diff --git a/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js b/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js
index 8d9d55ee4..3e908a951 100644
--- a/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js
@@ -1,228 +1,241 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Alert } from 'react-native';
 
 import { IdentityClientContext } from 'lib/shared/identity-client-context.js';
 import { useIsAppForegrounded } from 'lib/shared/lifecycle-utils.js';
 
 import RegistrationButtonContainer from './registration-button-container.react.js';
 import RegistrationButton from './registration-button.react.js';
 import RegistrationContainer from './registration-container.react.js';
 import RegistrationContentContainer from './registration-content-container.react.js';
 import { RegistrationContext } from './registration-context.js';
 import type { RegistrationNavigationProp } from './registration-navigator.react.js';
 import type { CoolOrNerdMode } from './registration-types.js';
 import FarcasterPrompt from '../../components/farcaster-prompt.react.js';
 import FarcasterWebView from '../../components/farcaster-web-view.react.js';
 import type { FarcasterWebViewState } from '../../components/farcaster-web-view.react.js';
 import {
   type NavigationRoute,
   ConnectEthereumRouteName,
   AvatarSelectionRouteName,
 } from '../../navigation/route-names.js';
+import { useStaffCanSee } from '../../utils/staff-utils.js';
 
 export type ConnectFarcasterParams = ?{
   +userSelections?: {
     +coolOrNerdMode?: CoolOrNerdMode,
     +keyserverURL?: string,
   },
 };
 
 type Props = {
   +navigation: RegistrationNavigationProp<'ConnectFarcaster'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'ConnectFarcaster'>,
 };
 
 function ConnectFarcaster(prop: Props): React.Node {
   const { navigation, route } = prop;
 
   const { navigate } = navigation;
   const userSelections = route.params?.userSelections;
 
   const registrationContext = React.useContext(RegistrationContext);
   invariant(registrationContext, 'registrationContext should be set');
   const {
     cachedSelections,
     setCachedSelections,
     skipEthereumLoginOnce,
     setSkipEthereumLoginOnce,
   } = registrationContext;
 
   const [webViewState, setWebViewState] =
     React.useState<FarcasterWebViewState>('closed');
 
   const { ethereumAccount } = cachedSelections;
   const goToNextStep = React.useCallback(
     (fid?: ?string) => {
       setWebViewState('closed');
 
       if (!skipEthereumLoginOnce || !ethereumAccount) {
         navigate<'ConnectEthereum'>({
           name: ConnectEthereumRouteName,
           params: {
             userSelections: {
               ...userSelections,
               farcasterID: fid,
             },
           },
         });
         return;
       }
 
       const newUserSelections = {
         ...userSelections,
         farcasterID: fid,
         accountSelection: ethereumAccount,
       };
       setSkipEthereumLoginOnce(false);
       navigate<'AvatarSelection'>({
         name: AvatarSelectionRouteName,
         params: { userSelections: newUserSelections },
       });
     },
     [
       navigate,
       skipEthereumLoginOnce,
       setSkipEthereumLoginOnce,
       ethereumAccount,
       userSelections,
     ],
   );
 
   const onSkip = React.useCallback(() => goToNextStep(), [goToNextStep]);
 
   const identityServiceClient = React.useContext(IdentityClientContext);
   const getFarcasterUsers =
     identityServiceClient?.identityClient.getFarcasterUsers;
   invariant(getFarcasterUsers, 'Could not get getFarcasterUsers');
 
   const [queuedAlert, setQueuedAlert] = React.useState<?{
     +title: string,
     +body: string,
   }>();
 
   const onSuccess = React.useCallback(
     async (fid: string) => {
       try {
         const commFCUsers = await getFarcasterUsers([fid]);
         if (commFCUsers.length > 0 && commFCUsers[0].farcasterID === fid) {
           const commUsername = commFCUsers[0].username;
           setQueuedAlert({
             title: 'Farcaster account already linked',
             body: `That Farcaster account is already linked to ${commUsername}`,
           });
           setWebViewState('closed');
         } else {
           goToNextStep(fid);
           setCachedSelections(oldUserSelections => ({
             ...oldUserSelections,
             farcasterID: fid,
           }));
         }
       } catch (e) {
         setQueuedAlert({
           title: 'Failed to query Comm',
           body:
             'We failed to query Comm to see if that Farcaster account is ' +
             'already linked',
         });
         setWebViewState('closed');
       }
     },
     [goToNextStep, setCachedSelections, getFarcasterUsers],
   );
 
   const isAppForegrounded = useIsAppForegrounded();
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!queuedAlert || !isAppForegrounded) {
       return;
     }
     Alert.alert(queuedAlert.title, queuedAlert.body);
     setQueuedAlert(null);
   }, [queuedAlert, isAppForegrounded]);
 
