I built the Optimism Engine because I noticed a dangerous gap in how we are using AI for mental health.
Right now, everyone is rushing to add "AI Chatbots" to their apps. But there is a huge risk they are ignoring: Hallucinations. Generative AI (like ChatGPT) is creative, but it makes mistakes. It can miss a suicide cue. It can give bad advice. In mental health, a "creative" mistake isn't just a bug, it's a liability.
I recently saw a marketer with 10k+ followers launch and finish 6th with 348 upvotes. They followed a proper pre-launch and post-launch plan, did everything right, and still the outcome felt unpredictable.
Now I m launching @Curatora next week.
I m not a marketer. I have a little over 1k followers. Of course, asking for support helps. But I also keep hearing that a large part of the Product Hunt community shows up mainly for their own launch, then goes quiet until the next one.
That makes me wonder: how much of success here is strategy, and how much is timing and network effect?
Most apps don t make money from subscriptions. They make money from you. Your data browsing history, app usage, personal behaviour is worth cold, hard cash.
We ran the numbers for our app, Magic Lasso Adblock, and here s what we found:
Current Subscription revenue per user: $25.50/year
Potential Data broker revenue per user: $30+/year
Meaning: we could more than double our profit margins overnight by selling user data.
