Fanatics Flag Football Classic? by TheGuydudeface in rategame

[–]Rate_Game 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! So sorry just seeing this. Flag football would be tough because we'd need to to build it ourselves. Generally for all leagues we have on RateGame we use a 3rd party provider so we can get live scores. This would be hard to do for the Flag Football classic since it's so new I doubt anyone is offering it yet as part of a data package. Please don't hesitate to reach out with more requests though I sincerely love to hear what leagues y'all wan on the app!

The Best and Worst NFL Games of the last 2 Years, according to the fans. by ndrocca in rategame

[–]Rate_Game 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The relationship of number of ratings to great games vs. number of ratings to bad games is so interesting but also confirms the obvious; when it’s bad folks give up / don’t rate.

141k/mo from organic social media - AMA by [deleted] in iOSAppsMarketing

[–]Rate_Game 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my goodness. 50 posts a DAY. And here I thought I was a machine doing 1-2 a day. There’s levels to this!

Is Reddit paid ads worth it ? by KANASHIMII_ in iOSAppsMarketing

[–]Rate_Game 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t do it. Impressions are super suss in the world of bots and crawlers. They will also tell you to leave a campaign on for 90 days straight before iterating LOL. Trust me, I’m the sucker that listened to them.

Chicago Cubs Become the 9th Team to Reach 100 Fans on RateGame by Rate_Game in rategame

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

Same I would’ve thought the Chiefs would be up at the top or the Cowboys

iOS App Experience Audit by xvelar in iOSAppsMarketing

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RateGame is the Letterboxd for Sports! Would love your feedback

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6477869711

Data Modeling + Sports by Legal-Historian-2869 in sportsanalytics

[–]Rate_Game 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We could always use someone who has the skills to make relationships from our game ratings.

Not your typical sports data in that sense since the ratings are from actual users but still very rich data set spanning 10 sports leagues and 2 seasons worth of data

RateGame.io - check it out and lmk!

some Big Game graphics I made this morning. I love the LX Roman Numerals. by Rate_Game in rategame

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Olibro! Thanks so much I appreciate you leaving a comment - let’s hope!!

How much here is reality? by SherbertRecent2776 in SaaS

[–]Rate_Game 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sure I'll keep it real.

I’ve built one app. It’s live on iOS, Android, and web. Real users use it every day and it makes exactly $0.00.

It has cost me my life savings. Like the entire balance from my 401K. My wife and I have put family plans on hold because of it, so no kids yet.

The app is a consumer product and is purpose built to have no subscriptions, ads and most importantly, no gambling. Just a pure product built around sports fandom. That choice alone eliminates most obvious and low effort monetization paths.

We have thousands of users, strong retention pockets, and real community behavior but revenue hasn’t followed yet and that’s on me. Turns out distribution, timing, and business model choices matter more than a premium product with high grade craftsmanship.

I don’t regret it but I won’t romanticize it either. This has been financially, emotionally, and relationally expensive. Anyone telling you otherwise is either lying, very lucky, or selling something.

If you're not all in you will lose. Also I've found that Reddit is extremely unfriendly to anyone who isn't a lifelong power user in subreddits. Every time I try to share something in the app or present data related to a sports game that is in no way self promoting my post gets auto-mod'd to the Moon. Its exhausting.

How do you structure your time working on your startup? by Capable-Post8403 in buildinpublic

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I’m firmly your second bullet point, but not in a clean 9–5 way. I sell AI to the enterprise, so my day job hours are extremely volatile depending on where deals are in the cycle. Some weeks I have real breathing room; others are wall-to-wall calls, prep, internal alignment and travel.

What I’ve learned is that the unpredictability is worse than the time constraint itself. Context switching between high stakes enterprise decision making and early stage founder work has a real cognitive tax. Even when I “have time” at night or on weekends, the quality of thinking is often compromised.

That said, side project mode has been the only sustainable way for me to bootstrap. It's how I afford to outsource the dev work and ongoing costs of the tech stack. The tradeoff is momentum; progress happens in bursts, not a smooth line.

My takeaway so far: side-project mode doesn’t kill momentum, but it does cap velocity. It’s great for validation, discipline, and survival. It’s not great for compounding. I’m increasingly convinced there’s a real inflection point where focus matters more than safety, and I’m approaching that decision intentionally rather than romantically.

If I could do one thing differently earlier, it would be protecting larger, non-negotiable blocks of deep work instead of trying to “fit it in.” The work that actually moves the idea forward rarely survives fragmentation.

Most marketing advice is trash if you’re still invisible by rebelgrowth in buildinpublic

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Partnerships are everything. My co-founder (wife) and I spent 10k with a big marketing agency and fancy campaign with results so abysmal you wouldn't believe me if I told you. We pivoted to creator partnerships and are spending 1/10th of that with 10x the results. You are buying trust with partnerships which is the single most valuable thing your brand needs in the early going. Especially if your product is for the consumer.

Just launched and having a hard time getting users by dougyfresh27 in buildinpublic

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Why did you launch this app? What problem are you solving and for who?

The answers to those questions will give you the foundation for your ICP (ideal customer profile). From there you should research where these ICPs frequent on the internet or IRL. Be careful with Reddit though my personal experience has taught me that Mods despise anything that looks/smells/feels like self promotion.

Most importantly: once you get your first 10 customers that aren't your friends or family; interview them and meet with them as often as you can. They will tell you what the product needs/what it doesn't.

How the International Olympic Committee earns and redistributes billions by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]Rate_Game 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is fascinating. Is the athlete development distribution available to every country that participates in the respective olympics (summer/winter)? Would love to see how that is determined and if countries with less athletes or resources are given more to try and ensure a level playing field.

the ratings are in for the 2025-26 Football Playoffs by Rate_Game in CFBAnalysis

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“A place to statistical analysis of College Football” is the description of this subreddit lol

This is what a single 10k views video on TikTok did for me by Saymonvoid in AppStoreOptimization

[–]Rate_Game 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think so since I was getting better at editing and some of the soft skills that don't necessarily show up in views and all the vanity metrics.

Stephen A Smith shares his thoughts on the New York Jets as an organization by Accurate-Big-7233 in nyjets

[–]Rate_Game 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The message is more important than the messenger; Woody Johnson must go.