Keep a Pre-Warmed Backup Account for the Inevitable Ban
Keep a Pre-Warmed Backup Account for the Inevitable Ban is a reddit & forums tactic for getting your first users: The automated account behind the stunt got banned within about a day, so they immediately switched to a second account they had created in advance and kept the campaign running.
It's a strong fit for Newsletters / media teams, and works especially well for any Reddit-heavy launch. As a reddit & forums play, plan for medium effort and expect results to arrive at a steady pace, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.
- Channel: Reddit & forums
- Best for: any Reddit-heavy launch
- Effort: Medium
- Speed: Medium
- Sources: 1 linked primary source(s)
Why does reddit & forums work for this?
Aggressive Reddit tactics get accounts killed fast, so redundancy keeps the traffic flowing instead of dying at the first ban.
The exact steps (4)
The full step-by-step this founder ran, what they posted, where, and in what order, plus the watch-outs, is part of the library.
Sources
- Source — IndieHackers · indiehackers.com