1. how did i join FC:
my googler buddy nick referred me and said “everyone in silicon valley is on this app” then he churned and i stayed forever lol
2. three career highlights:
1. designing /icebreaker from the ground up
2. receiving 3 patents for my work on the google shopping list in 2018
3. shipping the first merch purchase modules on the YouTube video player page (aka the thunderdome)
3. ...
1. How did I discover Farcaster?
First I discovered nostr second half of 2023 and was hanging there for some time but it didn't stick, barely any designers and very opinionated devs and people in general. Then on twitter I randomly noticed there's another protocol, but it was invite only or something.
About a month later I had many disagreements with the vision for the agency I worked at for 4 y...
Hi, I'm @Maurice, an interaction designer and carpenter from Germany.
I first discovered Farcaster through the "Moment of Zen" podcast and joined the platform in January this year.
A notable highlight in my design career was my time at an R&D lab for a major German automotive company in Silicon Valley. There, I developed interaction design concepts for future mobility solutions. Much of that wor...
/lounge Season 3 starts in TWO DAYS 🥲
We've got some sick Designers ready to share their earned secrets and all weekend they'll intro themselves by answering:
1. How did they discover Farcaster?
2. Top 3 Design Career Highlights
3. What are they working on?
4. What design work in the wild inspired them this month?
> What is an unexpected, but important fact that you learned about managing a channel (or channel culture in general)?
Two most important things about managing a channel I've learned are: 1) Set your expectations for what you want out of the channel before pursuing any other goals; and 2) you tend to get what you put in, in terms of growth.
When people ask about growing on FC, most of time it's ...
Welcome to the LAST question of /lounge Season 2: Channel Owners!
After 10 days of prompts all that's left to ask is...
What is an unexpected, but important fact that you learned about managing a channel (or channel culture in general)?
Next goal for /cryptoart: create clear benefits to participating for both artists and art appreciatooors. Next steps are to increase the rate of /cryptoart DAO OEs from monthly to weekly by featuring artists from the community, and to start a /cryptoart hypersub. Subscribers will get OEs airdropped among other benefits
I'm 2 days behind, having been hung up on this Q.
Honestly its pretty hard to say. Wherever it is, it'll be new territory.
The obvious things to build around channels
- more creation apps (like Paragraph, Unlonely, Drakula)
- more social game channels
- channel-apps, special interest apps
- collecting apps
I'd like to believe these apps, if smart-wallet enabled, will onboard the next million ...
I like this framework. It reminds me of this early article from @davidhoffman
Farcaster, like Ethereum, is an emergent structure, and we're seeing much of the same diversification we see in the history of our industry (as we do in nature).
There's a few distinct islands I'm seeing emerge, with some overlap.
1. OGs/Early Adopters
2. Protocol Devs (those working on improving the Farcaster prot...
Day 9 of /lounge Season 2 almost didn't happen (bc i forgot to cast it lol)
Loungers: Using the framework below, describe the various energies of the Farcaster Archipelago + your channels (and feel free to critique the framework if it doesn't align with your vibes/vision) 🫡
https://warpcast.com/cameron/0x88728b76
Easy one, tomorrow morning I will FINALLY
- deploy the /hypersub for /design
- grant some time to the top 100 users
- set up /automod
- watch as everything breaks
* This is only possible thanks to @dharmi x @openrank who provided the data in the first place, I will share the doc when done but the list is on point
i started posting daily tips in /icebreaker that multiple people have told me are useful
but they haven't actually been daily
so exact next step is to make daily casts actually daily 🏋️
guess i gotta turn on that streak feature ... 😒
Our next goal for /los-fomos is to enhance the engagement in the channel. More interaction around topics discussed in eps. We revised our long-form eps format. We love the vibe of our OCS shorts and want to bring more of it to full eps too and the channel itself.
We have updates for LF FM. We moved to a new platform and we'll have an announcement as we finish moving there.
My next goal for /cin...
With /los-fomos we try to avoid this problem by building frames to test ideas. If interaction lvl is low, we try to figure out whether:
- ppl didn't see it
- if they saw but didn't interact, why?
- if it's not what ppl need, ditch it
This is a 🌶️ question. Curious what others are doing in that scenario.
That's an interesting question and I think I'm yet to find some gems.
Though, there's a very memeable and fun channel /banny. Still quite small and I'm not sure what are plans around it but would love to see where the banana could go. Maybe an IP. Maybe a meme coin. Mayne an app?
That's a comforting thought. Sometimes patience is the key ,and things do have a way of working out in the end , Trusting the timing of life can bring peace of mind .
