🌶️ Hot Takes 🌶️

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keep it spicy

prediction markets have done a poor job of predicting outcomes so far
am i being delusional or is snapchat truly the best social app for all round connection (close friends/irl)?

- location sharing
- qr codes to add friends
- birthdays, college, birth charts
- bitmojis
- built-in ai
- and ofc the temporary photos and videos and stories

it’s just a shame the ui is complete dog when it comes to messaging and group chats and that they literally shove ads and snapchat+ subs constantly in your face
The first episode of the penguin on HBO is 🔥
If you have a take that is so hot that it'll knock me off my bi-cycle now is your shot!
How about we don't celebrate violence of any kind? Life is precious
possible hot take:

regardless of the 'controversy' that was the powerbadge, imo it was better for activity and content than moxie or degen

getting my powerbadge felt like a major milestone that i'm sure many others can relate to

i miss having a non-financial incentive to be part of the 'it' group
the farcaster v lens subtweets seem especially foolish given how quickly bluesky and activitypub are growing.
might be showing where I cast from, but I cannot imagine someone truly being based on the internet with any form of disabled feedback.

it is inevitable to being misinformed.
hot take: if you're giving a talk, and you haven't really prepared before hand, whether it's for an elite audience or a community meetup, you owe everyone in the room, listening to you make it up as you go, their time in ETH, based on their hourly consultation rate, bc time is our most scarce resource.
your following is higher on fc compared to any other social media you’re on bc you were either early + consistent in casting good content or gamed the degen allowance early on. for some, probably both of these apply.

you weren’t giving away “free money” on other apps so it’s obvious your following wont grow the same way there. sure farcaster is special but comparing follow counts with other socials at this stage is moot.
Ethereum FUD on twitter is engineered to prepare the market for new L1 launches!
every crypto x AI company that is inventing their own L1/L2 is grifting.

AIs can interface with the existing chains
the cycle of app ideas being cloned/an app market becoming saturated seems to be moving quicker — I remember this & Friend.Tech clones were big for close to a year on FC

https://warpcast.com/briang/0x3b6bc0b0
this really nails the reason why ct people complain here so much

"twitter trained their crypto habit and expectations"

really and truly we need to shun "KOLs" that groom social media noobs into being bag chasers and inherent exit liquidity
strip clubs should have variety shows. like I wanna see standup and sketches
there I said it: most web3/crypto content is the same and it's BORING

critiquing everyone including ourselves
i'm so much more likely to interact with a transaction frame if i'm using /warpcast web(which supports wallet connect) so i can use my rainbow wallet -- i'll even bookmark casts and move to web to use them instead of interacting with them on mobile, sometimes feels like too much friction or i don't want to think about setting another wallet up

curious if anyone else feels the same
hot take:

not everyone on farcaster should use it in the same way.
If you're not in the Mathcastles Discord, you're missing out on some quality hot takes like this from 113.
Maybe financializing all of our social interactions online isn't a good idea?
If your response to the market situation is "it's okay, I'm not going to retire tomorrow", then 1) good for you, and 2) you might misunderstand how the economy works.
we need more people to build clients!!!