built an app a few weeks back. i use it daily, a few friends use it too because i told them about it.

that's where it stopped.

i can't seem to crack the next part. how do you get strangers to actually try the thing?

reddit gives me a few signups but it's mostly other founders who never come back. ads feel premature when i'm not even sure my onboarding holds.

so i'm asking the people who've been there: what got you past that wall? what's the move that finally brought users you didn't already know?

genuinely curious, not looking for marketing theory. just what worked for you.