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My thought this morning is this.

Are people so disenfranchised by advertisements on social media that communities, even those touted as "sideproject" or "solodev", no longer have people willing to try an MVP and provide feedback on a work in progress?

I spent 2 months building an app. I went against popular advice online stating to constantly create noise on social media and built it silently... Now, trying to get one person to spend 5 minutes using it and leave a comment feels impossible.

It is nothing particularly special - a Progressive Web App calorie counter. While polished and functional, it offers no AI to snap a picture or fancy UX gimmicks to wow users on the front page.

This is the first project I have built end-to-end, and after spending over a year with courses and tutorial projects, I am excited about how it turned out. It was a great learning experience building something end-to-end and setting up a backend with payments.

But the frustration that my two months of work not only gets no traction, but is actually downvoted on a PWA support community has somewhat floored me.

I want to propose that people are too fed up with well-disguised advertisements. Too expectant that something should be completely perfect before they deign to click on it. Too committed to rapid, low-mental-bandwidth scrolling to pause and invest even a moment in genuine and helpful interaction.

It seems that the only way to get users interested in your project is to have clout in the community you ask for feedback on. But as a private person who steers clear of doom-scrolling on social media, I'm a fish out of water.

Perhaps we need to overcome our jaded perception - that not all links to projects are advertisements, but sometimes an aspiring developer desperately hoping for someone with more experience to give a warm word of encouragement. To throw them a bone, open their app for 2 minutes, and force themselves to write a few sentences of thought before continuing to scroll.

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Olá a todos. Acabamos de publicar a versão em português do Brasil do documento de propostas — e quero compartilhá-la aqui. Atualmente, estou começando a levar essa proposta diretamente às organizações de base em diferentes partes do mundo, cada uma no seu próprio idioma. O motivo é simples: percebi que minha abordagem até agora estava baseada, sem que eu percebesse, numa lógica de "trickle-down" — a ideia de que as coisas chegam de cima para baixo. Mas, assim como o trickle-down na economia acaba sendo uma ilusão em que os benefícios se acumulam nas mãos de poucos e nunca chegam de verdade aos que mais precisam, eu estava prestes a perder de vista a essência do TLBIC: que tudo deve chegar diretamente a cada pessoa. Como lembrete para mim mesmo: quero continuar avançando — sem pressa, sem perder o eixo, com calma, honestidade, cuidado, constância e flexibilidade. Obrigado a quem leu até aqui.

※ As traduções para outros idiomas foram feitas com o apoio da IA.

Proposta TLBIC v4.1 em português (Brasil):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZdtVTbNQl5y4PlFiLvfmD7UxiU5hChQ-/view?usp=drive_link

Proposta TLBIC v4.11 em espanhol:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rumXwwBa79RgxNkBe9PoYSRUz6cOhVST/view?usp=drive_link

Proposta TLBIC v4.11 em japonês:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RPrgvnvnKb793mJ_OUPzN9Annbcjdr-0/view?usp=drive_link

Hola a todos. Acabo de publicar la versión en portugués brasileño del documento de propuestas del TLBIC, y quiero compartirla aquí. Actualmente estoy comenzando a llevar esta propuesta directamente a organizaciones de base en distintas partes del mundo, cada una en su propio idioma. La razón es sencilla: me di cuenta de que mi forma de actuar hasta ahora se basaba, sin que yo lo notara, en una lógica de "trickle-down" — la idea de que las cosas fluyen de arriba hacia abajo. Pero, al igual que el trickle-down económico termina siendo una ilusión en la que los beneficios se acumulan en pocas manos y nunca llegan de verdad a quienes más los necesitan, estaba a punto de perder de vista la esencia del TLBIC: que todo debe llegar directamente a cada persona. Como recordatorio para mí mismo: quiero seguir avanzando — sin prisas, sin perder el rumbo, con calma, honestidad, cuidado, constancia y flexibilidad. Gracias a quienes leyeron hasta el final.

※ Las traducciones a otros idiomas se realizaron con el apoyo de la IA.

Hello, everyone. I've just published the Brazilian Portuguese version of the TLBIC policy proposal, and I'm sharing it here. I've recently begun taking this proposal directly to grassroots organizations around the world, each in their own language. The reason: I realized that my approach until now had been based — without my fully noticing it — on a kind of trickle-down logic. Just as trickle-down economics turns out to be an illusion where benefits pool at the top and never truly reach those who need them most, I was on the verge of losing sight of what the TLBIC is fundamentally about: reaching every person directly. As a reminder to myself: I want to keep moving forward — without rushing, without losing my bearings, steadily and honestly, with care, consistency, and flexibility. Thank you to everyone who read this far.

※ Translations into other languages were made with the assistance of AI.

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