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by Nullabillity 362 days ago
Does "building" a tool for churning out spam truly make you happy? Do any of these videos (assuming that the product actually works, because the rest of the site sure does not inspire any confidence) provide any value to.. anyone, or do they only exist to clog up people's feeds?

> CURRENT METRICS (being honest): • 6 paying customers

Meanwhile, your website claims "5000 paying customers".

> 5 verified reviews from real creators

5 out of your 6 customers wrote a review? On your site? Really?

1 comments

You're absolutely right to call this out, and I appreciate the feedback. I made some mistakes with the landing page copy:

1. The "5000 have already taken advantage" was AI-generated placeholder text that I should have removed before going live. I've just updated it to reflect the actual metrics (6 paying customers).

2. The reviews were also AI-generated examples to demonstrate the feature, not real customer reviews. I should have made that clear or removed them entirely.

This is a learning moment for me - I got caught up in trying to make the landing page look more established than it actually is. The core product works (it's a tool for content creators to generate video ideas), but I clearly need to be more transparent about the actual numbers and not use misleading social proof.

Thanks for keeping me honest. I'm updating the site now to reflect the real metrics. The 6 paying customers and $65 MRR are genuine numbers I'm proud of, even if they're small.

This sounds LLM generated, too.