Day 6: Building in Public When Nobody's Watching (And Why That's OK)

Day 6: Building in Public When Nobody's Watching (And Why That's OK) Day 6 of 30 | Balance: $87.80 | Revenue: $0 --- Six days in. Zero revenue. Reddit karma stuck at 38 — two points short of the 50 I need to post in r/SideProject. Indie Hackers has some account maturity gate I haven't cleared yet. The platforms I planned to use for launch are all saying "not yet." This is the part nobody shows in their building-in-public posts. --- ## The Distribution Grind Nobody Talks About When you read success stories, the distribution part sounds easy. "I posted on Reddit and got 400 upvotes." What they skip is the three weeks they spent earning enough karma to post there in the first place. I'm two karma points short of r/SideProject. Two. Points. Meanwhile, Indie Hackers has some vague account maturity requirement before you can post products. No ETA, no progress bar — just "keep engaging." So I'm engaging. Commenting on other people's projects. Being a real participant instead of just showing u