⚡ 3 New Problems to Build a Startup | ProblemHunt
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1. No simple, affordable «credit layer» to bridge payment processors with user balances — developers rebuild credit tracking, consumption logic, and refunds for every app.
2. For 5 years, goods have been stolen from the office. There is no available service that automatically analyzes camera footage and sends alerts about suspicious activity.
3. Risk of a LinkedIn ban due to false positive bot detection. Official support is unhelpful. Need a tool that warns about suspicious activity to avoid losing 11,500 followers.
Boris,
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minimalist phone: reduce your screentime
Yes, I am building something for 3 because I have the same experience :DDD but I am learning to code along the way, it is a part of the process and hobby project for me :)
ProblemHunt
@busmark_w_nika Hey Nika!
Looks like this is actually a common problem — I ran into it too, but with Reddit. This week my account was permanently banned for "suspicious activity," even though I was just trying to comment actively and naturally. 😅😂
It's a bold and smart move to learn programming by solving your own problem — you're awesome, good luck! 👏
minimalist phone: reduce your screentime
@gostroverhov thank you, sometimes I am losing my common sense, it is extremely difficult for me to understand this :D
Reddit – in general – is very strict (esp. moderators), but being banned from the platform is a top level :D
How big was your account there? Did you spot any quotas that were overriden?
ProblemHunt
@busmark_w_nika I agree, for me so far the most difficult in terms of promotion was Reddit, and the easiest turned out to be X / Twitter.
The Reddit account was relatively new — I created it in the summer of 2025, but I left only about 40–50 comments in total. I suspect they banned it because the account was new and had low karma. Overall, it's not a big loss, but it did create some difficulties :)
minimalist phone: reduce your screentime
@gostroverhov yes, this seems to be a clear reason for that. hopefully, you will manage to get it back or create a new one that will grow faster :)
Mailwarm
@busmark_w_nika How did you get banned ?
minimalist phone: reduce your screentime
@bengeekly I wrote many comments – especially I tried to reply to as many people who left comments under my posts.
Mailwarm
@busmark_w_nika Oh, it's sad that platforms trying to block bots end up blocking humans.
In my case I noticed that articles I write are shadow banned sometimes because content feels like AI.
Reality is, I use AI to correct my sentences because I'm not an English speaker.
Now I have the choice between bad English or being shadow banned 😂
minimalist phone: reduce your screentime
@bengeekly Avoid also repetitive phrases :D
Hey@busmark_w_nika I am a software engineer thinking of building this properly. Would love your input, are you open to a quick chat?
@gostroverhov The LinkedIn one hits close to home, I've seen people lose accounts just for being too active on networking days :(
Are you thinking of building solutions for all three or focusing on one? @busmark_w_nika definitely will build the #3.