Niche down or die tryin

Farcaster is shifting its channels toward "cozy corners," small invite-curated communities, instead of broad topic channels like /crypto or /books, as part of a 1.5-year experiment the team will end if the plan fails. The article says that after the June 2023 launch and a permissionless opening, channels grew to over 3500, most of them small and inactive. It argues that broad channels are too general and that most of their casts could be home-feed posts. Under the new model, hosts would manually add or invite members, as in a group chat, while hashtag-style topics would become umbrella themes for several niche channels. The author raises unresolved questions about channels such as /techarchive, /newyork and /paragraph.