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Warm the Reddit Account for a Week Before Mentioning Your Product

Warm the Reddit Account for a Week Before Mentioning Your Product is a reddit & forums tactic for getting your first users: Spend roughly a week posting and commenting helpfully on Reddit before promoting anything, so the account doesn't look like it was created purely to advertise.

It's a strong fit for teams of almost any kind, and works especially well for Any indie product launching on Reddit. As a reddit & forums play, plan for medium effort and expect results to build gradually over time, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.

Reddit & forumsMedium effortSlow

Why does reddit & forums work for this?

An account with history and karma reads as a real community member rather than a drive-by spammer, so mods and users don't auto-flag it.

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.

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Sources

Works for
Any / universal

Frequently asked

How is the "Warm the Reddit Account for a Week Before Mentioning Your Product" tactic verified?
It is drawn from 1 primary source — a real founder write-up or interview, not generic advice. It is linked in the Sources section above so you can read the original account yourself.
How much effort is it and how fast are results?
It is medium effort, and results tend to be slow.
Where can I see the exact step-by-step?
The full step-by-step a founder ran, documented via Source — IndieHackers, is in the paid library.

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