I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me believe it'd make me rich

Re:I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me belie... by withinboredom on Friday May 29, 2020 @05:58AM (#23348145)

> There's absolutely zero chance that they all just happened to be female, nicely formatted [firstname].[lastname]@gmail.com addresses.

That makes you fraudulent these days? Man, my wife and I are screwed.

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Re:I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me belie... by nmfisher on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:28AM (#23348320)

I’m not saying the email format alone means they were fake.

I’m saying that they were fake because all of them were formatted like that, registering within hours of being made available on the Play Store/AdWords, with zero external links and the app never actually being launched.

The odds are almost nil that they were legitimate users. It’s incredibly easy to spot, the email signups after the initial launch are far more “natural”, even those sharing the same format.

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Re:I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me belie... by nemetroid on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:26AM (#23348308)

That’s clearly not what the parent post is suggesting. E-mail addresses on this format don’t make up 100% of all e-mail addresses in existence, so it’s suspicious when they make up 100% of your signups.

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Re:I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me belie... by abbadadda on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:39AM (#23348388)

You are female then? The author used the word "all" also.

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Re:I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me belie... by square_usual on Friday May 29, 2020 @07:13AM (#23348596)

Have you heard of... lesbians?

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Re:I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me belie... by throwaway744678 on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:21AM (#23348276)

Apparently, you also need to be female; I am going to assume your wife is, but are you?

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