# @df: Merkle team treated third party devs with contempt during frames process

Source: https://farcaster.xyz/df/0x279d52d8
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/df-Merkle-team-treated-third-party-devs-with-contempt-during-frames-process?index=0x699dbd6a6a1986f92f6b3162b7bf0605e068bc8512876327b40fb8b1592838f1b2b9c902
Submitted by @timdaub.eth on 2026-02-24 UTC, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

## Summary

A commenter says the Merkle team treated third-party developers with contempt during the frames process, based on their own experience. They report that the team gave no definitive or consistent answer about integrating for months. The clearest indirect answer came when Varun sent the "frames early draft" for feedback about 48 hours before launch, following the protocol process via an FIP. The commenter says they are not claiming anyone said they would integrate.

## Article

I'm not claiming you said you'd integrate (you didn't), but you also didn't give any definitive answer about integrating and certainly not a consistent and clear one for months. The clearest (indirect) answer we got from you after following protocol process via an FIP was when Varun sent the "frames early draft" for feedback, something like 48 hours before launching it.

anyways I'm kinda tired of this discussion, I'm over it, but perhaps now you won't get as upset and subcast me when I say the merkle team treated third party devs with contempt - that was my experience.