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Key Takeaways
Experiment with content a lot to find what engages your audience. Newsletters, memes, podcasts, art, memecoins, shitposts, hot takes, giveaways, doubtcasting, livestreams, try it all and see what hits.
$DEGEN is the bluechip memecoin of Farcaster. Tip it, buy it, LP it, and enjoyy.
Frames are small apps that run inside of casts. They supercharge engagement for creators and builders and make the Farcaster content feed even more interactive for users!
Alternative clients like Supercast give tools for power creators, enabling thread writing, cast scheduling, account switching and more!
Despite the reputation mods have as power-hungry basement dwellers, channel leads are happy to work with you to drive more attention to your announcements if you coordinate with them. @frodo reached out to me about his puzzle competition and I offered the /onchain-gaming channel as a place to concentrate attention in public and get more marketing power vs posting it in a brand-new channel with no audience.
Channel hosts can pin posts to spotlight them for people coming to a channel, guaranteeing that the post will be seen by everyone coming to that channel. I strongly recommend working with people with existing large channels in addition to building your own channel audience.
Cooperation > competition or as @nonlinear says:
Make sure to engage with people who earnestly engage with you. In the algorithmic pecking order, comments go farther than you'd think, especially if it's the first comment and it results in a comment chain of replies.
Comments > recasts > likes
Engage with people who engage with you, give them fast replies and like their replies back, dopamine feels good! If you have some engagement history, you can tip $DEGEN on Farcaster, but you will get higher quality replies without mentioning that up-front.
Remember your ABCs and let your audience reveal their preferences to you.
Always
Be
Casting
You can start a new conversation using someone's cast as a prompt by quote casting them, it's not always just blatant engagement farming! Comment replies are 1-to-1 whereas a quote cast is 1-to-many. Your account engagement only counts for Active Badge and $DEGEN when you are the root caster, the one starting the conversation.
As I shared previously,
Get other folks tangled in your web of brilliance early on.
More, Better, and Iterated Ideas: Incorporating others in your project means a shitload of fresh and dope ideas. You get different inputs and perspectives, ramping quality up to another level.
Ownership Feeling: When people get involved early, they feel like it's their baby too. It's like a community garden of creativity where everyone plants their seeds of genius.
Context Absorption: Sharing early drafts means folks can absorb the context better. It's like giving their brains a git diff to more easily track the progression and appreciate the final product even more.
A great way to boost engagement is to wrap your cutting witicisms as visual memes. Memes are cultural artifacts which serve as your Proof of Culture, PoC. How quickly and how well can you recontextualize issues, problems, and talking points in recognizable templates for easy consumption?
Memes are cultural artifacts which serve as your Proof of Culture, PoC. How funny can you be while recontextualizing issues, problems, and talking points in recognizable templates for easy consumption?
Wrap ideas and comment replies in a visual meme for a boost on social media. My personal meme stack is imgflip for adding text + GIMP for customizing images. From the last year of being online, I can create a meme comment reply in under 2 minutes. I use a nonstandard font as a bit of a signature as well, but that's mostly just preference.
Creating onchain artifacts like Zora NFT mints, Paragraph posts, and sound NFTs gives fans a way to tip for content they enjoy. Mint your memes as Zora mints, put your podcasts onchain like gmfarcaster, create a supporter subscription through Hypersub! Keep creating and give people ways to support your creativity.
Collecting Paragraph posts is a great way to tip the author of the article and indicate your superfan status with onchain history. And collecting after reading doesn't put the reader in the painful position of trying to guess which content is worth paying for. If you found this post value-ful, please collect it.
Total side note, check out the referral fees-paid dashboard from @pixel on Farcaster https://dune.com/0xRob/referral-market
$DEGEN is the 2nd generation Farcaster-native memecoin. Following in the wake of fizzled-out $POINTS, $WOWOW, and $FARTS, $DEGEN launched with social and LP incentives and has been widely adopted across the Farcaster ecosystem. It integrated with projects like Ponder, Bountybot, Launch, Perl, and more.
On the social side, users tip each other with messages that include XXX $degen
. Tips are points until consolidated in airdrops, distributed seasonally so far. Visit https://www.degen.tips/airdrop2/season2 and check the details to see your daily tipping balance, based on your engagement on Farcaster.
Your connected wallet must hold a minimum of 10k $DEGEN to be eligible to receive $DEGEN tips.
Respond to casts you like with text that includes XXX $DEGEN
(500 $DEGEN
for example) to tip other users.
DO tell people why your tipping them, it's much more value-ful
that's awesome fam! 2222 $degen for bettering yourself
DON'T use $DEGEN for low-quality engagement farming
Buy $DEGEN on BASE: the easiest method is to onramp fiat directly to BASE L2 from Coinbase. Get it from Uniswap v3 or the new Aerodrome pool.
You can LP $DEGEN for points and receive an airdrop in the future, the Uniswap LP incentives program runs until July 8 2024.
Check out the /degen channel for announcements from founder @jacek and to find other users, builders, and fans.
Here's my favorite way to use Degen, get people posting interesting things:
Frames are small apps that run inside of casts. Interactive off-site content, basically telegram/discord bots that interface with users within a single cast. The bot
commands are exposed for users to interact with as buttons. The frame gets to use some data from its server + data about the user interacting allowing for a personalized, interactive feed.
Check out Packy McCormick's article explaining in more detail why Farcaster's Very Small Apps are a Very Big Deal.
People have sold Girl Scout Cookies, minted NFTs, played games, and more using frames. The user interface offered by frames consists of pictures, usually with text, and up to four buttons for user interactions.
