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A huge thank you to everyone who curated and shaped the Sopha feed this week! Your human judgment is what makes this place meaningful. ✨ Thanks to: @bradq, @chriscocreated, @kazani, @arjantupan, @speakup, @mvr, @eduardmsmr, @jonathancolton, @sopha See the contributors at sopha.social/contributors

A huge thank you to everyone who curated and shaped the Sopha feed this week! Your human judgment is what makes this place meaningful. ✨ Thanks to: @eduardmsmr, @speakup, @bradq, @garance, @jonathancolton, @kazani, @chriscocreated, @konohime.eth See the contributors at sopha.social/contributors

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲 Sopha is designed against the 'mindless feed'. With Intentional Mode, we place thick lines between casts so you recognize you're stepping from one thought to another. You have to click to get more. Pause. Breathe. Read.

𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲: 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Taste, curation, and discernment are things to design for, not eliminate. We value human judgment. Every cast you see here was selected by a human for the good of other people.

𝗨𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲: 𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 Sopha isn't designed as your only client. Think of it as a Farcaster third space; come here when you want a specific, high-quality experience, while still using your daily driver for the firehose.

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 Content on Sopha has a much longer shelf life. Because we filter for quality, a thoughtful piece written two weeks ago is still visible and valuable today. You don't have to rush; good thoughts stick around.

𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲: Openness Without Naivety We build on open protocols, but we recognise that healthy spaces require boundaries and stewardship. We welcome diversity, but we aren't naive-we will delete trash that doesn't align with our values to protect the community experience.

Value: Care is Infrastructural We believe care is a secret sauce that should be built into the code. It started with the 'thank you for curating' response, but it goes deeper. Care is about stewardship of the ecosystem and ensuring our decisions foster the best environment for people creating on decentralised social.

Philosophy: Unflattening Social Social media often feels 'flat'-stripping away nuance. We are here to 'unflatten' the social experience. By embracing personality (inc GIF PFPs!) and prioritising depth, we want you to see the full person behind the cast, not just the content. Building space for weirdness & personality

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 New to the sofa? Here is your quick glossary: • Sopha: The app. • Sophlet: Your mascot—that one-eyed owl on a sofa you see in peoples PFP. • Sofistas: That’s you. The nickname for the thoughtful innovators making up this community. Welcome!

A huge thank you to everyone who curated and shaped the Sopha feed this week! Your human judgment is what makes this place meaningful. ✨ Thanks to: @bradq, @huugo, @speakup, @garance, @kazani, @chriscocreated, @bfg, @joseacabrerav, @nickysap, @eduardmsmr See the contributors at sopha.social/contributors

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 Love the trending feed? We still got it - mainly to keep @nounishprof happy. It’s a great way to cut through the noise and see what the community is actually resonating with right now. Click +more > Trending

Value: 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 'Sofistas' are interested in thoughtful, deeper life discussions-we prioritise depth over scale. Test it: Read your first five casts on Sopha today. We bet you'll see more depth in those five posts than in a whole day of scrolling elsewhere.

Feature: 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 Wondering how we filter? Check the 'Q' number (up to 100) on curated casts. It helps filter out low-quality content. And while AI helps, we stick to human-first principles; curators can manually adjust that score to ensure the best content wins.

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 We are properly committed to long-form content. That’s why the compose cast input on Sopha takes up the full page-giving you the space and focus you need to write with depth.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Sopha at is heart is a collaboration (no surprise as @chriscocreated is building it). From our first group chat to our 'On the Sofa' calls, to 1:1 chats the people participating are shaping the system to be what we want and need

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗠𝘆 𝟯𝟳 Need to escape the algorithm? Try 'My 37.' It’s Farcaster's version Dunbar’s number. Pick 37 people you genuinely want to keep up with and see a feed with 𝘯𝘰 algo—just your friends. Set up your 37 today!

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: Accessibility Care is built into the app. If you go to Settings, you'll find Accessibility options. We built this because not everyone reads comfortably at the same size, and we believe there is no excuse for not building in care from day one. It took about 30 mins to get working.

𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲: Respecting Attention In a world of noise and attention-seeking, value #1 at Sopha is respecting each other's attention. The volume of casts is smaller and tags are discerning. If you get a notification here, you know there is a quality cast at the other end of it.

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: Reflection Moments How often do you read a powerful cast and just scroll past out of habit? We want to fix that. Hit the '?' button on any cast for a 'Reflection Moment'—a generated prompt to help you apply that insight to your own life rather than just scrolling past.