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Users kept choosing the “wrong” feature, so I rebuilt around it
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Users kept choosing the “wrong” feature, so I rebuilt around it

I built an app for people to swipe on topics, match with someone who disagrees, and get scored on civility.

The idea was that if you were constantly an asshole, your civility score would follow you.

But I added a side feature called toxic mode where there was no civility score and people could just argue.

Every user went straight to toxic mode.

That taught me two things.

First, users do not always care about the product you think you built. They care about the part that creates the strongest reaction.

Second, my funnel was way too long for something that needed two people online at the same time. Ad to site to app store to install to onboarding to swiping to matching to finally chatting was just way too much friction.

So I was like ok lets just see if the friction is the issue here

 I made a lightweight browser version focused on the behavior people were already choosing.

No install. No app store. Just pick a topic and jump in.

https://thinklavender.com/ragebait

The bigger lesson for me was to watch what users actually do, especially when it is not what you wanted them to do.

Curious if other founders here have had users prefer the “wrong” feature and whether you followed it or kept pushing your original vision.

u/paijim — 1 hour ago
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I just launched my first app on Google Play and would love your feedback

Hi everyone,

I’ve just published my very first app on Google Play and I’d really love to get some honest feedback from the community.

It’s called Quiet Lines — an AI-powered journaling app designed to help you reflect on your thoughts, gain insights, and build a consistent journaling habit.

Some features:
• AI-generated reflections based on your entries
• Guided journaling prompts
• Mood and writing insights
• Clean, distraction-free design
• Private and secure journal experience

I’m an independent developer and have been working on this project in my spare time, so any feedback, suggestions, or bug reports would mean a lot.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.calmjournal.calm_journal_template

Thank you for taking a look!

u/Dependent-Gur-1780 — 6 hours ago

What's the biggest reason you'd never install this app?

I'm building an app where AI agents have public profiles and post content just like humans. You follow the agents you're interested in (news, football, AI, religion, finance, etc.) and get a personalized feed.

This is an early MVP. Would you actually use something like this, or is this just another AI gimmick?

I'd appreciate completely honest feedback.

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u/Antique_Will_1365 — 6 hours ago

Sharing an idea I'm validating, poke holes in it, expand it, tell me what I'm missing

Sharing an idea I've been chewing on, in the spirit of this sub improve it, combine it with something better, or tell me why it won't work.

The idea (working name: Parley): a tool where a non-technical person asks a question in plain English "which customers are about to churn before renewal?" or "which products lose money after discounts and returns?" and it:

- writes the SQL for them,

- runs it read-only against the company's own data (nothing gets copied out),

- and shows the exact query it ran, so it's transparent instead of a black box.

Why I think there's something here: in most companies, non-technical teams wait days on a data/analyst person for simple numbers, and dashboards only answer questions someone predicted in advance, never the one you have right now. 

Where I want this community to push on it:

  1. Improve it what's the one feature that would take this from "neat" to "we'd actually pay for it"?

  2. Break it where does this fall apart? Trust in AI-written queries? Accuracy on messy schemas? Security fears about pointing AI at a production DB?

  3. Expand/combine it is the real product something adjacent (auto-generated dashboards, alerts on the answers, a Slack bot)? What would you merge this with?

I'm at the validation stage. landing page + feedback form only, no product yet. If it's useful to see the framing, it's here:

https://parleyapp.vercel.app/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=validation&utm_content=startupideas

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u/ElectronicHoneydew86 — 6 hours ago

Recommended Discord Servers for discussing startup ideas?

This is a worthy community, but it can sometimes be better to have a live chat discussion to thrash out or validate an idea. I'm trying to find a Discord Server that isn't either dead or a spam fest. Does anyone have any recommendations?

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u/parsecxr — 8 hours ago

Technical founder looking for sales or marketing cofounder for AI interview prep app

Hi everyone,

I am building CueNova, an AI-powered interview preparation app for job seekers.

I am a technical founder and I’ve built the core product myself. I have already given demos to a few people, and around 5 to 10 users have paid for early access.

The product has initial validation, but growth is slow because I need help with marketing, sales, and distribution.

I am looking for sales or marketing cofounder who can help bring paying users through Reddit, LinkedIn, job communities, creators, affiliates, colleges, and coaching or placement groups.

Revenue model:

weekly/monthly plans, with future B2B partnerships.

I am open to a 40/60 profit share structure, based on contribution and responsibility. We can start with a short trial period and then formalize properly in writing.

Looking for someone who can execute, not just advice.

DM me with your background and how you would get the first 100 paying users.

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u/Proper-Spread-35 — 11 hours ago
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A free productivity and creativity platform with free introductory levels that includes a free chrome extension and free app store apps? You betcha!

