[_jsmh]

The most brutal part of distribution I've seen is finding people who care about trying things out.

Maybe something like https://smallbets.com is better than Product Hunt in finding that group of people. PH doesn't allow signups with only a username/email and password.

I'm starting to believe a different community is needed for building in public that isn't HN or PH though it might be smallbets, I didn't try it.

It worked for me to be highly uncompromising on what I want to have while at the same time highly accommodating to what people want. Also to indulge in things I like that others don't.

Another thing that worked in the past is to have a mobile app because it gets you users simply because the app store puts it in front of people.

What didn't work is emailing people asking for feedback. People mostly don't care.

I want a showhn.com where builders commit to try each other's stuff.