as someone who spends too much time on X, it was clear to me that Farcaster as a social network was doomed. Farcaster never offered a higher status ceiling. Social networks are about status games - can you give a new set of users greater soft power in the world? turns out the answer was no, unless you wanted to be seen as an "indie builder on base". the type of people who were early adopters capped the growth curve from the start. no shade on the farcaster team at all. it was a good run. it's nearly impossible to outrun the network effects and distribution of the giants. so many have tried and failed