Aten · B2C · app blocker for focus
Post a launch thread on Reddit that chatbots can find later
Later showed up as a source in AI answers about the app
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What they did
Posted a public Reddit thread announcing the app launch ('this is the app we're launching').
What happened
The launch thread appeared among the sources AI chatbots cited when discussing the app.
“the launch thread that they had on Reddit where they like publicly were like, "Hey, this is the app that we're launching." That one like showed up as one of the sources”
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