# @itsbasil: Base pushed Zora too aggressively, FC coins getting rekt as DAUs go

Source: https://farcaster.xyz/itsbasil/0x97077ab3

## Summary

@itsbasil argues that Base pushed Zora too aggressively, integrating it without validation into the app of an $80b public company, and that the "base app" brand has since been lost barely a year in. The post says Farcaster spent over two years building against its core market, damaging its public perception, and that a token is now the only way out for both Farcaster and Base, which pushed creator coins from the top. It concludes that the long-term sustainability of TBA and Farcaster does not depend on net-new creators, and that both should have built for developers, who would do much of the work if supported.

## Article

fc coins getting rekt as daus dwindle & ct dances around a tba tombstone

base pushed zora way too aggressively, integrating a mid-7th pivot platform into an $80b pubco app release at the most fundamental level of usage with zero validation & against a wall of external & thoughtful criticism… it’s unheard of

as a result, the two have become inseparable & “base app” has now lost its brand name, barely a year in — but users this & that, see: world 

fc chose to build against its core tam for over two years & destroyed its public perception in the process; now a token is the only way out 

base learned nothing from farcasters shortcomings & chose to push creator coins from the very top; now a token is the only way out 

no one asked farcaster nor base to CREATE net-new creators; this is crypto

the long-term sustainability of tba & certainly now fc given the wallet upgrades does NOT depend on net-new creators

this is crypto; we’re building crypto apps

it doesn’t have to be like this, ya know 

all both of y’all had to do was build for the devs… they will literally do your job for you; all you need to do is listen & support them