We've seen five general categories of frames so far:
Marketing/Growth hacking (e.g. PFP remix, cast2mint)
Action Links (i.e. skip off-site conversion funnel)
Crypto distribution channel (e.g. tipping, ecommerce)
Advanced social media posts (e.g. polls, token-gated content)
Games and Fun (e.g. YOINK)
Frames supercharge app engagement and make it easier for devs to interact with their users by putting the interactivity in the Farcaster feed. Use your apps without leaving the feed! Teachnically-minded folks can get started building frames with @df's fantastic repo awesome-frames on GitHub.
Frame devs should check out /frames and /top-frames for inspiration and /frame-devs and /frames-hackathon for assistance.
Nascent frameworks are in use already like frames.js, Frog.fm, and Neynar's No-Code Frame Studio.
Farcaster is a "sufficiently decentralized" network which means Dan has been hammering that Warpcast will make opinionated choices and that if we're unsatisfied with the answers, "it's an opportunity for alternative clients."
The Warpcast team is building Warpcast to have great UX for 90% of users. They are leaving the hard to do, tricky, or not-likely-to-be-used-by-many features to other devs to build. So alternate clients like Supercast, Crew, and Herocast are building those features for those that need them.
Supercast killer features
Multi-accounting on 1 device + account switching
Gif uploads
Threads
Cast scheduling
Polls
Crew killer feature
Shared access to accounts (brands)
Herocast killer features
FOSS Farcaster client
Non-custodial shared access to accounts via Hats Protocol
Polls are not native in Warpcaster and require frames to run within one cast. Ponder is a great tool for gathering qualitative sentiment from an audience in a frame, and you can token gate responses via ERC20s and ERC721s.
Warpcast search is pretty good but anyone who's used Twitter advanced search is left wanting. Searchcaster.xyz allows you to filter by caster so rather than finding all the "status" posts and scrolling through looking for Dan's , I can search for "status" and require the caster be @dwr.eth to get all Dan's thoughts on status-seeking monkeys.
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most comprehensive guide on improving my efficacy on farcaster, actionable, hence 400 $degen
thanks @antaur, appreciate the vote of confidence!
Informative article now i had full idea about the devs power on base chain keep going boss
Thanks for collecting @katwolfie.eth 🙏 What was so valueful about the article for you? https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster
I needed to add it here. I've been collecting content all year to help guide newbies 💜 https://gallery.so/katwolfie/galleries/2grAHuCQEy1EjDrcXeAK8NuqKmm
That's awesome! I've got 2 others in the same vein here (fix link for filtered view) https:// paragraph .xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/category/web3%20social
Thank you! Just subbed. I'll definitely have to read through more
Glad to have you along 🤝
Unlocking the potential of Farcaster. Great article from the resources section of farther.social by @ispeaknerd.eth Here is a summary: - Engagement techniques and finding your own voice. Comments take you farther than a simple like or recast. Comment > Recast > Like - Experiment with different types of casts and measure your engagement. See what works and what doesn't. - Create your own channel or ask owners to pin your content, build, art, etc. What are your thoughts on tipping low quality casts?
post profile reivew mega thread on learnings almost 70 profiles reviewed ranging in follower count from double to six digits. feedback has officially been sent to everyone who requested it. except for a few very niche cases, everyone's feedback fit into one of 9 broad categories thread below for the /growth curious
tag people into relevant conversations - whether it's someone high profile or a friend, this is a very easy way to make sure a conversation doesn't dead end and continues on to give value beyond simple replies like "thanks" or "cool"
cast in a mix of channels - large channels can give distribution, but small channels give focused attention. If you're only casting in one type you're likely to either get lost in the mix or never reach scale of audience respectively
more thoughtful replies - I hadn't considered this one until the review process, but I suspect tipping has let people offload cognitive work to monetary reward. But here's the thing - it's not the same. Even if you're going to tip (and feel free, this is not a stop tipping rn cast), helping people understand why or giving constructive feedback will generally speaking be well received and help gain you followers/reach
give context - similar to the thoughtful advice above, but different in the sense that it's important to remember not everyone is in your cozy corner. This is particularly relevant when top level casting or sharing a new product through an automated link. No one wants to see the exact thing 50 times in their feed, add context so people know why they should care and stand out from the crowd
I do big tips for good content in /geopolitics Usually like “$2000 d thanks for posting interesting and thoughtful content on /geopolitics”
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advice from my article 4 months ago still true https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257#h-dollardegen
Solid point, but more often than not casts are hidden on channels, even more so for users without a power badge. What's your advice for new users casting in channels - or is their only option to live in the replies?
starting with replies is a totally acceptable strategy and probably a good one for users without power badges, the easiest way to get one is still to interact with products, give feedback, and tag related accounts i.e. find a @hypersub you love, post or complete a @bountycaster , make a bet on @bracketgame , complete your @icebreaker so many builders here looking for user feedback which is something literally anyone can give
*implicit permission to tag @dawufi in everything, got it*
go off queen
Cool
Thanks
idk @cameron just isn't that cool of a dude
@cameron takes his shirt off on stream and swears on the internet there literally isn't anything cooler
thanks (cool)
(cool) thanks
had to come to check what context this was spoken in he's not cool, he's warm
cuz he spit hot fiyah
a thread for the ages. masterful wuffing here 👏🏻
wuf <3
ok bookmarked
thats wtf is up
can i get a late review? how do i grow dawufi just tell me i need that sweet engagement (and moxie free money)
Out of energy for this particular project. Dropping some heat tomorrow tho so stay tuned
thanks, cool
@cameron @ispeaknerd.eth Did u do this
yea (thanks) - cool
🆒 🙏
Danke 🥶
Phenomenal thread! Thx for doing this service. I wish I had asked for feedback! 250 $degen 1000 $farther
🫂 appreciate the kind words
read from top to bottom, great reminder to everyone to use those keyboards in all kinds of ways are we human or are we dancers?