AOC is a great politician - can't wait to vote for her, and im saying it now, unlike the trump harlots who only voiced support after an assassination attempt
her, donald glover, and jimmy donaldson will all be exciting candidates
literally just cast into random channels
the algorithm likes diversity
this cast has nothing to do with @cameron but in his channel it goes
nothing matters anarchy will prevail
the hardest part about building /cameron is figuring out how to get other people to participate when its inherently a channel about a vibe i'm trying to curate
some folks get it tho 🫡
Friday Night Launching...
Explorer Mode for Seemore Pages!
Find all Seemore's Creators plus all 3K+ free Power Badge Holder pages at seemore.tv/explore
(plus a sneak peak at our new desktop view 👀)
Still need to claim your page?
Scroll on Explore til you find it or go direc at seemore dot tv/YourUsername 🫡
I'd like to share some feedback on /seemore.
1. The idea of featuring the best casts from channels is pretty interesting. It might be worth automating this through Dune since I love diving into data myself and verifying it rather than taking anyone's word for it.
2. On my iPhone, the Safari site constantly freezes, lags, and reloads. This happens 90% of the time I use it, which is really frustra...
Introducing...
Free Seemore Pages for Power Badge Holders!
If you've got a PB, you've got a page with your:
- Best casts
- The channels you manage
- All the best casts in those channels
Check seemore dot tv/free/fc/YourUsername to find yours 🫡
This week we shipped:
- New Auth + signup flow with @privy mostly to leverage sign in/up with Farcaster
- Account Migration for all current users to the new system
- Tons of style + functional improvements to the new Seemore Swipeview pages
- Something else that you’ll hear more about tomorrow morning 👀
Introducing: Seemore qDAU Score 👀
If we want Farcaster to be the infra for a new social internet...
We gotta build public goods to accelerate alt clients AND those goods can't be held captive by the incentives of crypto giants
Plus scores are fun to argue about 🫡
/lounge is an experiment in public-private content 😮💨
Find out wtf that actually means today at 2pm ET during a surprise @unlonely stream 👀
(Plus commentary on decentralized channels + what’s next on FC 🫡)
I’m back, friends 🫡
Introducing seemore.tv 👀
Automagically Crafted Creator Pages ✨
Share your main channel and we…
1. Scan the internet
2. Find your best content
3. Craft a beautiful page with all your channels
And it’ll update as you grow
Never lose a subscriber to a dead link again 😩🥲🔥
Introducing: Seemore's "Thread to Frame" Tool 👀
We teased this Monday, saw the demand, and decided to skip a beta and just freaking ship it.
It's as simple as...
1. Cast your thread
2. Input the warpcast url below
3. Cast the new url to display your frame!
gm
If you’re new here, returning, or just someone who wants to get more out of Farcaster, I put a lot of heart into this essay.
No growth hacks or schemes.
Just real thoughts on how to express to the community that you’re here to be part of the Scenius 🫡
One of my big strong opinions, loosely held is…
You gotta ship your creative shit early, fast, and furiously because your first 100 creations are unoriginal, trope-filled, and derivative (not an insult) because that’s all you can learn from just consuming
Execution + Feedback Loops is how you find your voice 🫡
gm to Java Joe!
#5 of 6 Nounish Friends and he's vibin' through this fine Sunday fr
He got here just in time, bc we're less than 24 hours til /nounworks April Fools' Day Toy Drop 👀
Snag him and qualify for a nounish Daily Prize ⌐◨-◨
Elon’s bird app rebrand has the same energy as a peak bull market multi-intra-cross chain liquid restaking derivatives vault leveraging protocol launch
People want to do zero work and make more money 👀
This is a first principle I lean on that’s served me pretty well ngl 🤷♂️
Check out this 5 min Sunday read I published for y’all 🫡
🍁 Farcaster Fall 🍁 Day 7!
@ted had a brilliant idea and we're taking it up a notch 😩
Reply below to match w a Caster for a 1:1 Chat ☕
Mint here to celebrate and let's see how many FarChats we can schedule 👀
?personalize=false
My grandfather cried when he watched me play Assassin’s Creed for the first time in 2007.
He said he’d never imagined computers would be able to make something so beautiful and I never forgot that.
Everyone here is building the future with magic rocks and I think that’s so fucking cool.
Finishing up an essay to help new casters get up to speed with Farcaster!
Would love to beef up the section on Farcaster lore + timeline of significant events.
What's your favorite Farcaster lore/history/event?
(share a link if you have one 👀)