# From the Void to a Badge

> My Wayward Journey to be Seen

**Published by:** [jacque](https://paragraph.com/@jacque/)
**Published on:** 2024-06-22
**Categories:** farcasterwritinghackathon, jacque, personal essay
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@jacque/shadowbanned-void-to-powerbadge

## Content

Throughout my time here, I have struggled when being seen within this dev(il's) playground, but every challenge has pushed me to grow and ultimately gain more recognition by using my own path and being true to my own voice. My personal journey was not as bright as it might seem; there has been a lot of misinformation and changes to the protocol, some for the better and some that just made it harder to keep visibility through the neediness of this platform and the sure numbers game that needs to be played either on your part or if you have the powerful friends that are the seeded group the prayer and hope that they are willing to help raise your social score without having to generate content on the regular. You can go back to doing more quality vs having to placate the quality and quantity by looking for loops and gimmicks. When I first joined this platform, I was filled with excitement. I saw it as a new opportunity to showcase my work and connect with a community of fellow artists. That's still my goal, and I'm eager to learn how to make the most of this platform.FarcasterJacque(she|her) on Warpcasthttps://jacquec.cent.co/nft/14246 limited mint on @cent. Also, hello Fam! New to @warpcast here! Looking for pointers and tips on how to make the most of this new platform 💜🫶💜 sending love to all y’all. https://jacquec.cent.co/nft/14246FarcasterJacque(she|her) on WarpcastIs there like a list somewhere for this social media experiment whatever it is that shows where one can put things in each channel cause I got a few like REVEL cards that I want to put out here but like I also avoiding that random MOD to “like it” pretty much making me feel like I put it in the wrong fucking place. I went dark for a few months after this happened on the app and completely forgot about it until I had friends who finally used my code to join, and they brought me back into the platform. The damage went from mild to worse in a few months. Bot or not, once told me I was a buildooor, and shortly after, without knowing it, my only guess is others in the channels started labeling my posts as spam. Sharing too much art due to my excitement of diving back into the Warpcast scene, thinking I was sharing my creations and light with the world, and going from seeing the "top caster badge" on my profile to even being shadowed from my channel, I co-ran at the time /wacDashboard view for users where I didn't even show up on the cast count and was posting multiple times a day trying to build engagement.FarcasterJacque(she|her) on WarpcastPeople in my own group /wac don't see me. Fix this /shadowban NOW https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/5c14d019-5f98-4a88-40ce-a2a491615400/originalFarcasterJacque(she|her) on WarpcastWould participate tho you cannot see me so my home is the void the endless vaccum of space. @debbie come join me https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/52009929-1fad-437e-c6f9-e3d06e5d9900/original https://warpcast.com/debbie/0xa8f665dfWhen the world feels dark, and you seem to be in an endless pit, remember to stay true to who you are. Continue to sound your voice and make yourself heard. When you are looking for recognition, keep in mind screaming into the void, falling into the shadows, and continuing to be you. You are special and unique.FarcasterJacque(she|her) on WarpcastTrying so hard to keep pushing through. Each day I see the beauty of growth and I stay stagnant unmoving.FarcasterJacque(she|her) on WarpcastEven when @artjedi1 feels the same way I do and cannot see me https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/03e3110a-0240-4e95-8103-92a766b1d400/originalIf you know someone from outside this app always reach out compassion can be found in many different places, @letsglitchit was one of the first to take her powerbadge and started to showcase other artists around after hearing my story. I was lucky enough for her to hear me on our Cohort9 group one day after seeing the beautiful art she always posts. I interacted with and was again unseen.FarcasterJacque(she|her) on WarpcastThis seriously touches my heart I reached out to @letsglitchit through one of our group chats on the other app, asking if she saw my posts. I appreciate all that you’re doing for art and artists here. You are so beautiful; keep being authentic love how you're working on helping