Your feedback was well received and deserves some magic internet money 10000 $degen
Ur all the mim I need 🫂
ok send it back then
Can't. No allowance.. Also no takesy backsies
Good one. One to bookmark. I particularly liked the 'be human' advise. We're all so multi-dimensional, and I like that Garcasters tend to fund value in that. Thanks for sharing. 54 $degen
<3 ty ser, the kind words are always deeply appreciated
Way to contribute! 1000 $farther
we do a lil proliferating of good content and connecting cool humans to each other
Oh no! My reply was low quality cause I gave a tip and cognitively offloaded the effort of reply to a monetary reward. My bad 😘
happens to the best of us <3
cc @metamask
just saw this -- thanks for the tag!!
1000 $degen for a thoughtful, engaging, and actionable thread This is the type of Farcaster I want to see in the world. Casts that recognize a desire (ie how to increase engagement) but do so in a mindful way that biases for quality and authenticity over engagement farming and algo hacking
Do you have a service for getting fewer followers?
join a new network? ::shrug::
You did such a good job at distilling some of the reasons why I love Farcaster in these tips So valuable to translate ‘vibes’ to actionable ways ppl can contribute to those vibes Thread isn’t just a ‘how to grow on Farcaster’ but also a ‘how to grow Farcaster’ banger
Bangers only brotha! Couldn't have done it without you and @rafi <3
Oooh thats really interesting id be curious to see mine im literally on this app all day 🤣
Unfortunately emotionally spent from the project. Back to regular old casting for fun for a bit :)
How dare you 😂
This is terrific Dawufi! I'd welcome the feedback should you provide critiques again. 555 $DEGEN
Added bonus, you follow this framework consistently and eventually a power badge is all but guaranteed.
Couldn't agree more 🤝
Awesome thread. Seems like most of us need to step up our game 🔥
Only if you want to! This was for people who want to increase their reach, nothing wrong with having a small audience if you prefer it :)
💯 that's right, not everyone needs (nor wants) a spotlight !
Excellent thread. I've noticed @dylsteck.eth do most of these which is why he's the goat 😁 10000 $degen
Noice thread mate 96 $degen
Merci for this and bookmarked. 100 $DEGEN for REGEN 🎭 ⚡ When would you open this back up?
We'll see. This was both draining and pretty comprehensive. If the vibes shift meaningfully or if I suspect there's a new meta I might do it, but nothing for the foreseeable future except for a lil drop I have going on later today (not for everyone, but might be interesting to a select few)
Niiice.. Thank you for sharing your findings and insight. Fun to see how FC develops over time . Have a good week.
100 $DEGEN for REGEN 🎭 ⚡ Paying it forward
@alexpopovic this was super succinct and value packed, check it out
way to tag someone into the conversation :D
See a need, fill a need— 😏 Just helping my neighbors, this has been a common concern brought up in a lot of farhouse lounges and many an article
This one is so bookmark worthy. 400 $DEGEN
🫂
Have been really impressed with @fun’s weekly progress with Farcaster Studio. If you’re looking to learn more about your account, check it out. https://farcasterstudio.com
thank you dan!!! much appreciated 🥹🫂
Just trying it out for the first time now, seems pretty useful at first glance! Cool app @fun
thank you aaron!! love your photos
<3 <3 <3
Oh nice /daily-art-mint is in here too - I had no idea!
@fun i've written some articles that would be good reading for anyone taking you up on that offer! 1. https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/acculturate-to-accelerate-on-farcaster 2. https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster 3. https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/fk-around-and-find-out
and i link it from my articles but @cameron's "Fastrope into Farcaster" is still golden https://warpcast.com/danicaswanson/0xbacd31bd
dood has been grinding cheers @fun
thank you alec!
we all use neynar but everyone follows how you use it. major props
farcaster studio is a 10/10 use case to show builders what's possible when they use @neynar
Indeed one of the best hypersub integrations out there, you don’t even know you’re using hypersub, it’s that good!
Interesting. I lost my power badge last week when I was becoming more active on the timeline the weeks before. 🤷♂️
Thank you for sharing ♥️✨ I need to try it out
very impressive! just signed in!
You recommend me to give access to add casts, like, edit profile etc!!?????
it doesnt ask for permission to cast or edit profile :) read only permissions right now
Making a list of the best blog posts and videos about Farcaster. Please reply with your suggestions for degen tips. <3
We’re going to be shipping some aesthetic improvements to Paragraph post pages and newsletter home pages. What UI/UX improvements do you want to see?
More beautiful defaults including - nicer fonts and font colors - serif body for readability - banner/og/frame image
What do you mean by your third point?
I want to upload an image once and Paragraph makes it look nice for all the places I need an image
Got it, that should be launching very soon cc @thefinnomenon
Slightly shorter line length for better readability, or a bump in the font size to compensate
Only one comes to mind at the moment: - home page: make the introduction section stand out, right now it just looks like some text slapped at the top of the page I'll drop more if anything else comes to mind
mobile view that doesn't break when callouts are in the article example https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster
syntax highlighting for the code snippets 🙏
This is live! https://warpcast.com/colin/0xb3cede18
Oh, I didn't realize! Many thanks!
Custom banners for the our page and Farcaster clients in socials would be great.
