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▲ 72 r/vibecoding

PSA: Fake user counts and reviews are illegal

Been seeing a lot of new SaaS sites lately with stuff like "Trusted by 15,000 users" or "Join 10,000+ companies" when the site just launched a week ago. Some of these same founders are posting in communities asking how to get users, or posting their $100 mrr, but their landing page says they already have thousands of users.

I 1 shotted a demo site to test my product on and a bunch of this was done by Claude code so I’m sure other people have had this too and kept it because it sounds great. Of course it does it’s a lie lol.

Just a heads up: this isn't only a credibility problem. It's actually illegal and comes with possible $50,000+ fines.

The FTC considers fake user counts and made-up testimonials false advertising. They've gone after small companies and solo founders, not just big ones.

Easy mistake to think it's harmless or that nobody checks. It’s wrong and illegal. Don’t do it.

Honest launches are slower. But they don't put your business at risk.

Anyone else seen their vibe coded apps come with fake social credit?

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u/No-Conclusion1329 — 11 hours ago
▲ 1 r/buildinpublic

BetaList: BRUTAL 48 hour update

I have been looking at trying as many channels as possible to post about my app since launch. BetaList came up in a couple searches and I thought “if I’m serious about this $99 isn’t bad for backlinks and a little traffic boost.”

In the first day I only had 18 clicks not bad for the pre news letter but I kept patient for the email.

I got super excited to see that Blogr was in the top spot to “70,000” subscribers. blogr.dev is for developers to manage their blog, so even if that mailing is mostly founders a lot will be my target audience.

After 24 hours post newsletter … 17 clicks.

For a grand total of 35 in 48 hours. Damn. $3 CPC.

Is this crazy low or is this channel dead now?

u/No-Conclusion1329 — 6 days ago
▲ 2 r/micro_saas

How long do you commit before you kill a product?

How long do you validate a product for? Do you wait weeks or months of no paying users before you move on?

I’m ready for the long haul just want to know what to aim for. First launch, 2 days in, no users but I didn’t expect it to be easy.

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u/No-Conclusion1329 — 6 days ago
▲ 16 r/buildinpublic

Build in public is not for me

I don’t know if it’s the imposter syndrome or the something from childhood but building in public pains me deeply. What I’ve tried:

  1. Tik Tok - holy cringe. I hate the sound of my voice. I have made some regular talking head videos that kept me up at night. I deleted some hours later because I couldn’t take it. Just recording it made my heart race.

  2. Linked in. Posting my L’s in front of co workers both present and past and trying to act like one winning. What is worse giving up or keeping up.

What helped you get going and keep going?

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u/No-Conclusion1329 — 8 days ago
▲ 8 r/roastmystartup+3 crossposts

I never consistently blogged on my own sites, so I built something to do it for me.

I have shipped three SaaS projects. I have written exactly two blog posts.
Every Sunday I'd plan to write one, then either move on to the next project or forget the blog existed. SEO advice everywhere says "blog consistently." I never managed it.

So I built Blogr.

It's a GitHub App. Install on your repo, tell it about your site once — description, tone, audience, keywords you want to rank for, topics to avoid — pick a schedule. It commits MDX blog posts to your /content folder automatically. No CMS, no dashboard. Posts appear in your repo like a contributor pushed them.

Works with anything that reads MDX from a folder — Next.js, Astro, Remix. If your site's on Vercel, posts auto-deploy as soon as Blogr commits. The post is live without having to do anything.

Blogr.dev's own blog is written by Blogr — every post there was generated by the tool.
The output isn't generic AI slop — Blogr reads your existing posts to match voice, uses the keywords you specifically gave it, internal linking, and outputs proper MDX with frontmatter.

90-second demo: https://streamable.com/40b2ys

If you want to try before paying, the site has a free generation — drop in your site details and Blogr will write you a post on the spot. It's just a preview; nothing gets committed anywhere unless you connect a repo.

I spent the last month building this in the mornings before work. Launching cold today — no audience, no waitlist, no Twitter following — just see what happens. I'll be in the comments all day. If you'd actually use this, tell me. If you wouldn't, tell me why.

u/No-Conclusion1329 — 3 days ago