Farcaster Follows
Follow anyone on Farcaster and Prysm sends what they post to your chat, a few seconds after they post it. Each follow has its own switches, so you choose what you get from each person.
Follow someone
Section titled “Follow someone”Send /fcfollow with their Farcaster username:
/fcfollow dwr
A profile link (farcaster.xyz/dwr) works too. Prysm answers with the
person’s page and their switches. Nothing they posted before you followed is
sent: you only get what’s new.
To stop, send /fcunfollow dwr.
Follow for a set time
Section titled “Follow for a set time”Add a time after the name and Prysm stops following by itself when it runs out:
/fcfollow dwr 3d
Use m, h, d or w (minutes, hours, days, weeks), from 10 minutes up to 90 days. The list shows
how long is left, and the chat gets a short note when the follow ends. Following the same account again
with a new time starts a fresh timer; without a time the follow has no end.
Add a note
Section titled “Add a note”Write why you follow them after the name (and after the time, if you set one):
/fcfollow dwr 3d early caller, dev of $PEPE
The note is up to 100 characters. It shows on the user’s page and under its name in /farcaster, and
under each of their posts in this chat. To keep it off the posts, turn Show notes on posts off at
the top of /farcaster. Change or remove it with Edit note on the user’s page. Following them again
with a new note replaces it; without one the note stays.
Follow several at once
Section titled “Follow several at once”Name more than one, each with its @, or reply /fcfollow to a message to pick up every Farcaster user it
mentions or links (up to 10):
/fcfollow @dwr @v
Prysm shows them first. Tap any you don’t want, set the switches once for all of them, then tap Follow. The ones this chat already follows are left as they are. A time or a note you add applies to each new follow; a reply without a note notes the message it came from.
What you get
Section titled “What you get”| Switch | What it sends | Starts |
|---|---|---|
| Posts | Their own casts | On |
| Replies | Their replies to other people’s casts | On |
| Quotes | Casts where they quote another cast | On |
| Recasts | Casts they recast, with the original text | Off |
| Trades | Tokens they buy, sell or swap in their Farcaster wallet | On |
Each alert shows who posted, what kind of post it is, the text (long casts fold so the chat stays tidy), the channel it was posted in, its links and an Open cast link.
If a cast has a contract address in it, the alert adds a copy button for the address. A trade alert says what was bought or sold, the amount and its dollar value, the chain, and links the transaction.
Change what you get
Section titled “Change what you get”Send /farcaster to see everyone this chat follows and what each one sends.
Tap ✏️ next to a person to open their switches and flip any of them. 🗑
unfollows them.
In a group
Section titled “In a group”- Alerts go to the group, in the forum topic where the follow was added.
- Anyone can send
/farcasterto see the list. - Only group admins can follow, unfollow or change the switches.