Cool! Would love to see subscribe widget match other styles.
I would just like to know why my content isn't being shared by the paragraph bot any more :-(
now how does this DEGEN thing work? how do i get some and give some?
https://warpcast.com/pichi/0x41e946ac
whale inbound $666 degen
my take: tomorrow, create a contest for artists in here. offer a 500 usd prize in $degen. pay it liquid. if you do this for one week you’ll end up having a big allowance to tip and get the $degen juice flowing through this mechanism some love, some reject but it is definitely a cool collective experiment 🎩
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Check out @rjs's FAQ https://paragraph.xyz/@rjs/degen-tips-ultimate-faq
Let’s get you even more started 500 $DEGEN
Looks like the comments got you covered. However, feel free to DM if you need any additional help or have specific questions.
40 $degen - not much but all ive got left. enjoy and pass it around to creatives and thoughtful farcasters
here ya go mate 500 $degen
I put this together (incorrectly) yesterday but here's a nice starter kit. Basically you need to 1) verify your wallet in settings 2) hold 10k degen on base in the verified wallet 3) cast three times (replies don't count) 4) wait 48 hours. Can check balance on degen.tips https://warpcast.com/shulzzz/0x3177c006
Sup when is the satellite launching I want my raichu in space already We been waiting a hot minute for these guys
say "im doing a degen giveaway in /replyguys" the. youll get LOADS of free degen, trust me
then**
this
brb just want the best for our boy cozomo!
😂
Like this 69 $degen
This is how you get some. I type: 2069 $degen
nice of you to welcome him like that 1069 $degen
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click the pic to jump to relevant section of my part 2 article on fc onboarding https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257#h-dollardegen
happy to send some your way for next round 😊 1000 $degen
You can read this guide! https://warpcast.com/ballzerino/0xae58018f Things are simple! You recieve tips for others! tips are points! 1 point = 1 $degen If you want to tip others you need to have 10k $degen in your wallet! You must connect your wallet on warpcast! degen.tips has all the info!
999 $degen to you ser!
When you have some Degen, collect this artwork and share it with the art world. https://warpcast.com/anemale.eth/0x5063206a
see? this is much better than the one in the morning. amazing work. had to say this before going to mint. brb
This is my favorite guide by @dragonite.eth https://warpcast.com/dragonite.eth/0xc60ac231
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I tipped out nearly everything for today. Giving my remaining 206 $DEGEN Also, check out /degen channel. Most infos are pinning there with informational frames. Also check degen.tips, the main site to get info and check your daily allowance
https://blog.aaronvick.com/riseofdegen
Wow, so the parade begins . So fam, we all get paid here and we all pay each other 100 $DEGEN
You need 10,000 degen in your linked wallet to get a tip allowance. Don’t need to do anything except have a connected wallet to receive a tip. Like this 50 $degen
Hi! I did this. Maybe is helpful for you! https://warpcast.com/floramarquez/0x0ffff123
1.) verify and link wallet to account 2.) just keep casting 3.) tip casts that you engage with and bring value to the platform 100 $DEGEN
we’ll get you started with a few 595 $DEGEN
Welcome to the party 100 $degen
Welcome! You get my last 10 $degen for the day Hope you like it in here
https://warpcast.com/floramarquez/0x0ffff123
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here I made a TLDR it's a bit confusing https://warpcast.com/scizors-eth/0x1456c9a2
I tipped nearly the Brazilian monthly minimum wage to artists over the last two days. The art space here is triumphant.
420 $Degen
@degentip !tip @cozomomedici 420
Indubitably @wake! 🎩 420 $DEGEN has been sent to @cozomomedici's connected wallet with haste! 💰 TX Hash: https://basescan.org/tx/0x8cc8b224682b230eea4204a927ebafaf173cd1a4f44f762033f3afcfea0944ba
this is an on chain tip correct?
Yep. Sent from my Jeeves wallet to his Warpcast wallet. If you check the replies, Jeeves responded with the tx link.
Ohh 👀🫡
You could do wonderful things with a big allowance. Welcome.
I had somewhat of a big allowance yesterday and then I got demoted again. It’s like high school all over again! ☹️
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check out this guide by @stellabelle https://paragraph.xyz/@stellabelle/noob-guide-to-farcaster-and-dollardegen?referrer=0x6092165c4540282f036bbbccacaa501349cef2db
Thank you
https://www.artcollectorscorner.com/farcaster-resources
💫🚾✨gN! heeeyo cozimo welcome to the WC
Welcome! Happy to help whenever and wherever.
gm cozomo 🐸 ⚔️ 69 $degen
Here's a great infographic by @in2oblivion breaking it down 🫡 69 $DEGEN
I think you got all the answers already here 🙌🏼 welcome back to the purple app! And thanks for getting me here in the first place with your ‘welcome Cozomo’ cast back at start February 🙏🏼 Grateful!
You need to own 10,000 of the actual degen token in your connected wallet. That will give you an allowance to tip people after 48 hours. You can receive tips from anyone
Oh you got it to work 👏 gotta have 10k in your wallet
0x4ed4E862860beD51a9570b96d89aF5E1B0Efefed Here’s the contract address. Buy Uniswap or whatever. Base. So send some base eth/usdc to wallet from Coinbase also buy a lot and send it to me. But keep 10k so you can get an allowance to tip others.
This is the way. The channels I repeatedly visit abide by this ethos
This is one of the reasons why we want to chat with channel hosts. It's our way of doing channel curation. I was just speaking with @veekay about this actually, and we noticed that farcasterchannels.com is no longer showing a list of all FC channels. There is def room for more channel discovery tools.
just found your channels tool, very nice! is there any way to query channels owned by hosts / co-hosts currently?
