Summary
TLDR: Elon Musk questioned why Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin left Twitter, with users speculating it was due to bots and annoying people. Buterin prefers Farcaster, a decentralized social media platform, for higher quality engagement. Farcaster saw a surge in popularity with its Frames feature, but still has much lower usage compared to Twitter. Buterin encourages using decentralized platforms like Farcaster for crypto news.
Key Points
1. Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder, has been spending less time on Twitter due to irritation with the platform’s user base, opting instead to engage more on Farcaster, a decentralized social media protocol.
2. Buterin finds the engagement on Farcaster to be of higher quality and refutes claims of isolating himself in a bubble with only crypto enthusiasts, noting that non-crypto users have also embraced the platform.
3. Farcaster gained popularity after introducing a feature called Frames, allowing users to perform various functions without exiting to a third party, but its usage still lags behind Twitter in terms of volume.