Adam Slyn

building products and figuring out distribution along the way
currently building

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

i'm building an app that pays you to stop using your phone.
it's called Offscreen.
start a focus session, put your phone down, finish it, get a tiny sponsor-funded reward.
companies fund the rewards instead of buying another ad that distracts you.
https://t.co/MvBHF30CSX

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@vamonke the demo and the product are basically two different interfaces for the same feeling, which explains why technically impressive builds can still be boring to watch

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@Nick_333ch was that first post-rebuild customer from the same google/chatgpt funnel, or someone already familiar with the product?

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@Arunji_Official how do you stop it from confidently killing ideas where the interesting part is a behavior change it can’t verify from public data?

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@julianwhatif how are you weighting promotion quality so the credit loop doesn’t slowly become the engagement pod you’re trying to avoid?

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

starting to think impressions are one of the most misleading metrics on X

one of my replies got 1,135 impressions and 2 profile visits

meanwhile some replies with a fraction of the reach have sent more people to my profile

reach tells you how far something traveled. not whether it actually made anyone care

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@warrioraashuu react native, with the understanding that the first serious native permission flow will remind me i’m still building two apps

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@Abdalla_Nangere @NELFUND @abuzaria4all @woye1 @NOA_Nigeria @NITDANigeria @iambabtee @tvcnewsng @hazucall @TechHausa @nelfundupdates 2,493 calculations from 1,098 users is the interesting number here, are people returning to recalculate or testing several scenarios in one session?

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@joenrv does the explorer get a clean account and app state each patrol, or do its own test actions eventually become part of what it finds?

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@hypesNvibes the time-saved counter is the bit i’d keep, most screen-time apps make progress feel like a guilt report

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@j3rah_ appreciate it :) gonna keep building and see where this goes

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

been building this because i got tired of looking at X analytics and still not knowing what actually works for my account

ReplyLab looks at my posts/replies over time and tries to figure out how my account actually grows, what changed, and what i should test next

still very early, would you use something like this?

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@sociallyexposd yeah exactly, feels like you need to see what it finds about your own account before paying for something like this

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@KASHIFALIKHAN94 @uriel_builds thank you!

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@jaygala223 once users are catching bugs and helping each other, that whatsapp group is basically part of the product

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@tirthaexe the screens would come back fast, recovering every weird native permission assumption buried in the code would probably take longer than the rebuild

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@b4dgerr coding is easy to log, the harder part is noticing which decisions actually moved the product that day.

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@rashiumapathi makes me wonder if "pays you to stop using your phone" even closes that gap or just moves it, since no one searches for a reward mechanic either.

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

@MykoalaAI did you make the focus window fixed around prayer time or can users start it manually too? the fixed trigger feels like it solves half the activation problem

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

okay seeing someone else explain what i'm building is kinda cool lol

[Uriel Bitton @uriel_builds]

Good morning X ! ☕️

What's everyone building this weekend?

Today’s featured product is Offscreen from @3lsh916 - a new take on stopping doom scrolling with a way to win rewards.

It’s currently in waitlist: find it here: https://t.co/9oEkkvRC1V

If you wanna be featured next you just need to share your product on Buildside.

#letsgo #coffeePromo

[Adam Slyn @3lsh916]

would €0.10 actually make you put your phone down for 25 minutes?

i'm testing €0.10 vs €0.20 in Offscreen because i'm curious whether a tiny reward is enough to get you over the “i should probably stop scrolling” barrier.

it's not supposed to pay you for 25 minutes. just get you to press start.