I think this @neynar API request returns a list of all channels with their details which I believe includes channle lead + hosts but im not sure if that's how @df is doing it for farcasterchannels.com
My bad I forgot the link https://docs.neynar.com/reference/list-all-channels
its open source, so you could add this in a PR as a feature fairly easy or inspect the network and move the data to a spreadsheet
Literally the first thing in my article. make friends with the channel hosts fam https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257#h-making-friends-with-channel-hosts
Awesome article! I'm all for more collaboration than competition on Farcaster. But being a permissionless protocol, it's natural to see a lot of people competing. Ideas will inevitably be copied or borrowed, so I try not to be surprised when it happens.
It doesn't help that there's a large audience who see things from a zero sum perspective. My hope is that places like Farcaster/Warpcast continue to lead by example and show what more positive sum collaborate can look like.
thanks! what was specifically valueful about it for you?
which channels would you say are underrated?
I wouldn't say that about any channel. These are young communities and with the introduction of memecoins, I don't think channels have had enough time to settle on vibes/direction. But I can point you to this cast which says a lot about me: https://warpcast.com/ghostlinkz.eth/0x36099532
thanks! i should take a good look at that photo. i truly and deeply appreciate the answer!
i also think it's noteworthy that no-channel is at the top
Trying this myself, DEGEN tips for 𝕓𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 feedback what don't you like about /tabletop? where does it fall short? what would you change? what would you want to collect? tips for thoughtful, specific, non-spam feedback
gonna let this marinade a few hours to accrue some replies before tipping so i can decide how to divvy up tips
I don’t like how you have multiple dms with me and try to signal boost on all of them. It’s not a big deal, more of a small annoyance. I LOVE how you host meetups and contests for /tabletop and this is what you are usually shilling, so I accept extra notifications for good content
Too close to the source so you catch the firehose I'd signal boost your stuff if you shared it in those groups too 😄 But hear you on coalescing notifs, ty for not muting me yet 😅 500 $degen
would love to see it somehow connect accounts of users across online tabletop game platforms or make joining a game with fellow casters easier, perhaps via a frame. The recommendations portion of the channel content seems pretty good
you're thinking the same way me and @rustopian are 💯 thanks for the input, will likely be asking for support soon 1584 $DEGEN
Doesn’t really fall short! But what would be nice is community events where member can join a tabletop game online or create a new one as a community! :)
Tough bc every game app is different or difficult to use 500 $degen
1. Keep this channel open so that it doesn’t require spending warp to post (I think I saw that Warpcast was making that a feature?). Growing the channel is the most important piece, and I feel that limits engagement from people who might want to cast. Maybe do a yearly “fund this channel” instead?
i hear you but gonna push back, theres too much spam on the network w/o a filter rn. part of why this channel has grown so much is my relentless focus on cleaning out the trash every damn day and its getting to be just too much w/o a filter ppl free to comment everywhere w/o paying still so can participate still
Makes sense, and I do get it. A few years back, I had grown a social network (that I had built and founded) to 50k users. I eventually gave some admin functions to more frequent users. Maybe there will be a way to lessen the burden on the channel owners.
2. A “featured posts” for the channel would be rockstar. Change it every week. It would float good content to the top, encourage interaction, and give some folks an idea on what the channel is about. For the time being, you could probably do this with a frame and pinned to the top?
792 $DEGEN, heard that from a few folks
3. Organize online events. For board games, BGA turn-based makes it easy. However, it would be cool to do a "Warp /Tabletop Con". Make it an all day event. Organize some events - board games, RPGs. I’ll offer to run some tables.
1584 $DEGEN facilitate events is a recurring request in the thread, appreciate the offer fam
4. Someone else suggested supporting indie game creators. I think that is a great idea. For example, one of the things I’m working on is a board game. When I’m ready, I would love to share more and even organize playtests. What if we organized a TTG founders pitch on what they're creating?
@seanconnolly someone to follow!
Done! Appreciate the suggestion.
happy to connect you two
5. Things that would require WarpCast to develop something: I would love to see “keywords” for posts (like the twitter hashtag, but more useful). What if the channel could add keywords to the top of the channel that could be used to sort that content in the channel (#events, #RPG, #lookingforplayers)?
I kinda like that there's no hashtags atm, makes it harder to spam bc ppl have to organize their content before posting (where is the best context for this thing?) hear you that this channel gets unwieldy tho
Maybe channel categories that the owners designate, so only those hashtags can be used for that channel? Just spitballing…
yeah having 1-2 custom tabs at the top (trending, recent, XXX, YYY) would be cool
6. Come up with fun, creative competitions (have people post photos of their game room or game shelf, writing contests, treasure hunt/puzzle, etc.) Much like you’re doing with this post, solicit ideas and give some $degen to the best ideas that you’ll use.
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Just wanted to say - appreciate your work in managing this channel and soliciting feedback!
More women, more gays, less flirting. Everyone hangs. 🤝
What things would encourage more women, more gays participation explicitly?
Could do some special features and ask women or queer ppl to list their favorite board games. Do a degen contest just for queer people with a specific theme. Maybe do a women creators feature who have made board games. Stuff like that. I could help if you need some guidance
Great ideas, would love your help and input, would be amazing 1584 $degen
More memes! I am only a casual enjoyer but love to poke fun at myself and my hobbies
/tabletop meme contest wen! Be the change you wish to see in the casts! Free likes for /tabletop memes 792 $DEGEN
I like to see what games people are playing. The events are cool but I feel like I'll never be able to make them due to scheduling. I'm not sure about collecting things but I'm not a big collector. I might be interested in supporting indie game devs for games that look promising.