   const { farcasterID } = cachedSelections;
   const alreadyHasConnected = !!farcasterID;
 
   const onPressConnectFarcaster = React.useCallback(() => {
     setWebViewState('opening');
   }, []);
 
   const defaultConnectButtonVariant = alreadyHasConnected
     ? 'outline'
     : 'enabled';
 
   const connectButtonVariant =
     webViewState === 'opening' ? 'loading' : defaultConnectButtonVariant;
 
   const connectButtonText = alreadyHasConnected
     ? 'Connect new Farcaster account'
     : 'Connect Farcaster account';
 
   const onUseAlreadyConnectedAccount = React.useCallback(() => {
     invariant(
       farcasterID,
       'farcasterID should be set in onUseAlreadyConnectedAccount',
     );
     goToNextStep(farcasterID);
   }, [farcasterID, goToNextStep]);
 
   const alreadyConnectedButton = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!alreadyHasConnected) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <RegistrationButton
         onPress={onUseAlreadyConnectedAccount}
         label="Use connected Farcaster account"
         variant="enabled"
       />
     );
   }, [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>
           {alreadyConnectedButton}
           <RegistrationButton
             onPress={onPressConnectFarcaster}
             label={connectButtonText}
             variant={connectButtonVariant}
           />
-          <RegistrationButton
-            onPress={onSkip}
-            label="Do not connect"
-            variant="outline"
-          />
+          {skipButton}
         </RegistrationButtonContainer>
       </RegistrationContainer>
     ),
     [
       alreadyConnectedButton,
       connectButtonText,
       connectButtonVariant,
       onPressConnectFarcaster,
-      onSkip,
       onSuccess,
       webViewState,
+      farcasterPromptTextType,
+      skipButton,
     ],
   );
 
   return connectFarcaster;
 }
 
 const styles = {
   scrollViewContentContainer: {
     flexGrow: 1,
   },
 };
 
 export default ConnectFarcaster;
diff --git a/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js b/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js
index 65ec39d1c..eaa9e9715 100644
--- a/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js
+++ b/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js
@@ -1,124 +1,124 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 
 import { setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType } from 'lib/actions/synced-metadata-actions.js';
 import { useIsAppForegrounded } from 'lib/shared/lifecycle-utils.js';
 import { syncedMetadataNames } from 'lib/types/synced-metadata-types.js';
 import { useCurrentUserFID } from 'lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js';
 import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 
 import FarcasterPrompt from './farcaster-prompt.react.js';
 import FarcasterWebView, {
   type FarcasterWebViewState,
 } from './farcaster-web-view.react.js';
 import RegistrationButton from '../account/registration/registration-button.react.js';
 import { BottomSheetContext } from '../bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet-provider.react.js';
 import BottomSheet from '../bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet.react.js';
 import type { RootNavigationProp } from '../navigation/root-navigator.react.js';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 
 const bottomSheetPaddingTop = 32;
 const farcasterPromptHeight = 350;
 const marginBottom = 40;
 const buttonHeight = 48;
 
 type Props = {
   +navigation: RootNavigationProp<'ConnectFarcasterBottomSheet'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'ConnectFarcasterBottomSheet'>,
 };
 
 function ConnectFarcasterBottomSheet(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { navigation } = props;
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
   const fid = useCurrentUserFID();
 
   const onSuccess = React.useCallback(
     (newFID: string) => {
       dispatch({
         type: setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
         payload: {
           name: syncedMetadataNames.CURRENT_USER_FID,
           data: newFID,
         },
       });
     },
     [dispatch],
   );
 
   const { goBack } = navigation;
 
   const bottomSheetRef = React.useRef(null);
 
   const bottomSheetContext = React.useContext(BottomSheetContext);
   invariant(bottomSheetContext, 'bottomSheetContext should be set');
   const { setContentHeight } = bottomSheetContext;
 
   const insets = useSafeAreaInsets();
 
   React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
     setContentHeight(
       bottomSheetPaddingTop +
         farcasterPromptHeight +
         marginBottom +
         buttonHeight +
         insets.bottom,
     );
   }, [insets.bottom, setContentHeight]);
 
   const [webViewState, setWebViewState] =
     React.useState<FarcasterWebViewState>('closed');
 
   const isAppForegrounded = useIsAppForegrounded();
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (fid && isAppForegrounded) {
       bottomSheetRef.current?.close();
     }
   }, [fid, isAppForegrounded]);
 
   const onPressConnect = React.useCallback(() => {
     setWebViewState('opening');
   }, []);
 
   const connectButtonVariant =
     webViewState === 'opening' ? 'loading' : 'enabled';
 
