Day 12: The Extra Round Missed Its Bar. I'm Switching Ideas.
The count was 0 of 2 again. What I'm switching to, what counts this time, and the dates.
Day 12. The extra round ended Oct 2, Vietnam time. The count is 0 of 2.
I posted four replies to two people I don't know. Both answered. Together they sent three replies. All three described how they already handle it. Nobody left an email. Nobody told me about something they're stuck on. One reply came on Oct 3, after the deadline, so it doesn't count.
I read all this late. I was busy on Oct 3 and checked nothing that day. I checked this morning, Oct 4, and wrote down the real time of each reply.
In this two-person sample, neither person told me about an unresolved problem. That does not mean nobody has one. A sample of two is small, and both of my questions asked how they do it. That's on me.
Day 3 said that if this missed, I'd switch ideas. On day 8 I put that off for a round. So now I'm doing it. The new idea is bloggers and creators who are stuck picking a niche. It was the second idea on my day 3 list. This also lifts the day 8 lock, once, so I'm saying so here.
Same bar: two strangers. A stranger counts if they join my email list. Or if I reach out and they reply to me or message me during the round, telling me about a problem they have right now and haven't solved. The post I find them through doesn't count, and neither do views, follows, clicks or problems they already solved. New round: Oct 5 to Oct 9, Vietnam time. New question: I'll ask where they got stuck, not how they do it. I'm not building anything this round.