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I agree with you. I just feel that “giving the people what they want”, is directly translated to asking stupid questions such as “do you read fantasy or sci-fi

I agree with you. I just feel that “giving the people what they want”, is directly translated to asking stupid questions such as “do you read fantasy or sci-fi?” Or posting new-age motivational bullshit quotes. I don’t do that. I share my journey, and my insights from it. I share my experience. My up and down moments. And it between, promoting my products. I know that marketing is work, and it’s a hard work. And I respect clever marketing. But like with anything else, it’s been reduced to simple and idiotic steps such as shoving your products down the throat of your users. Here is a good example of a lame cold outreach https://x.com/skwee357/status/1705209267127558265?s=46 https://x.com/skwee357/status/1705209267127558265?s=46 He sent me an email few weeks ago. I told him that my post is about OOP and not business name generator, and I’m not looking for collaboration. Few weeks later, I get the SAME email. Word by word. I don’t want to be like this guy.

rmbyrro 3y ago
I see nobody here suggesting you to be like this guy. None of the suggestions here were remotely similar to doing that. It seems to me your conflating things and assuming that anything you don't do is being like this guy. There are probably things you're not doing that are clever and you might want to do. If your product is good, solves a pain people have, and you really care about solving it, maybe consider reviewing your mindset around the things you currently don't do, if they would potentially help you solve this problem for more people.
- skwee357 3y ago
  You know, the more I think about it, the more I start to feel like the entire “solves a pain”, is yet another myth. I don’t think there are problems left to solve. And the ones that are left, are not solved by people who promote themselves in twitter. I spoke with a friend today, he told me he used to be subscribed to ProductHunt daily newsletter. He unsubscribe recently, because he found out that it’s all the same. It’s yet another todo app, project management app, or whatever. So yeah, in an essence, marketing is shouting to the void until you fall on someone who needs a todo list RIGHT NOW. And you just happened to me there at the right time and the right place.
  - rmbyrro 3y ago
    That's fair enough for you to think like that. I see something totally different. I frequently discover new things that help me and make some part of my life better, easier, anything positive. And I see many people around me experiencing the same. For that reason, I don't see the world you see. I might be wrong. You might be wrong. Maybe both of us are partly wrong. Anyways, this mindset has helped me further in life and accomplish things I previously found impossible. For now, I'll stick to it. Best for you, I trust we both will find a path that makes us happy.

rmbyrro 3y ago

I see nobody here suggesting you to be like this guy. None of the suggestions here were remotely similar to doing that. It seems to me your conflating things and assuming that anything you don't do is being like this guy. There are probably things you're not doing that are clever and you might want to do. If your product is good, solves a pain people have, and you really care about solving it, maybe consider reviewing your mindset around the things you currently don't do, if they would potentially help you solve this problem for more people.

skwee357 3y ago
You know, the more I think about it, the more I start to feel like the entire “solves a pain”, is yet another myth. I don’t think there are problems left to solve. And the ones that are left, are not solved by people who promote themselves in twitter. I spoke with a friend today, he told me he used to be subscribed to ProductHunt daily newsletter. He unsubscribe recently, because he found out that it’s all the same. It’s yet another todo app, project management app, or whatever. So yeah, in an essence, marketing is shouting to the void until you fall on someone who needs a todo list RIGHT NOW. And you just happened to me there at the right time and the right place.
- rmbyrro 3y ago
  That's fair enough for you to think like that. I see something totally different. I frequently discover new things that help me and make some part of my life better, easier, anything positive. And I see many people around me experiencing the same. For that reason, I don't see the world you see. I might be wrong. You might be wrong. Maybe both of us are partly wrong. Anyways, this mindset has helped me further in life and accomplish things I previously found impossible. For now, I'll stick to it. Best for you, I trust we both will find a path that makes us happy.