In this thought exercise I'm trying not to be too nostalgic: - There is gold in the memory of a time when channels were used across a variety of use cases, particularly by those who don't fall under the typical builder archetype (dev) - Truer now more than ever, I believe everyone on FC is a dev (Neynar tools gud) - Channels are "content" streams - The previous/current meta made everyone hate tokens - Tokens create incentives, power distribution, provide social signal; stigma unwarranted, cultural stigma warranted - People made and participated in communities (channels) without tokens - Collaboration is the only path to innovation, onboarding new users, and most importantly, fun - Tokens can facilitate collaboration; AI can too - The miasma is real, but to operate with the assumption that we peaked would be depressing and foolish. - Farcasters were united by a vision of crypto (and tech broadly) that was different from the hellish version that exists on twitter. - At its best, farcaster felt like a playground - Connections > money every time