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I create useful things that will benefit people, and I want to make money from them. https://nitter.gq/t.co/xtHLujZ1ds - AI helper

Joined April 2025
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ChatGPT gave my idea 8/10 right after naming the free app that already does it. Claude and Grok said don’t build. Here’s how I validate ideas instead, first sale before any code. Every idea and every AI verdict with screenshots in the comments 👇
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Claude approved 0 of 3 bad ideas, and it was the only one that named the UberPop bans. On both fine ideas it said build, but raise the price.
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Grok approved 0 of 3 bad ideas. It named Google Translate, the failed delivery startups and the legal risk. On both fine ideas it said build, but raise the price.
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ChatGPT approved all 5. The 3 bad ideas got 8, 8 and 7.5 out of 10. The menu translator got 8/10 right after ChatGPT named Google Translate as a competitor itself.
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my last product died with 0 paying users. this time I got my first sale before writing a single line of code wrote down every step: how I found people, what I messaged them, and how I almost scared everyone away with the price nitter.gq/SSShken/status/2120134…
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3,000,000 views per post. That’s what my new growth system gets me. That's what I wanted to write. In reality it's 200–300, regardless of the content I post Ever since I started following my growth system, I forgot that X is a social network and you have to earn people's attention here It's not enough to just leave a comment. Visit their profile, find a couple more of their posts, reply or like them. They'll realize you're interested in them and will likely do the same when you post It's not enough to just post about your lifestyle. People find you interesting only if they can apply your advice to their own lives. They couldn't care less that you built another feature So from now on, I will again become more social and more helpful. Will keep sharing - cheers What brought your views back when they dropped?
Replying to @SSShken
1) One angle. I post real tests of AI tools with numbers. My best test got 4.9K views when I had 430 followers, so that’s my main thing now.
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Claude? ChatGPT? DeepL? Didn’t use anything for this post, so let’s see if algo pushes this post higher My plans for the next week: - Write better article than i will drop this Tuesday, but I’m sure this will be my best one - Connect Polar to my MVP, and make creative design because now it looks like the website from 90s What are your plans for the next week?
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Looks like didn’t work 😂
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The algorithm is constantly changing and that's fine, but it's unlikely to affect the content you post. I mean, if you have a specific audience, these changes are more likely to affect what might go viral, since older formats have become obsolete.
X AI ALGORITHM UPDATE 🚨 X updated their open source algorithm yesterday and the early likes matter even more now. Small accounts should focus on: writing posts people hit like on and read till the end (so write to be read) tl;dr: - X's open source code got new scores on Nov 5, the first change in 3 weeks - likes: 0.66 → 0.708 (highest yet) - time spent on a post: 0.006 → 0.0075 - tapping into a post: 0.3 → 0.274 - opening a video: 0.02 → 0 - new rule: AI replies may get flagged under big accounts as "llm slop" and may not reach the person's notifications lesson learned: a tap isn't the win anymore. Someone staying and liking is. full details: - The new numbers Up: likes 0.66 → 0.708, time spent on a post 0.006 → 0.0075, shares 2 → 2.118. Down: tapping into a post 0.3 → 0.274, staying 10+ seconds after a tap 0.4 → 0.385, opening a video 0.02 → 0. "Not interested" got a bit harsher, -52.27 → -53.07. Copy link, replies, quotes, DM shares and follows didn't move. X didn't explain any of this. It's just what the code says now. (I check the open source algo daily with Claude and share updates with you) - Look at where this has gone in a month In early October a like was worth 0.5. Now it's 0.708. Time spent was 0.004. Now it's 0.0075, nearly double. A tap was 0.3 and it's going down. Every change points the same way. X keeps paying more for people who stay. - Why that matters if you're small My read: you can't win on big numbers, but you can win on the people who do see your post. If they stay and like it, that counts for more today than it did last week. And those early likes also decide which new post gets the extra push. - Video and your profile X also switched on two new guesses in its ranking: how long someone keeps watching after they open a video, and how long they spend on a profile after tapping it. I can't tell you what those are worth. The only file that lists them is out of date, so I won't guess a number. My read: opening a video dropped to 0 the same day because X cares more about people who keep watching. So make the first seconds count, and make your profile worth sticking around on. - A new rule for replies under big accounts X runs an AI check on replies under accounts with over 250K followers. Flagged replies can get a label that lasts 14 to 30 days. One of the flags is literally called "llm slop" (AI slop, as I read it). That part isn't new. This is: X's rules now say a labeled reply or mention doesn't reach the person's notifications unless they follow you. Grey badge accounts and accounts X rates as highly credible skip this label. Small accounts get no such pass. I can see the rule, I can't see if every notification goes through it yet. Either way, write your own replies. - What didn't change Your new posts still get their extra push in the first 2 hours and first 200 views, and they still don't get cut first. Here's a recap of what you should be doing: - likes just hit 0.708, the most they've ever been worth - each second someone spends on your post is worth 25% more than last week - staying 10+ seconds after a tap