everyone get seen 💜 https://warpcast.com/letsglitchit/0x132463f8@awedjob.eth, who has been a witness to my story the whole time, has been one of the only reasons I have been able to make it to this point and not give up. I seriously was about to abandon this primary account. I tried and made a secondary one that somehow ended up having even more issues of not being able to even keep the tips of less than 500 $degen that I had gotten that season since my friends accidentally tipped @jacquec's wallet, which was and still is different than my main account. At that moment, it made me realize even if I tried to start over, Warpcast wouldn't let me. My only option now was to lean in harder to my current FID and hope to break through.FarcasterAwedJob on WarpcastHave you been made invisible by the new “Priority Mode”? One thing you can do to help new users be seen is to recast their posts like I’m doing for the amazing and talented @jacque https://warpcast.com/jacque/0xac4dcae8FarcasterJacque(she|her) on WarpcastThere are nefarious unfair practices on this platform they called “tests” it's affect unknown users and the devs are ignoring the plight they have made. How am I hidden from this whole platform https://warpcast.notion.site/Hide-97a31dcbc36e41a8b36f6e9b81e8c08aFarcasterJacque(she|her) on WarpcastJust was working on changing out the art in one of my pieces. https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/00d28e32-052e-416b-a088-e2139b1fa100/originalFarcasterJacque(she|her) on WarpcastKeep inspired going into this new week. Please DM me if y’all have any /wac art. Today's piece is by @squishna and thank you for yesterdays image @nomemorypixel this community is so talented thank you all for inspiring. Find any interesting news, contests, art please post it below. https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/04ef9fb7-61c3-4ced-6fc5-cfbfa3f91e00/originalWhat I would post and pin in the channel to bring awareness to others artists within the community.What people who followed me saw that day.What the rest of the world saw when they went to the channel the same time and same day.What others saw when they looked at my page as a gift from a friend to test out my theory.It became impossible, draining, and so disheartening that I honestly cried for a weeks time trying to help grow my community and not even being able to show my appreciation for others who were actively posting in our group channel trying to show support and validation to them when I was getting stifled by the algorithm without warning. There were jokes in their ever-changing rulebook, so I know it exists and wish to high heaven that I could find it again where they were laughing and joking about NERFs (which are real and I have seen) and Shadowbans saying that it was test and only a test on their system. Yet users got caught in the crosshairs. One could feel like they were locked into a void with no way out, and some still do; even with the ability to turn off Priority Mode, there are still a select few that choose not to do it at all since we are overrun with AI bot account, cyborg account (half and half human run and AI programmed) creators and what is deemed as spam posting.FarcasterJacque(she|her) on Warpcast@jacek IDK if you’d be able to help me get in contact with a dev. Somehow my account doesn't show up even in my group I corun /wac makes it extremely difficult to the point of impossible to engage. Any advice or an ear of a dev wrapped in a box would be helpful.FarcasterJacque(she|her) on WarpcastMy CasterRank so on one place I only have 80 followers 1 79 I tried to make a new account to rectify that y'all took my tipped degen away from what is happening here? Why can no one help me fix these persistence issues? @dwr.eth now my @drakula won't sync as well. Do better please. I implore you. https://casterrank.app/frames/rank/weekly/195117 Even I was finally able to reach @debbie after asking a few times, and it made some of the biggest impacts, getting the start of my visibility outside my cozy corner here. FarcasterDebbie Soon 🤗🎩 on WarpcastCongratulations to today’s winners! Picked folks whom I’m newer to discovering - thank you for sharing your art journey with me ❤️ 🥇 @andreabalestrero 🥈 @jacque 🥉 @ticklish-art.eth See you tomorrow for more amazing art! https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/4eb2fcf9-3683-45e3-275e-24c16b1ca600/original I was ever so grateful for the friends I brought along with me. Honestly, without them, I would have given up. Now, I'm working to do everything in my power while I can maintain it to give back to them and others unseen here. @josepe-matteo took degen out of his own