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Farcaster Topics

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FIP: Follow Link Defragmentation — @adityapk

• Proposal
• When someone runs out of storage, it will clear oldest info for that user
• Proposal will compress the store, defragment link follows
• Lets you continue to follow link
• Will help reduce traffic on the hubs
• Any devs that actively handle link data should review
• Hub owners should upgrade ASAP when this release comes out May 1st or the official release date
• Clients who want to track unfollows can opt out, but the chances are the space is more valuable

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Shuttle — @Sanjay

New releases and updates to sync data to Postres

• Been in beta for about a week
• Still a work in progress, will have standalone example soon
• Group DC for alpha testers

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Frames — @horsefacts, @deodad

Ephemeral frames

• Spec
• Multi step actions, closing the loop between actions and frames
• Should be ready in the next few days
• Message @horsefacts or @deodad if you want to be in a group DC with alpha testers

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Warpcast Updates

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Priority ordering — @Dan Romero

Reducing spam and increasing signal across the app

• Precursor to a change coming to Warpcast called priority mode
• Going to automatically put people into it as Warpcast team expects people will want it by default
• Social graph based, you will not see casts that are not in your graph
• Similar to how notifications works with priority mode
• Will eventually carry to channels, will take longer to implement
• In Dan’s opinion its easier to solve how to boost better new users vs fighting spam
• Warpcast team is currently doing a split test with priority ordering and seems to be working really well
• Will make it harder to get the power badge, will need to be adjusted. But as stated before, easier problem to solve

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Direct messaging — @Goksu Toprak

Improving reliability and the user experience

• DCs have been tough from an architecture perspective because it has to be real time unlike a feed
• After DC has been improved, they want to focus on
  • Programability - 4-6 weeks
  • Interoperability - other clients can connect into DCs - end of the year
  • Encryption - end to end, so messages are private - months after that
• Focus is making something that will stick and has the consumer quality of apps like Whatsapp or Signal