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Yesterday, I posted a stupid satirical post in r/micro_saas titled: My micro-SaaS crossed $1,000,000 in volume after 17 days. .. In less than 24 hours, it blew up: 410k+ views 995+ upvotes 300+ comments #2 most upvoted post of the entire year on the subreddit. Gurus would call this an "organic viral flywheel." Here is what 410k+ Reddit views actually converted into: Reddit followers: 8 Signups for my real app (link in bio): 2 A 0.0005% conversion rate. If views were dollars, I could buy a house. Instead, I got two signups for an app that catalogs plastic storage boxes in your garage. Peak developer economics. Why? Because of the rule nobody wants to admit: Nobody in founder subreddits wants to buy your software. 95% of the people browsing these subreddits are builders themselves. They aren't looking for products to adopt; they are looking for an audience to sell their own product to. It's an ecosystem of shovel-sellers trying to sell shovels to other shovel-sellers. You're fishing in an aquarium where every fish brought their own rod. The only guy actually making money: Buried in the thread, u/luquillotaxi casually mentioned he does over $10k/month. His product? A no-code booking tool for taxis in Puerto Rico that replaced their paper day planners. Take it from someone who just got +410,000 free impressions: Stop trying to go viral to other broke founders. Views give you dopamine and a funny story for your landlord, not MRR. Stop building for other tech nerds. Go build a boring tool that solves an actual headache in the physical world. Everything else is just a hobby with a Stripe button.   submitted by   /u/OkCommunity6018 [link]   [comments]

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  • 发布时间：2026/9/21 17:56:13