built something that might solve the Reddit issue (free and open source) github.com/dancolta/subscope

It's a Claude plugin. You get interviewed on what you sell and who your customers are, then it scans the exact posts/threads and comments and splits results into 2 tracks:

Real buyers - ones with real buying intent

Authority plays - threads where you could leave a comment and build authority

You won't get a ton of results, because every run goes through 20+ filters (excluding the karma farmers, bot accounts, etc), so what you get back is genuinely valuable. Beyond keywords, it spawns agents that check the actual context of the threads.

I've shipped a couple of updates lately. It also has some skills that help you analyze specific threads, tune your profile and give live feedback on results and search for specific buyer patterns like price changes / tool comparisons and more. You can see the whole list in the readme on github

I’m in a very similar situation right now, so I understand this.

I recently launched an app too, and building it was one challenge, but getting people to notice it is a completely different one. You can post everywhere, get some impressions but still feel not much is really happening.

Everyone is competing for attention, so you have to be really creative with your approach.

But I really hope you keep going. The problem you’re solving seems like a genuinely useful one.

I definitely agree to this but there are levels to this I will say you have to first get the karma you have to be there in the post and you have to relate with the past post that I have done. Maybe check this one out that I did recently.
reddit.com/r/devops/comments/1tty2rg/to_the_red…
I got 50 views by this post on my video in 1 day

yeah. marketing is tough. I've found the best way "for myself" is to be active in the community you're marketing to. fill you're feed with the people who would need, or buy, your product. they are the ones who already know they want you're product they just don't know where to look. it's a numbers game. stay active. remain genuine and stay on topic. hope this helps.