Every founder update reads the same now. "excited to share," emoji bullets, fake vulnerability about the rollercoaster. doesn't matter if it's real or not, it all sounds identical.
Noticed this hard while hiring. read every dm myself for a growth role. most were obviously ai-generated, same tone, zero thought put in. the ones that stood out were rough, specific, clearly written by someone who actually looked at the problem first.
Think the same thing's eating founder credibility. people used to trust a post because it sounded like someone actually figured something out.
When we started building @ProdShort , our first instinct was to make the product "ready" before showing it to anyone. Then we started seeing founders launching much earlier. Sometimes with nothing more than a landing page, just to see if people were interested enough to sign up... or even pay.
It completely changed the way we thought about validation. On one side, launching early gives you real feedback much faster. On the other, launching too early can make people leave before they see the real value of your product.
It's been 4 hours since launch, and Adomate is currently holding the #1 spot on Product Hunt!
If you haven't supported us yet, we'd greatly appreciate your help with an upvote and comment. Every bit of support helps us stay at #1 and reach more people.