> I like to see what games people are playing. same, sounds like attestations could be an interesting play hear you on the events 💯 > I might be interested in supporting indie game devs for games that look promising like our own kickstarter type thing?
Maybe someday. All I know is if someone started posting about a game they are working on I'd pay attention to that for sure.
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I would love to see some event, I only play chess, so like a tournament with a prize, but I would love to see others events so I can play and learn those games too
> so I can play and learn those games too interesting, can you expand what you mean by that?
Maybe an event where some good players, invite other players to play this games, and maybe help some noobs and stuff
would more events in more timezones help? how would you expect signup/organization of that to work?
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Overall I’m really liking the thread. If there was one bit of feedback, it would be limiting the pinned posts to one or two max. That way you get into the new posts.
i hear you. been doing manual curation of casts, change the pinned posts almost daily maybe keep 2 max pinned and bring back trending?
Doesn’t hurt to try.
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The main thing I can think of is having to scroll through all the pinned posts, most of which I've seen multiple times, in order to get to the new ones
i hear you and others on that, msg received 792 $DEGEN
I guess another thing is that I keep feeling pressure to take photos of the games I play, but when I'm actually playing it feels like that would be really awkward (that's not really a channel problem though, just a me thing)
maybe that's the content creator in me then, bc takes me < 30s and feels find to pause action for a shot (no faces) how would you prefer to show proof that you played the game? 792 $DEGEN
Honestly, maybe I'm just putting too much pressure on myself to do what everyone else is doing There are plenty of ways to post about board games and be active here besides just sharing photos of what I'm playing
It would be cool to have more structure. Like what are you playing Wednesday or gamer Friday.
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oooh this is a cool idea. good use for degen tips!
i like to think im teachable 🤣
As someone that only occasionally visits the channel, I feel quite lost. I like that there are events, but I have no idea how they are scheduled. So maybe a more detailed description or perhaps a pinned post could make it more clear about what we could expect from the channel.
> but I have no idea how they are scheduled extremely ad-hoc atm 🤣🤣, how would you want to see it organized? top level pinned thread is a great idea
we’re still early 😂 that’s a very good question and I think some experimentation/community poll will be needed to find a good organization but as a start I feel like setting a recurrent event would be a great way to get more regulars
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I think that we need something for people to return to this thread at least once in a few days (once per day eveb better). I prefer some rubrics or parts like - game reviews from players (what they likes and dislikes) - bg memes of course :) - ministires painting section (i do it myself sometimes and its interesting
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*Miniatures painting - next is some news may be? Not all of them of course. Only general. Like once a week. Yes i know there is bgg and other sites but we are looking at farcaster right now, not on bgg page. We are here and want everything here too 🤷♂️ I dont know
I dont know who will post this categories but its the next question we will answer if we would do this 😬🙂
I was wandering in /tabletop but still doesn't understand its goals. I'd think it would be better to have a brief documentation or link to a video on channel for newcomers. That way they may be more interested. I think free engagement with giveaways are cool for newcomers too.
> still doesn't understand its goals you and me both 🤣🤣 > brief documentation what's missing from the channel norms?
Like : Be free to discuss about given topics and communicate through the channel. At first I thought it's not community based and informative mostly😅
> At first I thought it's not community based and informative mostly can you expand on that? what made you think that?
1584 $DEGEN for the multi-comment feedback thank you fam 💜
I'd think weekly games introductions would be cool too.
Someone should make a Farcaster wiki There would be articles explaining different clients, major channels and users, frames, practices like $DEGEN tipping, etc. I feel like this could be helpful for onboarding new users, since they could have a single unified place to find answers to their questions about Farcaster
My personal onboarding guide 1/ Acculturate to Accelerate ✨ https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/acculturate-to-accelerate-on-farcaster
Unlocking Potential 🔐 https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster
article i wrote last month, click the pic to jump to DEGEN section https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257#h-dollardegen
So am I understand /frames correctly that they allow abstracted transactions from within farcaster?
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click image to open to the relevant header https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257#h-wtf-are-frames
tip me DEGEN if you like what i've been doing to keep /tabletop as an awesome place for nerds to talk about + share their love for board games details in the article for the nerds https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257#h-dollardegen
I only got 40 $degen left. But this is one of my regular stop channels
Appreciate you fam, keep sharing your /tabletop adventures pls 🙏 420 $degen
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I haven't played games lately but I love that you created this space for us. 256 $DEGEN
thanks fam, cast about it when you do play next!
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500 $DEGEN, will come back to check my allowance and give it all, I love what you’re doing here on tabletop
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Sorry, tried to tip and I guess the $DEGEN season hasn’t unlocked the tips I’ve received yet.
Thanks for being a great steward of the /tabletop community!!! 100 $DEGEN
What do you not understand about Farcaster and are too afraid to ask?
Is $degen like the tipbot on discord?
2nd gen FC native memecoin. All FC data is public so it functions similarly to a tipbot yes but tips aren't real until seasonal airdrop More details in my article or go to the source at degen.tips https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster
I was listening to @cdixon.eth’s book Read Write Own. How do the post’s we make on Farcaster get tied to our decentralized selves, and does that mean we can plunk our posts from here to a different web3 social media platform?
