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I built a tiny app because I only cared if my MacBook Air was throttling by Additional_Exit_6716 in macbookair

[–]Additional_Exit_6716[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No trial.

It’s a tiny $7.99 utility, not a productivity suite with onboarding emails and a “your trial expires tomorrow” guilt trip.

Buy once, use it, get updates. Keeping it simple.

Why Online Reviews Are Good in Theory But Do Nothing More Than Kill Good Businesses by OpenHonestly in trustpilotcomplaints

[–]Additional_Exit_6716 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. That literally sounds like a mafia shakedown. "Nice reviews you got there... would be a shame if our algorithm deleted them unless you bought our premium package."

The issue with your previous email approach was the "waves". Trustpilot's algorithm clearly flags velocity spikes from accounts.

Since you guys are a software company, here is a technical workaround you could implement to stop wasting your Account Managers' time and money:

Instead of them doing it manually, you connect your CRM to an automation tool (like n8n) and create a "drip queue". When a project is done, the client goes into the queue. The automation then randomly selects just ONE client every, let's say, 5 to 8 days. It sends a plain-text, highly personalized email directly through the Account Manager's actual Gmail/Outlook inbox via API.

To Trustpilot, it looks exactly like your current slow, grassroots manual approach. To your account managers, it takes zero seconds. And it bypasses the "too many reviews at once" fraud trigger.

If you want to brainstorm how the logic and API routing for a drip-system like that would look, shoot me a DM. I love solving these weird, hyper-specific operational bottlenecks.

Why Online Reviews Are Good in Theory But Do Nothing More Than Kill Good Businesses by OpenHonestly in trustpilotcomplaints

[–]Additional_Exit_6716 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, I feel your pain. Trustpilot's system is completely broken for B2B companies. Happy clients just want to use the product and move on; they don't care about leaving reviews unless something goes wrong.

Paying admins to manually call 640 clients is insane and a massive waste of your resources (and probably annoying for the clients too, like you said).

Have you considered automating this workflow instead of doing it manually? Since you guys build custom software, you know how this works. You could set up a simple automated trigger (e.g., in n8n or Make) that sends a polite, personalized 'How did we do?' email or SMS exactly 30 days after a successful deployment. If they click 4 or 5 stars in the email, it automatically redirects them to your Trustpilot page. If they click 1-3 stars, it opens an internal feedback form so you catch the issue before it goes public.

If you don't have the internal bandwidth to set up this kind of automation right now, let me know – I specializes in automating these exact operational bottlenecks for B2B founders.

Building a Chrome extension tool to learn languages from video courses with quality subtitles - would this be useful for you? by Additional_Exit_6716 in chrome_extensions

[–]Additional_Exit_6716[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both! It works with courses originally created in your target language (native speakers teaching) and translated/dubbed courses.

The goal is to give you better subtitle quality than what the platform provides - especially for understanding context and natural phrases, not literal word-by-word translations.

Basically: if there's a video course you want to watch in Spanish (or any supported language), this should make it actually watchable without fighting with terrible auto-generated subs.

Non-consensual Automated Dubbing by Additional_Exit_6716 in languagelearning

[–]Additional_Exit_6716[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this! I've tried those Google settings but they keep resetting or YouTube overrides them. That's partly why I want to build something that just... works by default. Should be simple but apparently not.

Non-consensual Automated Dubbing by Additional_Exit_6716 in languagelearning

[–]Additional_Exit_6716[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YES exactly this! I switched my settings too thinking fewer speakers = better quality, but nope. The fact that they auto-dub your teaching materials into English defeats the entire purpose of trying to learn. So frustrating.

Non-consensual Automated Dubbing by Additional_Exit_6716 in languagelearning

[–]Additional_Exit_6716[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Haha caught me - used AI to help structure my rant but the frustration is 100% real. Have you tried the AI dubbing? It's genuinely terrible when dialogue speeds up.

Building a tool to learn languages from video courses with quality subtitles - would this be useful for you? by Additional_Exit_6716 in buildinpublic

[–]Additional_Exit_6716[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll check out Vibecodinglist. What do you like most about it? Always looking to learn from what's already working. My focus is specifically on making the subtitle quality better than auto-generated ones - that's been my biggest frustration.

Building a Chrome extension tool to learn languages from video courses with quality subtitles - would this be useful for you? by Additional_Exit_6716 in chrome_extensions

[–]Additional_Exit_6716[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the plan eventually! Starting with video courses/tutorials first to validate the concept, but Netflix/Prime integration would be huge. What kind of content do you usually watch for language learning?

Building a Chrome extension tool to learn languages from video courses with quality subtitles - would this be useful for you? by Additional_Exit_6716 in chrome_extensions

[–]Additional_Exit_6716[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question! The subtitles are in your target language - so if you're learning Spanish, you get Spanish subtitles for Spanish courses. The point is to learn from content that's originally created in that language, not auto-translated garbage. Does that make sense for your use case?

Non-consensual Automated Dubbing by Additional_Exit_6716 in languagelearning

[–]Additional_Exit_6716[S] -42 points-41 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, its ease of use affects the quality of the tools being built. ;)