How do you succeed when everyone can build apps fast and cheap? Read this insightful substack post by Supersmall.ai “When that happens, the only moat left is understanding people. Not users. Not personas. Actual humans with problems they’ll pay to solve.”
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Also it looks like bsky is going to publish a photo feed like insta, so your audience here could move easily to that platform when it launches.
Bluesky is great for hashtag posting. Check out the #crochet feed—there’s already activity there. Try using hashtags you’ve used on Meta to see if they get engagement here. If not, it could be a chance to grow your business as an early poster in this space.
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