I spent the last 20 months over caffeinating and vibe coding to prove the humble sticky note is the perfect mental Legos....

Think of TaskLoco as Legoland for your mind 🧠

All lite versions 100% Free forever

Amazing 👏 premium plans for those few who need more, more, more

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u/Early_Key_823 — 1 day ago
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9 years in Enterprise GTM & Sales, Available to help technical founders get sales!

I'm currently between roles in San Francisco, doing some consulting while I finalize a few Enterprise AE opportunities.

If you're a technical founder building an early-stage B2B SaaS or AI company and need someone who can actually hunt for customers, I'd love to chat.

Over the past 9 years I've sold complex enterprise software at companies like Atlassian, AWS, Elastic, and more, prospecting from scratch, running full sales cycles, and closing six and seven-figure deals with CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, and engineering leaders.

A few of my multi million dollar deals are publicly facing on those company websites. Happy to share my linkedin and portfolio

Whether you're looking for:

A founding AE

Fractional GTM help

Customer discovery

Design partner recruitment

Enterprise sales strategy

Happy to help.

Feel free to DM me if you'd like to connect.

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u/yadidimean89 — 20 hours ago

I just made my first few sales 🥳

After building SiteBlocker for nearly six months while still working full time, I just made my first few sales, totaling around €70, not much but I'm EXTREMELY happy.

I can’t wait to see how many users will find it helpful.

If you want, feel free to check it out:
SiteBlocker

Any feedback is welcome, just happy to be here!

u/voltomper — 1 day ago

What are you building today?

Working on FeedbackQueue, a feedback-for-feedback platform for founders to get feedback and testers without messaging a single person or doing any marketing. it's free

900 founders already. building our way to 1000 users.

welcome to the queue, guys.

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u/Live-List8000 — 1 day ago

Happy Sunday everyone! What are you buidling today?

Hey all, hope you’re having a great weekend!

Just wanted to share a quick milestone: Our startup, NextIsOnMe (NIOM), officially crossed 500 real-world events hosted across 118 cities! 🌍

For context, NIOM is an offline social network operating in high-density metros. The hook is simple: a venue or host covers the bill to remove the financial friction of meeting new people in real life.

Our biggest takeaway getting to this point? Digital ads are a trap for early B2B onboarding. We stopped burning cash on digital acquisition and shifted entirely to a "concierge service", using boots-on-the-ground team members to physically walk into cafes, build trust, and manually onboard them. It completely unlocked our growth loop.

We’re staying lean, self-funded, and focused on clearing our tech backlog this week.

But enough about us, what are you working on today? Drop your project, a recent win, or a roadblock you're trying to smash through. Let's talk shop!

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u/NextIsOnMe_ — 1 day ago

Working on a side project and looking for an honest feedback

I've been working on a side project and I want to get honest feedback before I launch.

The concept is simple: every 24 hours, one debate goes live. Everyone votes. Results are hidden until the 24 hours are up — then the winner is revealed to everyone simultaneously.

That's it. No infinite scroll. No algorithm. One question. One day. Everyone on the same page.

Examples of debates:

  • Tea or Coffee
  • iPhone or Android
  • WFH or Office
  • Mountains or Beach
  • Ronaldo or Messi
  • Pineapple on a Pizza - Yay or Nay

How it works:

  • Open the app → see today's debate
  • Vote for your side
  • Jump into the comments and defend your choice while results are locked
  • Come back at the end of 24 hours for the simultaneous reveal
  • Debate moves to archive, new debate begins

The idea behind the locked results is to stop the bandwagon effect — you vote based on what you actually think, not what's already winning. The reveal moment is designed to feel like an event.

What I'm trying to figure out:

  • Would you actually open this app daily? What would make you keep coming back?
  • What kind of debates would get you talking — food, sports, tech, pop culture, something else?
  • Does the 24-hour format feel exciting or frustrating?
  • Would you share the results with friends? What would the share card need to say?

Still early — I'm building this solo and want to make sure the core mechanic is actually fun before adding more features. Brutal honesty is welcome.

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u/JrWick_23 — 1 day ago

First Product - Can you flame me??

Hi everyone, this is my first ever project ever and i am just putting this out here for genuine feedback.

But can we do this in a fun way? Flame me. You can be super mean about it and blow all your steam that you have accumulated over the week/months on me.

But of course, if you have any good things to say, you can also tell me about it after you are done flaming.

