Summary

1. We wanted to ensure that existing channels have a set of members on Day 1.
2. We automatically convereted active followers → members for channels.
3. We optimized for something straightforward and pragmatic, not perfect.

There are two types of channels on Farcaster today: with and without moderation. We will define “active followers → members” slightly differently.

Channels with moderation

• If a channel has moderation enabled, the initial set of members will be any user with a liked cast from the moderator account in the channel since June, i.e. a cast that appeared in the Main feed for the channel.
  • If you’re planning to token-gate your channel with a bot, e.g. Moxie or Hypersub, you’ll be able to add that bot as a moderator and this will override the above setting.

Channels without moderation

• If a channel does not have moderation enabled, the initial set of members will be any user that has appeared in the main channel feed on Warpcast (which is algorithmic).