App Profile: Farcaster

Rahhb

Rating: 5/5

I joined Twitter in 2009 when the web felt open and wild and people were genuinely helping each other learn and explore new things. All that died off in recent years, yielding to noise, fake news, FUD and worse. Warpcast is that homebrew, human-first, make-the-web-interesting-again platform that Threads, BlueSky, Mastodon and all the others claim but simply dont nail. It just works. The conversations are authentic, long-form, intelligent as well as fun. It’s like all the virtues we lost behind walled-gardens of Twitter, Facebook, etc with a very easy, familiar onboarding and world-class, brilliant kind people ready to say hi and answer the most newbie questions. If you are familiar with Web3 and have a wallet already, you’ll be even more at-home with the best “cold-start” welcome experience I’ve ever seen across any social media platform or app. I think I might have a mastodon account somewhere. Maybe even a BlueSky? I’ve basically abandoned Twitter/x. I deleted Facebook, and Instagram/threads is only for status seekers and gym selfies. Blegh. Warpcast might still be the nerdy corner of the “social media” landscape, but there’s real great stuff happening here. See you on the inside.

peinrender

Rating: 5/5

As a novice I really began my web3 journey only in January after recovering from the initial brain rot of interacting with the crypto community on Twitter. Found the idea of social graphs interesting so tried out Farcaster and it’s main competitor. So far I’m quite impressed with the community on Farcaster where every other post I see is extremely thoughtful. Invite only model has its merit because a competitor while still in closed beta has given access to the wrong crowd and the platform has become incredibly spammy. I’m finding out more about *useful* web3 apps by interacting with the FC community daily. Great start and look forward to what’s in store for the future!

DrMcKraken

Rating: 5/5

One thing there’s no shortage of is failed attempt at new social media apps and crypto vaporware. Warpcast is neither of those. it is a smooth as Twitter with new innovations such as frames and tipping that you won’t find anywhere else a supportive community that I don’t see on any other social media app, and an integration with web three that you can ignore if you’re not in the crypto, but is amazing if you are. Kudos to those who created the Farcaster protocol, and the Warpcast front end. If you’re thinking about whether to give this a try, jump in and play with it, you will not be disappointed.