Entrepreneurs receive rude messages after sharing online
19 posts across 11 communities in the last 30 days; 26% from r/Entrepreneur.
“Troll post for client who act like that in the post. They want viral reach but when we talk about qualifications and an actual product they wanna show to people they have none, and want to micromanage everything. And then blame us after 6 month that we didn't get them viral…”
“The first thing you need to do is remove your personal email from that that website and stop doxing yourself please. Edit: immediately. Edit 2: remove the site link if you can't change it right away”
“So why are you constantly flexing your supposed success on here post after post? You are bragging and looking for validation, and marketing your "product" as well. Stop trying to be genuine about it when everything about this is disingenuous.”
Several entrepreneurs report receiving negative and dismissive direct messages (DMs) or comments on their posts, despite attempts to offer constructive feedback or positive encouragement. Some commenters are overtly insulting, while others react defensively to the original poster's message.
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“Tell them fuck off and tell them why you’re telling them. They’re not your friends [re: I have a small baking business thats and not even my friends support me]”
“Whoever gave this comment an award fuck you [re: Any entrepreneurs here actually building something real and want to connect with someone who’s been through the shit, built businesses from the ground up and still gets their hands dirty every day?]”
“Go away dude, everyone shits on everything you do and say. Says more about the stuff you put out there than the audience. [re: Being a solo dev/founder started turning my world into a Tom Hank’s “cast away” movie. This week I made my own Wilson/s.]”
“You’re not the target audience so not sure why you’re posting here. Other users had good comments to make. Some people have more serious things to do than troll. [re: I fired my best paying client last year and I’d do it again tomorrow]”
“Some loser online telling me not to do something online changes nothing for me get your head out of you ass. [re: Always getting caught]”
“It's Reddit, people will hate for the sake of it.. like someone else said, probably not going to sell, I done one of these recently for fun, didn't even tried to go to market, too many free alternatives and big players in the same, very little room for innovation. But don't get discouraged! Most of us went through dozens of projects like those until we got a win, keep pushing. You can't lose if you never give up :) [re: I built Formitect, a form builder SaaS, and I'm exploring se”
“My program has shoutouts where people can send in a compliment. It’s always the same people. I might be a little butthurt it’s rarely me. submitted by /u/Inevitable-Carp [link] [comments]”
“Troll post for client who act like that in the post. They want viral reach but when we talk about qualifications and an actual product they wanna show to people they have none, and want to micromanage everything. And then blame us after 6 month that we didn't get them viral reach in 6 months and asks for 50% refund. In short: Viral mandate 2500$ has a 50% refund mechanism if we can't give them agreed results within 6 months. But it also has a qualification gate, not everyone qualifies fo”
“Only the ones I know for a fact will be rooting for me and not criticize my content”
“Yeah, well I'm an angry person and I'm resentful of stupid people cause I spent way too much time in foreign countries defending their right to talk a bunch of shit online. freedom of speech and all, but feel like it could be directed elsewhere somewhere more constructive. The fuck what do I know? I use AI to write a paragraph fuck me.”
“The first thing you need to do is remove your personal email from that that website and stop doxing yourself please. Edit: immediately. Edit 2: remove the site link if you can't change it right away”
“So why are you constantly flexing your supposed success on here post after post? You are bragging and looking for validation, and marketing your "product" as well. Stop trying to be genuine about it when everything about this is disingenuous.”
“And don't confuse people that like to pull out their own soapbox to advertise themselves as experts with people that are worth listening to.”
“Not even worth responding to these people. They have to tear you down to protect their own ego because they aren't as successful as you and don't have the emotional intelligence to handle that. So they have to convince themselves that they're still better than you somehow. It's sad.”
“Maybe stop doing this and actually put your energy to something that has value. Value to you and society. Right now you are creedy mf trying to make a quick buck by making internet worse to everyone. Put some though in it and promote something that is important to you and you have interest in.”
“Then maybe you don’t have tough skin. Dudes suck, they gossip worse than anyone and feel like they have an advantage over you, and when you of them, they feel threatened and insecure. I think a big way to soften the relationships is to make them show you or teach you something in a respectful manner.”
“People dont want to accept the truth. Truth is like poety and most people hate poetry. I totally expected to be downvoted. For most people it makes them feel better to think that society was ruined by a small number of people who made it bad for everyone else (capitalists in this case). Most people believe if they were in control they would do the right thing and make society great for everyone. But historically why does it seem like the vast majority of people who obtain power and wealth abuser”
“Never feel bad giving respectful and honest advice. We should all be willing to hear it and give it.”
“I like to talk about my business but then also don’t want to hear what 99% of people have to say about it yeah this is a you problem”
“look ill be honest i dont care if i get 10,000 down votes im sharing my story. u like it or u dont. but if 1 person gains ive won. im not hear for applause. im here to share what ive learned and how im going. some like it some hate it and thats fine everyone is their own person. when u put your self out there u have to expect some push back which i do. and thats fine. 9/10 dms i get are positive. the negative posts i get on my posts i just shrug off, i put my self out there, u have to pay the pi”