Farcaster uses blockchain for registry mappings (username<==>fids) outside tool would need fid to look you up if use ENS for username then yes easy to read bc ENS is global identifier Reposting content, yes. Read direct from hub or use neynar API to query, get JSON reformat for other & 💥 @yup does it, ✅ it out
Fid= Farcaster id, your machine identity inside Farcaster Use ENS instead for broader identity Ethereum-wide
How to find inspiration for what to cast - I can't "always be casting" if I have nothing to say
what do you enjoy doing and talking about?
Idk tbh. I think it might be because I'm not talkative IRL, so me talking/posting about things isn't a natural response.
give me some topics and i'll find you a space to cast about it in
Wen TOKEN 😘
quite possibly never. FC doesn't need token incentives to grow, they've harnessed the status seeking monkeys in us all. If you don't need a token, don't release one, it makes everything more complicated for a US organization.
ok sir interesting
Another new feature shipped by @thefinnomenon - in a post, you can now link directly to a header. Just hover over any header and click the new 'link' button that appears
love that this works for all sizes of headers!
lets goooooooooooooooo @thefinnomenon post a comment here so i can tip you degen pls
Thanks 🙌🏼
thank you for shipping header links on paragraph!! 10000 $DEGEN
wasn't able to get header link to work with referrer link @thefinnomenon @colin
That is so cool
not pointing any fingers but the fact that i give out ~20k degen/day and have only received 54k back is a little fucked
13272 $DEGEN For saying what I’m thinking 😂😭
ty fam 1111 $degen
5400 $degen we need moar nerdery less mercenary content (both are fine, just the balance is not aligned with my personal tastes)
5400 $degen for the convo. It's a speed run of irl dynamics. Athletes and celebrities tip well, and I'd never think to tip them. Meanwhile, we imagine the long tail of generous tippers building their bags from tip-backs. Will be hard for non-$degen tickers to bootstrap with a tipping mechanism. Well exec and 1st.
It's nice to be thought of as a celebrity 😆 but I'd rather take the tips
I’ll 1:1 you every day, trying to get it going over here
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It's true and you post more quality content than a lot of the engagement farmers. 555 $DEGEN
I've never tipped before, but looks like I have 684 $DEGEN to give, it's all yours 🫡
Ty @db that means a lot to me
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Hmm just realized I can't tip since I don’t have the min 10K needed now (nor did I really remember last time since I wasn’t tipped much 😅)
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Where can I go to learn more about DEGEN? How do I start tipping DEGEN?
I have the highlights in this article i wrote but the website @links linked is great too https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257
Thanks! Just haven’t gotten to learning about it yet 😬
thanks @tiamat-envoy @yes2crypto.eth @cakra @mlnprojects for collecting, tells me u value what i'm writing & helps me keep going! You are early! Learn some strats for engaging content on fc ✨ https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257
Paragraph annoyances thread If you were BDFOPF, what would you have us work on? BDFOPF = benevolent dictator for one Paragraph feature Things we already know: - Search - Metrics dashboard
meta image improvement (and article titles on the frame version!) https://warpcast.com/thumbsup.eth/0x989d1274
I wish this modal was only for publishing, and I didn't have to go here to see and set post and collectible details. Also wish this was all by default and maybe even more opinionated on what I should do. Makes me anxious every time I hit publish
the header image inconsistency from what it shows in preview vs the sizing that comes out on home page
+1
+1 i tried and failed to create a consistent header template in figma
+1 Every time I collaborate with someone on the cover image for Outcasters, I always have to explain to them why the image is cropped on desktop and not on mobile.
this
- Improve NFT contracts. Look to manifold.xyz for inspiration. Atm we can’t even customize the title and description of Paragraph NFTs - Build revenue splits directly into Paragraph instead of having to use splits.org - Author page that lists all NFTs minted + collected instead of sending ppl to OpenSea
Yes x100,
+1 to images https://warpcast.com/angeluser.eth/0xc1c42aef
Very small thing but I'd like a delete icon right next to the archive one. Sometimes I just want to delete the thing not do the archive + delete double step.
Read through rate is equally important to open rate. Can we add that to the post info window?
mobile view all messed up on my articles, not sure if bc theme or what, but it renders as the desktop view
do you have a link?
https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257
- Airdrop feature - Landing Page customization - Memberships pointing to a custom NFT (e.g. HyperSub, specific collection) - Individual stats per reader (Open Rate, clicks, etc) - Leaderboards based on readers, volume, views Metrics should include revenue over time (I don't know how much I've made of article sales)
Smart contracts or a way to have our writing be under our own creation profiles. Leaderboard of collectors of our posts, easy collect all wallets that collected a price
Love paragraph! - Sometimes hitting ctrl Z many times (esp dealing with images) breaks the site for me and have to re sign in. I'll try to record/reproduce next time I'm writing to capture this in real time. - How it looks in the Email inbox VS desktop/preview/writing tool
Integration of sponsorship / ad network
Huge Farcaster welcome to /banklessdao L2 and Ops Guild OG @0xzfi Great people Ops and process oriented Knowledge management 👏
Hey @0xzfi great to see you here (follow button smashed)
Right back at ya, @bpetes.eth! 🫡
Thank you, friend! I feel like I'm late to the party, but excited to see what's going on over here.
read those articles I sent you! https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/acculturate-to-accelerate-on-farcaster https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster
holy shit how did i forget about frames! /paragraph puts the blog inline with a subscribe button on social 💖💖 example here https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster
holy shit how did i forget about frames!! /paragraph puts the blog inline with a subscribe button on social 💖💖 example here https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster
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See a post you like? Tip the person $DEGEN, it's worth real money! Learn all about $DEGEN and more in my latest blog article https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257
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This is great!!! Thanks for linking me to it. And you practice what you preach, even better. 😊 1000 $degen
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Great post! Any feedback on paragraph vrs mirror? i want to start blogging and wondering what is the best platform at the moment. 420 $DEGEN
Continue series: board games with wifu ☺️ this time is Everdell!