wallet and not only found other artists for the community since his account had more visibility and not the issue of my shadowbanned account, but we also found so much inspiration from those who participated. Throughout this whole time, I was still finding those who were my peers and inspirations. We chatted outside the app, and every answer was the same. They couldn't even find me when I gave them my user name for a search or see me under their posts unless they clicked into them directly when I sent them the links.FarcasterJosepe-matteo.degen.eth on WarpcastContest time 1st 1000 $Degen 2nd 500 $Degen 5 50 $Degen This contest will be judged by @jacque. I will be doing the payouts. Requirements: -ANY piece of art for an entry. -Follow @jacque -due to tipping restrictions, you must be able to DM/DC a wallet address in order for me to send your prize. GOOD LUCK! https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/a955425a-73eb-4494-b830-9469e787d100/original Yet, despite all the pain, I kept working to give back and get my new friends into the same light that was slowly being shown.FarcasterJacque(she|her) on WarpcastI have been blessed to co-run a group of creatives called /wac expanding my eye candy and just being genuinely inspired on the regular. One of my newfound fam @hanisart has really gotten me to all the feels and tbh their art is truly something else. https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/5e301cdf-33e7-4d34-6ced-41ae4f9cee00/original https://warpcast.com/debbie/0xc6913125FarcasterHani Naqi 🎩 on WarpcastThanks dear @debbie for choosing mine as a first winner , a million thanks @jacque for participating me on this contest 🫂🫀 Gm 💎 I just started a new amazing day🌻 https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/19ad11c0-e929-4dee-2b7d-638eba964500/original https://warpcast.com/debbie/0xc6913125 @hanisart is an amazing artist; I have fallen in love with her view and creativity. The second art contest win was an even larger honor since I got to pay it forward and support others on this platform.FarcasterDebbie Soon 🤗🎩 on WarpcastAI art is art. Congratulations to today’s winners 🖤 🥇 @aoifeodwyer 🥈 @jacque 🥉 @erikx https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/e8d70163-aa66-4d25-95b0-29b3839bb300/original Then, months later, that day finally arrived. I was in the middle of an interview with @sinfulmeatstick, and we were discussing my art journey for over 30 years and how I came to be on came to be behind the NFT. It may have been even longer if we hadn't gone onto the /wac channel in our discussion, and I got to talk about myself and others who inspire me every day. I had to bring my face in so close to the screen and saw a purple check mark by my name. I almost started crying out of pure joy, knowing that this was hopefully the sign of times changing and that if there was hope for me, everyone who radiates authenticity could also find this.FarcasterSinfulMeatStick on WarpcastJoin us at MetaOneDesigns HQ for another episode of Beyond The NFT!!! This week's special guest will be @jacque!! Event post: https://decentraland.org/events/event/?id=a3e158dc-001d-4e80-819d-696d119c7d71 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sinfulmeatsticks Kick: https://kick.com/SinfulMeatStick https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/4026c3d8-2874-4066-623f-b8d0ad081600/original https://decentraland.org/events/event/?id=a3e158dc-001d-4e80-819d-696d119c7d71 Farcastersquishna 🎩 on WarpcastHonoring our latest Power Badger. Thanks for all you do @jacque Live the dream! I couldn’t choose which one for you, so I’m sending both. @paybot 100000 $GRND https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/161e4a9a-fe15-42a5-e0a8-fb5da67f4500/original https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/16f040c5-4a4c-4113-9912-7db456473e00/original Yet the battle still rages on every week. I see outstanding artists with pure and original content lose their badges. It's not a guarantee, and any week, I could fall back down. Warpcast can be very needy for attention, and even if you are genuine and putting your most authentic best foot forward, it doesn't mean that the algorithm agrees. There needs to be a more mutable solution that helps validate foxl to create fostering all walks of life in this world. Everything is an art form, and everyone is an artist. Art is what we live and breathe from the nature around us, which gets things done in its own time, and no one asks it to rush to the code that is written, helping the world bridge boundaries and create the sites that we marveled at daily.

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