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Re:Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on? by waylandsmithers on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:00PM (#32869776)
Maybe not exactly what you were asking for, but getting to 20 or 30 users for my latest project. It's not meant to be a start up or anything, it was more just "I wish this thing existed and think it would be fun"

So this time around I'm slowly asking people I know to try it out. Honestly it takes a little courage and has given me a newfound respect for people who do sales (though it's a little different, as the whole thing was my idea). There does seem to be a big difference between an explicit ask to sign up vs. hey check this out. Oftentimes people will say that's so great but not sign up (which I try not to take personally).

Re:Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on? by O__________O on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:12PM (#32869954)
Might be worth providing way for people to know what the project is and how to use it.
Re:Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on? by provability on Friday September 16, 2022 @05:52PM (#32872465)
I know, right?
Re:Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on? by waylandsmithers on Saturday September 17, 2022 @08:04AM (#32876830)
Well, welcome to my neuroses- because you asked now it's not as "thirsty" to do that. There was a fantasy sports game in the late 90s and early 2000s called wall street sports, where you'd buy "shares" of professional athletes and the prices would go up or down. My project is my start on bringing some form of it back. [https://sportfolio.money/]
Re:Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on? by O__________O on Saturday September 17, 2022 @10:29AM (#32877795)
Lots of ventures that have made “investing” in a given real world persona; for example:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Index

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitClout ___

At least for me, your site loads for a split second, then goes completely white; might want to do some cross browser testing, especially on mobile.