diff --git a/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js b/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js
--- a/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   ConnectEthereumRouteName,
   AvatarSelectionRouteName,
 } from '../../navigation/route-names.js';
+import { useStaffCanSee } from '../../utils/staff-utils.js';
 
 export type ConnectFarcasterParams = ?{
   +userSelections?: {
@@ -183,11 +184,26 @@
     );
   }, [alreadyHasConnected, onUseAlreadyConnectedAccount]);
 
+  const staffCanSee = useStaffCanSee();
+  const skipButton = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (!staffCanSee) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return (
+      <RegistrationButton
+        onPress={onSkip}
+        label="Do not connect"
+        variant="outline"
+      />
+    );
+  }, [staffCanSee, onSkip]);
+
+  const farcasterPromptTextType = staffCanSee ? 'optional' : 'required';
   const connectFarcaster = React.useMemo(
     () => (
       <RegistrationContainer>
         <RegistrationContentContainer style={styles.scrollViewContentContainer}>
-          <FarcasterPrompt />
+          <FarcasterPrompt textType={farcasterPromptTextType} />
         </RegistrationContentContainer>
         <FarcasterWebView onSuccess={onSuccess} webViewState={webViewState} />
         <RegistrationButtonContainer>
@@ -197,11 +213,7 @@
             label={connectButtonText}
             variant={connectButtonVariant}
           />
-          <RegistrationButton
-            onPress={onSkip}
-            label="Do not connect"
-            variant="outline"
-          />
+          {skipButton}
         </RegistrationButtonContainer>
       </RegistrationContainer>
     ),
@@ -210,9 +222,10 @@
       connectButtonText,
       connectButtonVariant,
       onPressConnectFarcaster,
-      onSkip,
       onSuccess,
       webViewState,
+      farcasterPromptTextType,
+      skipButton,
     ],
   );
 
diff --git a/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js b/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js
--- a/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js
+++ b/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       <BottomSheet ref={bottomSheetRef} onClosed={goBack}>
         <View style={styles.container}>
           <View style={styles.promptContainer}>
-            <FarcasterPrompt />
+            <FarcasterPrompt textType="optional" />
           </View>
           <RegistrationButton
             onPress={onPressConnect}
diff --git a/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js b/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js
--- a/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js
+++ b/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js
@@ -6,25 +6,40 @@
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import FarcasterLogo from '../vectors/farcaster-logo.react.js';
 
+type TextType = 'required' | 'optional' | 'disconnect';
+
 type Props = {
-  +showDisconnectText?: boolean,
+  +textType: TextType,
 };
 
 function FarcasterPrompt(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const { showDisconnectText } = props;
-
-  const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
+  const { textType } = props;
 
-  const headerText = showDisconnectText
-    ? 'Disconnect from Farcaster'
-    : 'Do you want to connect your Farcaster account?';
+  let headerText;
+  if (textType === 'required') {
+    headerText = 'Connect your Farcaster account';
+  } else if (textType === 'disconnect') {
+    headerText = 'Disconnect from Farcaster';
+  } else {
+    headerText = 'Do you want to connect your Farcaster account?';
+  }
 
-  const bodyText = showDisconnectText
-    ? 'You can disconnect your Farcaster account at any time.'
-    : 'Connecting your Farcaster account lets you see your mutual follows ' +
-      'on Comm. We’ll also surface communities based on your Farcaster ' +
+  let bodyText;
+  if (textType === 'required') {
+    bodyText =
+      'Connecting a Farcaster account is currently required. We use it to ' +
+      'boostrap your social graph, and to surface communities based on your ' +
+      'Farcaster channels.';
+  } else if (textType === 'disconnect') {
+    bodyText = 'You can disconnect your Farcaster account at any time.';
+  } else {
+    bodyText =
+      'Connecting your Farcaster account lets us bootstrap your social ' +
+      'graph. We’ll also surface communities based on your Farcaster ' +
       'channels.';
+  }
 
+  const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
   const farcasterPrompt = React.useMemo(
     () => (
       <>
diff --git a/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js b/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js
--- a/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js
+++ b/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@
     );
   }, [connectButtonVariant, fid, onPressConnectFarcaster, onPressDisconnect]);
 
+  const farcasterPromptTextType = fid ? 'disconnect' : 'optional';
   const farcasterAccountSettings = React.useMemo(
     () => (
       <View style={styles.connectContainer}>
         <View style={styles.promptContainer}>
-          <FarcasterPrompt showDisconnectText={!!fid} />
+          <FarcasterPrompt textType={farcasterPromptTextType} />
         </View>
         <FarcasterWebView onSuccess={onSuccess} webViewState={webViewState} />
         <View style={styles.buttonContainer}>{button}</View>
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@
     ),
     [
       button,
-      fid,
+      farcasterPromptTextType,
       onSuccess,
       styles.buttonContainer,
       styles.connectContainer,