Farcaster changes you. Before farcaster: - never been on a podcast - never live streamed - blogged a few times - had a few internet friends - not into DAOs After farcaster: - host podcast - cohost a show on unlonely - regular substack - internet besties - bid on purple dao token Reply with your BFC/AFC list!
@monkeydlinks.eth coined the terms BFC/AFC during gmfarcaster this morning 👏 Scenius at work 💡 If at least 10 people share their BFC/AFC list I will add it to the official farcaster scenius canon @danicaswanson https://opensea.io/collection/farcaster-scenius-canon
Before Farcaster: - was building at Coinbase - was working on Quilibrium - was a degenerate After Farcaster: - building at Farcaster - launched the first phase of Quilibrium’s network - still a degenerate
Before: - felt better than people - enjoyed schizo twitter - cared about ideas - no career, not dev, stepping away from founding After: - appreciate people of all levels - enjoy education content - care about products - new career, steady dev, stepping back toward founding - stopped chasing up the ladder, enjoy +\-
I hope it will be similar for me! :D Glad to hear how it went for you <3
Before farcaster: - never used farcaster After farcaster: - used farcaster
My before and after farcaster is still the same mate
Saw unlonely is it like twitch but more crypto native?
BFC: - Online social was a chore AFC: - Online social is fun! (at least on Farcaster; X still a chore)
Love this thread! Here is what happened with me: Before Farcaster: - launch products = cold start problem - curious about data science - skeptical about NFTs + DAOs After Farcaster: - launch products = bootstrap from FC audience - doing cool data science - creating NFTs + DAOs
Before Farcaster: -depended on crypto conferences for: meeting people I could build with; learning deeply about new crypto products; and getting a sense of market momentum. After Farcaster -meet people I can build with daily. -learn about crypto product daily. -feel uninterested in market momentum.
Before Farcaster: - crying in the mirror daily - sitting while peeing - 5lb weights - only eat packaged foods After Farcaster: - same but now I have a new SM account
Before farcaster: - only admired prolific founders/investors - never a full-time engineer at a web3 company - never founded a product with more than a handful of users - never played pickleball After farcaster: - admire all kinds of people - got hired at a freeport by @cojo.eth - founded @ponder - pickled at farcon
Before: - addicted to doomscroll socials -> exponential disdain for humanity on the daily After: - no longer look at doomscroll socials - disdain for humanity at record lows - met some of the coolest online folks I never even imagined I could - now have some of these very same online folks to hang with IRL
BFC: - felt alienated & drained by social media - wished for a web3 alternative to Substack - DAO dissolution —> career setback AFC: - feel energized by FC nerd culture/scenius - left Substack; happily moved to Paragraph - wrote scenius-inspired essays —> professional connections —> career boost (more news soon)
Such an enjoyable cast. I def have FOMO because I don’t have such a great list. Before farcaster: - no connection with builders - no high value interaction on any social platform After farcaster: - enjoy seeing builders ‘in action’ - quality discourse on a variety of topics in person & shared articles.
Before farcaster - ran a crypto fund - use twitter for everything After farcaster - building in the farcaster ecosystem 😄 - use twitter mainly for taylor swift content
BFC Individual builder Offchain art Feeling out of builders scene Want to create a dao AFC Building and creating together with other devs and artists. Found friends Onchain art. Found Zora Feeling in a global mission, part of great communities. Found/joined Purple, Builder, Energy, Optimism, Nouns communities
BFC - alienated by social media - aversion to wholeheartedness online - forced to compartmentalize myself for clicks AFC - open FC for friends and check ins - earnestness is treasured - trying to code things (not successful yet)
Before: - Obligated to Tweet for reach - Tired of scammers and sociopaths on X - Cryptoart career floundering After: - Building real community on FC - Rejuvenated cryptoart career w Hypersub, Paragraph and Zora - Excited to code again - streaming art - compelled by community token dynamics 4 the first time in forever
I’m new to this thread but it’s been so inspiring!!!!
