site/Farcaster-Community-Call-Recap-32f655195a8b80c28a01fe6241089871

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made some updates to the sidebar: -profile is now your pfp in the top right corner -added an updates tab! it links to /fc-updates, our channel for official announcements. follow the channel or just check the tab to stay in the loop

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dev call update 👇

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We're experimenting with better first class experiences for builders on Farcaster. This means both 1. Better discovery If you launch something new (doesn't need to be an app), there is now a specific feed on the second tab that showcases this. Top carousel picks up new trending apps automatically 2. Easier building Instead of juggling different apps, build directly within Farcaster. No separate email login or account setup. Share directly to the network when done. We will iterate through this as we learn, feedback is welcome The goal is the same as what we stated when we started the acquisition process (see screenshot, linked article) https://neynar.com/blog/neynar-is-acquiring-farcaster. The approach is in line with the prototype we shared earlier here: https://farcaster.xyz/rish/0xc00a9fa4 FAQs (a) What does it mean for this to be an "experiment"? We will change / remove things that don't work. E.g. we tested an Grok like icon on casts with Neynar AI. That didn't get enough usage so we removed it. (b) Who can use this? Anyone using the Farcaster app. Everyone can also start building for free (c) How will this grow the network // what's next in this area? Lost more work needs to be done to make the entire experience and funnel smooth fo bringing on new users. These are the foundational blocks. Have to fix onboarding to be less trader centric, allow apps to onboard new users, etc. (d) How much money is Neynar making from this? None, we are losing money on every prompt and every app by subsidizing for every builder. The goal is to make Farcaster a network more suited to making and sharing new things on the internet, it's not possible to make profits on vibecoding products today. If you have ideas or questions, respond in the thread below and I will answer throughout the day

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New automated "Discover" section at the top of the mini apps page - Automatically picks up new launches - does not depend on whether the app creator has a large following Goal is to separate discovery from social graph dependence This first version uses the same real estate in the app that was already available, newer discovery experiences are in the works Send feedback, shoutout @vrose.eth for the quick ship 🪐

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have brought back a version of reply bumping to the feed if you don't follow someone but their post has a reply from someone you do follow - you will see the post in your feed - the post will say you're seeing it because of the reply example attached, give us feedback s/o @vrose.eth for getting this out and @kenny for making sure we were looking at this problem

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Farcaster’s aim continues to be a sufficiently decentralized protocol. We expect to add Uno as an independent validator and open source a snapshot of the Farcaster mobile client by the end of this month. We’ve learned through Merkle’s years of experimentation that decentralization as a narrative isn’t enough to grow social networks. We need user growth alongside user ownership else it’s an empty decentralized network. Our vision for Farcaster is to make it the best place on the internet for people to create new things, launch and get feedback from their first users on a social graph they own, on global financial rails. Our priorities moving forward are: 1. features to help humans and agents build easier on Farcaster 2. make it easier to discover new launches, share what you create (prototype here: https://farcaster.xyz/rish/0xc00a9fa4) 3. fix product experiences in the client - cast button, reply bumping in the feed, etc. This will happen on a sufficiently decentralized network that can then progressively decentralize in the future. If you have bandwidth to help test and address issues on the client snapshot before we open source it, please reach out.

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Restarting Farcaster dev calls this month - Starting Feb 25th, 12 noon Pacific - Same monthly structure as previous, will iterate as needed - Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/eye-uaif-pfo - Calendar link: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=NjA5ZWM4Y2IwMmZiMWM2ZDYyMTkzNWM1YWNkZTRlNWExN2YxOWQ2NDU3NTA3MjQwMTk3YmJlZGFjYTQ3MjZlOEBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t

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Here's a prototype video on app discovery (context on why I am sharing this prototype is in the quoted cast below) product goals - builders can share their products more easily with the network - users can discover new products faster, engage in more fun ways feedback that helps achieve the above goals is useful, feedback asking us to switch to different goals is less relevant at this time ps - I use slack to record videos and often get cut off abruptly at 5 mins

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