u/wrt418 — reddlx

Should I look for ICP in other places? Or my ICP just doesn't exist

Hey developers, I launched a product a week ago and looking for beta testers, even provided service for free, but still no one willing to try.

Briefly describe the product: it's a "user instant thought capturer", in a cool way to put it. Normally, it involves having an AI team take over handling user feedback automatically.

the usual way of collecting feedback is an input box plus a 5-star rating. it's simple, and mostly passive — no follow up + typing cost effort + user forget the "feeling" when asked later, which makes users don't bother to engage and you get very little signal back.

So i did a proactive conversational AI chat bot widget. It can pop up programmatically at the correct moment and talk to users when their experience are fresh and backend summarizer.

some example moments where this actually kicks in:

you're unsure about product direction, can use it to learn your users' real workflows.
a user clicks upgrade, then bails halfway and closes the survey. Pop up and engate.

I searched and DMed ~20 indie founders(reddit and X) and provide free service, their users base from dozens to hundreds. No one seems interest, so I am wondering:

The most urgent things for independent developers are finding users and marketing. My product is not the most urgent thing, so should I exclude them from ICP?
Should I reach out to bigger developers with hundreds or thousands of users who are already in need of large-scale user feedback? Or did I just trying to solve a fake problem?

Really, sincerely want to hear your opinion on this. Thanks!

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u/wrt418 — 10 hours ago

▲ 1 r/alphaandbetausers

Building an AI "thought capture" tool — not sure if the idea is real, need suggestions(free prototype access)

iv been building scouti for a while now and im at the point where i need other people to tell me if the core thing actually holds up.

the usual way of collecting feedback is just an input box plus a 5-star rating. it's simple, and mostly passive — no follow up + typing cost effort + forget the "feeling" when asked later, which makes users don't bother to engage and you get very little signal back.

I think user's instant thought worth capture cause 1. saw this data that afterwards survey pull ~3% and in-app instant popups pull ~30. 2. It's underated - contains lots of fresh feelings and opinions that may help the developer to understand and drive the product better.

So what I am doing instead is make this active:

voice-first, real back-and-forth conversation instead of a one-line form.
designed programmatic triggers. it pops up at the right moment when experience still fresh, not whenever the user remembers.
the AI scout acts on behalf of your product team, asking the questions you'd ask yourself if you had the time.

some example moments where this actually kicks in:

you're unsure about product direction, so you use scouti to learn your users' real workflows, and from those conversations you get signal on where to actually take it.
a user clicks upgrade, then bails halfway and closes the survey.

And many more. At those exact moments scouti steps in and asks the user why. that's where the real answer usually sits, not in a post-usage email survey 3 days later.

i think it solves a real problem. But DMed a few people and seems nobody cares. so, i am wondering:

is thought capture an actual wedge or is it just feedback with a nicer name? genuinely want to hear from people who run saas, especially if you think it's bs, tell me why. iv been deep in this too long and i need outside eyes.
if it resonates, i have a prototype

free pro access for the beta, no billing, no contract, cost on me. i just need real people to run scouti on their actual users and tell me whether useful insight comes out the other end, or whether im kidding myself. if that sounds like you (a saas with real users, even a few hundred is fine, want to understand them better but dont have time to chase every single one manually), drop a comment or dm me. even if you just poke at it for 10 minutes and tell me it's bad, that's useful.

u/wrt418 — 16 hours ago

▲ 1 r/buildinpublic

howd you get ur first users? outbound vs inbound? Need suggestion

so iv been working on a product and trying to figure out how to get its first 10 seed users.

did some cold dms on here and x, offered a Pro trial of the product. Honestly feels like throwing pasta at the wall. some reply, most dont, which is fine i guess but im wondering if im doing this backwards??

like how do you get initial seed user to validate your product and are you sure you attracted your ICP ? Are most of you going outbound (cold reach, reddit posts, etc) or are you getting inbound somehow? and if its inbound howd you even start — X, reddit, something else?

also been thinking about this — even with ai helping polish the msgs so they dont all sound the same, doing outbound still feels kinda risky. genuinely not sure how to balance "reaching out" vs "being annoying" here.

So please share your most effective tips for acquiring users, especially your best tactics for getting those first seed users. Thanks!

(separately tho — if you're running a saas with meaningful real users and wanna understand them better, im giving out free pro access to scouti. AI that runs your user feedback end-to-end, on full autopilot. cost on me. dm)

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u/wrt418 — 3 days ago