earns 0.385 on top of the tap - reply in your own words, under big accounts especially - make your profile worth a visit, X now guesses how long people spend there - for video, hold attention early, just getting the open now scores 0 - being read to the end also helps X find you new readers - originals from accounts below 50K can jump to around spot 16 - early viewers liking it is what wins that lift - your first 2 hours and 200 views are the window, so publish when your people are online - the biggest single number is still 20, for someone copying your link - quotes, DM shares and replies earn 5 apiece - back and forth between mutuals is worth 20, so follow back your regulars - strangers only get shown your originals - the 1st like and the 32nd like each open another route to new people - a second post of yours in the same feed drops to 62%, so make one count - the video lists want clips over 10 seconds - +4 when a post is likely to earn you a new follower - your pinned post can affect the whole account, so take a look at it What you should NOT be doing: - pasting AI replies under big accounts, "llm slop" is a real flag at X - copy-paste replies, a duplicate label means they never get notified - chasing the tap, it's down to 0.274 and falling - off-topic posts, one likely "not interested" costs -53.07 - a video that only gets opened earns nothing for the open - publishing at 3am burns your 2 hour window - relying on replies and reposts to reach new people, they stay with your followers - getting an insult label, non-followers won't see that post at all - low quality and misinfo labels bring a warning, and non-followers can't like or share - adult media in 3 of your last 5 posts gets the whole account labeled - X rechecks videos for hidden content at 64 and 512 likes - piling your replies under a big account's post can sink your own score - one label on the account and non-followers stop seeing you - a link to a badly rated site in your pinned post risks a 7 day label - reusing your own wording word for word risks the copypasta flag - pairing a low quality link with tags of strangers looks like spam to X - engagement bait gets labeled no matter how big you are - posting several in a row, they fight each other for the same feed - hashtag stuffing does nothing - counting on bookmarks, they're worth 0 - expecting For You to show a post past 48 hours
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Me: Claude, show me why you’re the best AI with just one video Claude:
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Btw, no video model was used, Claude wrote the code, the browser rendered it
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Every new user costs me $0.22 before they even enter a credit card. This week I was fully into my MVP and measured my onboarding. Those 22 cents go to finding the right people for the user, analyzing their product, their website and the rest. So it seems the more we move into the future, the more we spend on onboarding users than on a day of product use. How much does your onboarding cost you?
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YOOOO!!! Clients, clients, clients, probably the only thing on your mind lately. You did an MVP, you shipped features, and what’s next? Right, you need customers... In 1 week my second project’s MVP comes into the world. It’s not just AI that finds some people and generates a quick text. It has two engines: SEARCH and MESSAGE. SEARCH finds exactly those people who talk about your problem and complain about it. MESSAGE finds a unique approach in your voice and connects with each person from a perspective that’s focused on solving their problem. I tested it by hand first: found leads for 8 people, offered the next batch to 2, and 1 paid the same day. The most common question was “what tool did you use?” Want early access? Reply with what you’re building and who your ideal customer is. Early users get 50% off for a year.
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Here’s the sale I was talking about 👇 nitter.gq/SSShken/status/2115787… Every reply above with a product and an ideal customer goes on the early access list. I’ll DM you when it’s live.
BOOM! Got my first sale even without an MVP I was saying I’m gonna give people 10 free leads and then ask $30 for the next 10. But while falling asleep, I came up with the idea that $30 for 10 “potential” customers is too much, so I changed the price to $10. I gave free leads to 8 people. So far I offered the next batch to 2 of them, and 1 bought it that same day. 2 views on the payment page, 1 sale hahaha While giving people their leads, I was often asked if I used some tool to find them. So for me it means it’s time to start building the MVP and crush the market hehe. The other 6 are still in the process. Will post every Thursday about the current product stage, so you’ll see how many of them pay. Do you remember how you felt after your first sale?
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same prompt, same app, 5 AI builders on free plans. how much of the free limit one build ate: v0: $0.04 of $5 Bolt: 184K of 1M tokens Lovable: 6.91 credits, the daily limit is 5 Replit: 90% Grok: 100%, and it didn’t even finish some give you room for 10 more apps, some burn everything before you see the first one. which one hit your limit first?
Same prompt, 5 AI app builders, fresh free accounts, no fixes. One gave me a live app in under 7 minutes. Another made me wait 36 minutes and then asked for $8 so anyone else could open it. Which one do you use?
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Show me a bigger failure than vibe-coding. I’ll wait.
🤖 Made with AI
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Same prompt, 5 AI app builders, fresh free accounts, no fixes. One gave me a live app in under 7 minutes. Another made me wait 36 minutes and then asked for $8 so anyone else could open it. Which one do you use?
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all 5 apps are still live, go draw something and vote, Success Guy needs some competition btw Grok: drawforfree.grok.me Lovable: drawforfree.lovable.app Bolt: doodlewall-web-app-qd5r.bolt… v0: x-canvas-rating-app.vercel.a… Replit: canvas-royale--artemhorobche… (dies in 29 days lol)
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