I love the color coordination in this gg fam Everdell is light enough engine builder that I actually have a chance, love this game Thanks for posting! 2222 $degen
Thanks! We also liked it, although I felt like it was too simple. BTW, when you write 2222 $degen, does it mean you give me this money? 😅 where can I find them?
from my blog https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster or go straight to the website https://www.degen.tips/airdrop2/season2
Oh, cool! Got it! Thanks 😊
Bellfaire! All of the expansions are good in their own way, but that’s one we won’t play without now. Variable player powers & a couple of new worker locations Legends and Extra! Extra! add to the game too If you really want something heavier, Newleaf/Spirecrest/Pearlbrook add new boards
My friend has the big box so I just pick whichever meeples are cutest 😂
Everdell!! Expansion is worth it, one of my recent favourites.
Thanks! Which expansion should I buy first?
Spirecrest for sure, its also the direct sequel (I think?) and adds a lot of complexity with large critters (rideable :p)
That’s probably my favorite “big” expansion. Bellfaire is one that we play no matter what other expansions are in the table, since the player powers & market really help the game
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tipping feels good! excerpt from my recent blog entry Congrats for us all fam 2222 $degen https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster
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Just launched: mint Paragraph posts directly from your Farcaster feed with our new in-frame Mint button. The caster of the post automatically receives crypto (referral rewards) for every mint. Create (or share) Paragraph posts and get rewarded. Test it out: https://paragraph.xyz/@blog/recommendations
Note: if you're sharing a pre-existing Paragraph post and the mint button doesn't show up, you'll need to bust the Warpcast cache using this "scrape again" button: https://warpcast.com/~/developers/embeds
Referral rewards I’ve received just for sharing this post, sent automatically to my @coinbasewallet 🙌
Can you break this image down a bit further? The sending address looks to be the same for every transaction here. Is it coming from a custodial wallet?
- user clicks "mint" - user sends 0.000777 ETH to smart contract - smart contract forwards eth to separate FeeManager contract - FeeManager contract immediately sends to referrers, creator, and Paragraph address you're seeing is the FeeManager
Perfect! Thank you for clarifying
Curious why the mint button only opens the Coinbase wallet and not allow us to choose ?
I think this is on the Warpcast side.
My Warpcast settings? Haven’t seen that issue with other frame mints
@joeljohn you requested this a little while ago, it's now live :)
Is this how we can post newsletters here?
Nice!
This is really cool! Could even do stuff later if usage is high like sponsored mints for people who read all the way to the end in frame or other fun campaigns
This is actually game changing, nice work!
this is so epic - way to go paragraph!
Tasty! Will try it!
throw the mint option at the end of the frame (after reading inline) too!
ah good idea!
This is awesome! I really like that the caster of the post automatically recieves referral rewards. It would also be cool if you could share multiple Paragraph posts in a single frame with the option to mint each. Kind of like what I did here: https://warpcast.com/ghostlinkz.eth/0x7756a2e9
Nice add!!! I need to write more, thanks for the reminder. 🥰
very, very cool
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RIP literally the day after I published latest 🤣🤣 looking forward to publishing more https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eefaa9d6e2ab7972c1001d41c82bb4881389257 Tips and Tricks for Engaging Content ✨ and Growing 🌱 on Farcaster
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AHHHHHH this is awesome I'm so excited to end this business trip and start writing/building my own stuff next week.
@base only or @0xpolygon also?
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new publish who dis? Tips and Tricks for Engaging Content ✨ and Growing 🌱 on Farcaster https://paragraph.xyz/@ispeaknerd.eth/unlocking-potential-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3eEFAa9d6e2ab7972C1001D41C82BB4881389257
ty for the feedback along the way @woj.eth and @clt 🙏🙏
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It’s me !
Informative, comprehensive, well written 👏👏👏
thanks Adrienne! please share with others!
Another banger!
thanks fam! what was valuable for you??
This bit! I did not know about the weight of where you engage! Also, I think I realized while reading your post that I'm conditioned/traumatized by Twitter
i hear you on the twitter trauma, i never go on there anymore except when invited to spaces obv a ton of short comments are anti-signal (bots anyone?) but a comment chain with OP is strong signal that the post is conversation-generating
There's golden advice within this newsletter ✨ I've been experimenting with similar strategies and they've done wonders
Thanks fam, what else have you been experimenting with? I have some others that didn't make it into this article
Just some more nuanced aspects in addition to what you mentioned i.e: I've been experimenting with boosted frames on Zora to see if they're more effective than traditional link embeds. I also recommend people start their own channel. Channels can be many things, but even as a personal blog its a worthy experiment
😢 i'd welcome others posting in /nerdery but except for when we spiked 2 weeks ago it's pretty much just been me (same img as my pfp doesn't help that im sure)
Awesome ideas! I'm looking for a plan to gather attention for @metasuyo as we launch our first music NFTs next week Any ideas for art / storytelling related projects?
listening party via @event, auction off a couple live as people listen, giveaway a couple
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thanks fam i appreciate it!
great read. frame integration is dope.
glad you like it! any unanswered questions still?
Explore the world of Farcaster with @ispeaknerd.eth's blog post! Dive into key takeaways: experiment with content, use $DEGEN memecoin, utilize frames for interactive engagement, explore alternative clients like Supercast, and more! Engage, create, invite others—unlock your potential.