Document: WM-059                                                 P. Webb
Category: Social                                              2024.11.08

                       Farcaster will never scale

Abstract

   Money over everything

Body

   I posted this to Farcaster yesterday[1]:

   I’ve unfollowed a handful of people, muted a few, and left a bunch of
   channels (I should’ve did the channel thing a while ago).

   The great thing about crypto is that you’re surrounded by a
   community of dreamers, builders, and creators building a brighter
   future because we’ve all identified what’s not working in society.

   So, to suddenly understand that a large swath of your peers gleefully
   celebrate an inept moron because he’ll make the crypto casinos print
   money to the moon at the expense of us all is…baffling.

   Like…the same people who understand how to write smart contracts and
   use custodial wallets are the same ones who accept that the same
   people they mint from, laugh with, and build with will literally lose
   their rights, lives, and/or families due to the incoming
   administration…and they’re fine with that.

   Where’s the humanity?

   "Hahaha, money go brrr" over everything? Seriously? SERIOUSLY.

   I’ve been black my whole life so I’m used to people smiling in my
   face and cursing my existence in the same breath. yawn

   I let my guard down and assumed because I was in a smart space with
   bright people working towards a brighter future for us all that we’d
   ALL be on the same page. Idk wtf y’all think anymore and nor do I
   care at this point.

   Farcaster is a neat experiment that had potential to work. Now I see
   it will never work. You cannot be a network for everybody when you
   don’t give a shit about every body. Glazing and posturing for Daddy
   Elon when he don’t even respect his own kids is sick work.

   My good friend Brad Barrish shared an excellent blog post from Ken
   White[2] in response. As one commenter put it, it’s the best
   post‑mortem of the election that I’ve seen yet. Honestly, it’s a
   must‑read. Check it out, you’ll thank me later.

   🕸