   const connectFarcasterBottomSheet = React.useMemo(
     () => (
       <BottomSheet ref={bottomSheetRef} onClosed={goBack}>
         <View style={styles.container}>
           <View style={styles.promptContainer}>
-            <FarcasterPrompt />
+            <FarcasterPrompt textType="optional" />
           </View>
           <RegistrationButton
             onPress={onPressConnect}
             label="Connect Farcaster account"
             variant={connectButtonVariant}
           />
         </View>
         <FarcasterWebView onSuccess={onSuccess} webViewState={webViewState} />
       </BottomSheet>
     ),
     [connectButtonVariant, goBack, onPressConnect, onSuccess, webViewState],
   );
 
   return connectFarcasterBottomSheet;
 }
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   container: {
     flex: 1,
     paddingHorizontal: 16,
   },
   promptContainer: {
     marginBottom: 40,
   },
 });
 
 export default ConnectFarcasterBottomSheet;
diff --git a/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js b/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js
index 756fbaa9a..daabef0aa 100644
--- a/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js
+++ b/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js
@@ -1,70 +1,85 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View, Text } from 'react-native';
 
 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(
     () => (
       <>
         <Text style={styles.header}>{headerText}</Text>
         <Text style={styles.body}>{bodyText}</Text>
         <View style={styles.farcasterLogoContainer}>
           <FarcasterLogo />
         </View>
       </>
     ),
     [
       bodyText,
       headerText,
       styles.body,
       styles.farcasterLogoContainer,
       styles.header,
     ],
   );
 
   return farcasterPrompt;
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   header: {
     fontSize: 24,
     color: 'panelForegroundLabel',
     paddingBottom: 16,
   },
   body: {
     fontFamily: 'Arial',
     fontSize: 15,
     lineHeight: 20,
     color: 'panelForegroundSecondaryLabel',
     paddingBottom: 16,
   },
   farcasterLogoContainer: {
     flexGrow: 1,
     alignItems: 'center',
     justifyContent: 'center',
   },
 };
 
 export default FarcasterPrompt;
diff --git a/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js b/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js
index 642c1b405..c3b19f454 100644
--- a/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js
+++ b/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js
@@ -1,129 +1,130 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View } from 'react-native';
 
 import {
   setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
   clearSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
 } from 'lib/actions/synced-metadata-actions.js';
 import { syncedMetadataNames } from 'lib/types/synced-metadata-types.js';
 import { useCurrentUserFID } from 'lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js';
 import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 
 import type { ProfileNavigationProp } from './profile.react.js';
 import RegistrationButton from '../account/registration/registration-button.react.js';
 import FarcasterPrompt from '../components/farcaster-prompt.react.js';
 import FarcasterWebView from '../components/farcaster-web-view.react.js';
 import type { FarcasterWebViewState } from '../components/farcaster-web-view.react.js';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +navigation: ProfileNavigationProp<'FarcasterAccountSettings'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'FarcasterAccountSettings'>,
 };
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 function FarcasterAccountSettings(props: Props): React.Node {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
   const fid = useCurrentUserFID();
 
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
 
   const onPressDisconnect = React.useCallback(() => {
     dispatch({
       type: clearSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
       payload: {
         name: syncedMetadataNames.CURRENT_USER_FID,
       },
     });
   }, [dispatch]);
 
   const [webViewState, setWebViewState] =
     React.useState<FarcasterWebViewState>('closed');
 
   const onSuccess = React.useCallback(
     (newFID: string) => {
       setWebViewState('closed');
       dispatch({
         type: setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
         payload: {
           name: syncedMetadataNames.CURRENT_USER_FID,
           data: newFID,
         },
       });
     },
     [dispatch],
   );
 
   const onPressConnectFarcaster = React.useCallback(() => {
     setWebViewState('opening');
   }, []);
 
   const connectButtonVariant =
     webViewState === 'opening' ? 'loading' : 'enabled';
 
   const button = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (fid) {
       return (
         <RegistrationButton
           onPress={onPressDisconnect}
           label="Disconnect"
           variant="outline"
         />
       );
     }
 
     return (
       <RegistrationButton
         onPress={onPressConnectFarcaster}
         label="Connect Farcaster account"
         variant={connectButtonVariant}
       />
     );
   }, [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>
       </View>
     ),
     [
       button,
-      fid,
+      farcasterPromptTextType,
       onSuccess,
       styles.buttonContainer,
       styles.connectContainer,
       styles.promptContainer,
       webViewState,
     ],
   );
 
   return farcasterAccountSettings;
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   connectContainer: {
     flex: 1,
     backgroundColor: 'panelBackground',
     paddingBottom: 16,
   },
   promptContainer: {
     flex: 1,
     padding: 16,
     justifyContent: 'space-between',
   },
   buttonContainer: {
     marginVertical: 8,
     marginHorizontal: 16,
   },
 };
 
 export default FarcasterAccountSettings;