I launched a niche tech news broadcast channel a few weeks back and spent countless hours writing daily updates, curating summaries, and sharing links across different forums to bring in readers. Despite the effort, almost nobody was hitting the join button because seeing a single-digit member count makes the whole project look abandoned or unverified right off the bat. It’s super frustrating to sink time into creating solid content every single morning when potential subscribers skim the page, see zero community backing, and leave before even reading a paragraph.