> Heard the same advise you got, make a community, join communities, post on twitter/reddit. As you said it just feels like fake advise.
It feels fake to let people know what you're working on by writing about it? That's what you and the parent are de facto saying.
How else do you expect them to find you?
There is no possible way around it. You have to tell people what you're doing. Repeatedly. You have to cultivate an interest in your thing. If one can't be bothered with that bare minimum building block, well, there obviously will be no successful outcome. It's definitely not build it and they will come (they don't know it exists until you show them). Give them a reason to care, cultivate interest, and they'll show up.
It feels fake to let people know what you're working on by writing about it? That's what you and the parent are de facto saying.
How else do you expect them to find you?
There is no possible way around it. You have to tell people what you're doing. Repeatedly. You have to cultivate an interest in your thing. If one can't be bothered with that bare minimum building block, well, there obviously will be no successful outcome. It's definitely not build it and they will come (they don't know it exists until you show them). Give them a reason to care, cultivate interest, and they'll show up.