This is my project: Fortune Synthesis
- It is a self discovery tool where it combines western and chinese influence of "fortune telling".
- It employes a combination of 5 different systems ( 3 chinese, 2 Western); Western astrology, the Chinese Four Pillars (BaZi), Purple Star, Qi Men, and numerology
- The best parts of each system is being used to predict/describe what you are/what your future will be.
- The reason as to why I created this was that i loved fortune reading but i always encounter shitty fortune tellers (where it is very ambigious)

I am okay to give free products just in excahnge for feedback as i just want to understand where i am heading for now.
I have a product that i think is solid but i don't know if the way im conveying to the public is solid enough through my website.

please help me

im singaporean chinese thats why im being exposed to chinese + western influlence, hence this product

tdlr: fortune telling website needs feedback pls

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u/Zegodleo — 1 day ago
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Do people want to start a start-up because they like the idea of being an founder ? Or do people want to still build cool products and then start a company?

Starting a company is probably the toughest thing you can do.

  1. Insight: You have got to begin with a key insight. The insight has to be valuable enough to place a bet and put some capital into it.
  2. Capital: It can be borrowed money, generational business pivoted into a different entity, or money saved up from a job.
  3. People : If you are in a traditional business type you can go solo, but someone trusted has to be a part of it. If not, then a group of like minded but with different vocational excellence would the right mix. ( However there have been exceptions where a solopreneurs become really rich)
  4. Sustainability and Resilience : When your business enters year 2, this is when you can make or break your company. Your financial discipline, business plan and mental resilience are tested. If you can survive and somehow come out relatively victorious, chances of success increase manifold.

I heard somewhere that business is like combat sport. You should have a proper training camp for your match, but your opponent is training as well. And you don't know whether you will be successful or not. Yet you have a almost delusional belief that you will win. All you need is your skill set, a proper coach, training partners and most of all - delusional belief that you will emerge victorious.

What is your motivation to start a business?

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u/Not_A_Founder — 1 day ago

Desperate for users/sign ups

Hi! I am first time female founder. I have put my whole life on hold, living off my savings for the success of my app: https://mygoodside.co/

It is a group photography app the lets participants pick their favorite version of themselves out of a series photos and our technology mergers them into once natural looking photo where everyone looks their best.

It is about collaboration, and having agency over how you look. Solving comparison anxiety and the retake friction within friend groups-and allowing people to live in the moment again. 

Our funds are currently tied up until we gain more users. Would anyone be willing to sign up and try it out? 

Happy to check out/ signup for your company in exchange!

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u/HumorEffective6637 — 2 days ago
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I built this app mostly for myself

I built pdfshitter.com mostly for myself because reading a pdf on a mobile sucks balls.

It's vibe coded

No PDF's are stored

And the output is only viewable by the logged in user.

I'm in the same boat as a lot of people - I need 👀 and users.

Let me know your thoughts and if you would pay for something like this.

u/Mrtomclark — 2 days ago

This app will end movie night quarrels

I built my first mobile app to solve movie night arguments. Looking for Android beta testers!

Hi everyone!

I'm a full-time software developer from Finland living in Sweden, and my latest hobby project is a mobile app called Synema.

https://synemaapp.com

The idea came from a problem my friends and I kept having every single movie night.

We'd spend 30-40 minutes scrolling Netflix, Disney+, Max, etc., only to end up watching the same movie we've already seen... or giving up completely.

So I decided to build an app to make deciding what to watch a little less painful.

The concept is simple:

  • 🎬 Create a room
  • 👥 Invite your friends or partner
  • 👉 Everyone swipes movies together in real time
  • ❤️ When everyone likes the same movie, it's a match

I'm now at the point where I'd love to get some honest feedback from people who don't know me.

The app is currently in Android beta. Ideally you'll have a friend, partner, or family member to test it with, since that's how it's designed to be used—but there's also a solo mode if you just want to explore the app on your own.

I'm especially interested in feedback like:

  • Was anything confusing?
  • Did you encounter any bugs or crashes?
  • Would you actually use something like this?
  • What feature would make it significantly better?

If you're interested, just leave a comment or send me a DM.

I'll add your Google account to the beta and send you the installation instructions.

You can also check out the landing page here:

https://synemaapp.com

Every piece of feedback genuinely helps. I'm actively working on the app almost every day, so there's a good chance your suggestions will make it into the next update.

Thanks! 🙂

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u/Jesperi93 — 1 day ago
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If you had a startup idea today, where would you look for your first teammates? If you didn't have an idea but wanted to join a startup, where would you look to find one—and why?

What if there were a platform where founders could showcase their startup ideas to attract talented people, while individuals interested in startups could explore projects across different domains and join teams that match their interests and skills?

We're currently conducting market research for a platform aimed at solving these challenges, and we'd genuinely appreciate your thoughts.

If you've ever built a startup, wanted to join one, or have experience in the startup ecosystem, your insights would be incredibly valuable.

Please share your honest opinions, experiences, and suggestions in the comments

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u/Unfair_Dig_1043 — 2 days ago