vibecheck 7 - @cameron - /seemore /lounge

Timestamps 1:02 - Origins of cameron 1:36 - sneaking into cozy corners 5:00 - the journey from borderlands to MBA Land 9:15 - /lounge - the inside experience 10:40 - understanding why channels are different 12:40 - guiding good content in /lounge 15:00 - twitter vs. fc 18:00 - competing with merkle aka alt clients 23:10 - growth arcs for wc and ecosystem builders 24:50 - incentives of using wc for distribution 26:18 - can’t be everything to everyone 28:10 - selling utopia and believing people on the internet 30:55 - internet in context informing the bot debate 33:19 - unfucking the feed 35:35 - just put down the phone even if it’s hard 36:30 - manifesting the algo 39:22 - dawufi gets seemore pilled 46:15 - living in online fandom - community corners 50:55 - social graphs with context via channels 51:42 - the future of advertising in web3 and alt clients 58:15 - crypto is hyperspeed 59:50 - eternal change in the universe means no sustainable utopias or dystopias

Alex Masmej Talks $DEGEN: Fueling Drakula's Growth and the Onchain Creator Economy

Join us in this episode as we sit down with Alex Masmej, the brain behind Drakula and a key player in the farcaster ecosystem. From his early days of conceptualizing Showtime as the 'Instagram of NFTs' to pioneering Drakula, Alex's journey is nothing short of remarkable. Drakula, now making waves as the 'TikTok of Web3', has seen an explosive start with over $30M in transactions in just two weeks, introducing a new and engaging way for fans to support video creators. Alex returns to the podcast to share the lessons learned from pivoting Showtime to creating Drakula, highlighting the strategic moves, go-to-market strategy, and the decision to adopt $DEGEN as the native currency of the app. I hope you enjoy our conversation and our genesis episode on Pods!