# Read Me: Another Newsletter, Yay

*Ignore This And Stay Mid*

By [Read Me](https://paragraph.com/@readme) · 2025-07-08

readme, farcaster, base, warpcast, degen, launch

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So.  
**Read Me.** What is it? Why are you here? Why am I doing this? Great questions. No easy answers.

Let’s start with this:  
**Farcaster moves too fast.**  
And no, that’s not always a good thing. I’m here basically every day, and somehow I still feel like I’m late to everything. New Updates? Missed it. Viral Mini Apps? Gone. Someone launched a Clanker? Missed a 10x. Farcaster Rewards? Didn't make the cut.

I tried keeping up. I did the [Ambassadors newsletter](https://newsletter.ambassadors.gg/) daily for a few months. Then I did [Farcaster Roundup](https://farcaster.xyz/kylepatrick.eth/0xa3196048) for a few weeks. It was cute. Then I got burned out, touched grass, came back itching to write and create content again. Got hit with **instant FOMO**. “Why is everyone making vertical vids?!” **FOMO**.

At some point I realized:

> no one’s going to hand you everything.  
> if you want something, build it yourself.

So... I'll try.

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### So what even _is_ Read Me?

It’s my **"sudden urge to make content + why am I doing this??"** energy turned passion project, turned read me.  
Also: my attempt to **actually proliferate the Farcaster ecosystem**, because something something sufficiently decentralized.

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Here’s what you’ll find (did you miss the word roadmap???):

*   **spotlights** – projects, builders, miniapps, weird bots, etc. that deserve more than a like
    
*   **guides** – for things you pretend to know, or actually want to learn, or need to send to a confused friend
    
*   **farcaster updates** – semi-weekly. not daily. i’m not trying to be your feed. just enough to keep you relevant in the groupchat
    
*   **takes** – when I can’t keep my opinions in the drafts
    
*   **links** – filtered, fun, frequently feral
    

And yeah, **read me might look like clickbait**.  
Because it is. But it’s _ethical clickbait_. Curated clickbait.

### Why Bother?

Because the feed is chaos.  
Because cool casts shouldn’t vanish under six memes and a random birthday post.  
Because context is hard to find, and harder to keep up with.  
Because I wanted something like this, and couldn’t find it all in one place.  
So I made it.

Not the only version. Just **my version**.

If you’ve ever said:

> “Wait, that launched?”  
> “Tony Soprano's favorite word is Gabagool??”  
> “Bro, what even are mini apps?”  
> "Who is Dan Romero?"

**Read Me** is for you.

Or maybe it’s just for me. That’s fine too.  
Either way, you opened the file.

See you in the next drop.  
Or not. Go touch grass.

\- kyle patrick (my real name, sorta)

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