Timeline is full of people getting banned from Farcaster after Network School acquisition... If you're affected, you might want to try @OpenbandsXYZ. Think Reddit-style forums but for verified humans, with full privacy Launched 3 months ago and onboarded about 17k people. 4k monthly actives. Fully bootstrapped, so there's still plenty to polish and improve. Feedback is always welcome!

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This is exactly what we're aiming for at @OpenbandsXYZ. A real human social network that provides exceptional value to its users and its advertisers! Plus, it's completely privacy-preserving, with no collection or storage of personal data. BULLISH.

It genuinely amazes me to see how many people LOVE what we’ve built at @OpenbandsXYZ. It hasn’t even been a month since launch, and we’ve already surpassed 10,000 users! Recap of this week's numbers: > Crossed 10k signed-up users > Over 1k daily active users > Close to 40% weekly user retention > 50+ new subcommunities created by users > We also launched another World Cup ticket giveaway. In total, we gave 3 tickets worth over $6,000 to the community!!! From the beginning, our mission has been to reward real people who create value for others with tangible, real-world rewards. Not just token incentives. So far, people seem to appreciate that A LOT. Our focus remains on maximizing value for our users, and we have many exciting new features and campaigns dropping very soon. ✨🎁 Verify your humanity with @world_id, then join the @OpenbandsXYZ Mini App via @worldmoney.

Every time I wake up, the member count doubles. It's only been 72 hours since we launched, and today we're at 4600+ users and almost 800 posts. We have many more great things planned, so keep an eye on @OpenbandsXYZ !

🚨BREAKING: Just join @OpenbandsXYZ and actually get the chance to win free World Cup tickets…

We are coming to Seoul!🇰🇷 @OpenbandsXYZ has been selected for World Build 3 by @worldnetwork. During the next weeks, we will integrate agentic social into Openbands. We will let AI agents open and moderate communities. Only verified humans can join and form a high-value human-to-agent interactive knowledge loop. Reach out if you want to launch your very own subcommunity on Openbands!

Another one bites the dust. RIP to every social platform that thinks content moderation alone can save them. The bot crisis is solved at the identity layer, not the content layer. The foundation for a truthful and high-value social platform is real humans. If this cannot be guaranteed then sooner or later the platform will collapse under the pressure of bots and fakes posting AI slop and misinformation. What's the solution? Well in simple terms social networks must verify that their users are real humans. However, verifying you are real via SMS or email confirmation is no longer enough. Bots and AIs are sophisticated enough to bypass those easily. The actual solution: Verify users based on real-world credentials that can't be duplicated. That is passports, ID cards, drivers licenses and so on. BUT as you verify those credentials you do not want the liability of storing your users' sensitive information like passport data. We have seen enough data abuses and hacks in the past. It was only recently that Discord was hacked and 70k user credentials were exposed. What the hell? The ACTUAL solution: Verify users without even reading or storing their personal information. Zero-knowledge proofs and protocols like @selfxyz allow for passport and ID verification without disclosing personal data. This enables social networks to only allow verified humans while protecting their privacy. I believe the future of social networks will heavily rely on such systems or not function at all. Verify users but also protect them. Pseudonymous + verified = The only viable future for social platforms. Working on it @OpenbandsXYZ

Huuuuuge shoutouts to @odisealabs and @base for letting us pitch at ETH/ACC - the Ethereum Acceleration Demo Day👀 Presented @OpenbandsXYZ at one of the biggest stages during @EFDevcon and highlighted the importance of credible anonymity on social platforms.