farcaster seems to be our first chance to see a decentralized social network that actually works.
farcaster is the protocol, warpcast is the interface.
Here is an invite link to warpcast , it has a $8 one-time fee to create an account (this helps prevent spam)
Here is my profile: https://warpcast.com/silv.eth
To get started:
- download the warpcast app on ios or android , and pay the $8 fee.
- a cast is post, just like a tweet. unlike twitter, you should always make your posts in a channel. if you make a post without a channel and you have few followers, you will not get any engagement.
- Explore the channels, and follow a few that sound interesting. Good starting points are /books , /fitness , /ai , /finance , /parenting
- Try out Frames, which are a really cool way of embedding an interactive widget into a cast. Here is a simple poll frame I created.
- Get your active user badge by completing the steps listed here on FarcasterUserStats.com .
- Farcaster has a reddit-like experience with channels. Channels cost 2500 warps per year to keep up, almost like a domain registration. Here is, /washingtondc a channel I created for 2500 warps ($25).
- If you’re into crypto/NFTs, you can verify your crypto wallet under Edit Profile
> Verified Address. I love how it supports ENS domains
as usernames out of the box:
If you really get into it and want features like scheduling messages, multi-account management, bookmarks, and lists, consider trying out the $10/mo paid product, SuperCast , which I am dabbling with now.