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Attention and incentives · 26 Aug 2026

MASTR is not VC-backed. We have invested tens of thousands of our own money, built working mobile apps, reached over 1,000 downloads and have several hundred people actively using our products every day. We achieved that without paid…

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Thank you to everyone who took the time to share honest feedback. After almost 3 years, it should be obvious that this team is not waiting for the next profitable narrative. We are still here, still working and still shipping. I have personally managed this X account for 2 years, showing up every single day. This work is unpaid, demanding and far more time-consuming than most people realise.

MASTR is not VC-backed. We have invested tens of thousands of our own money, built working mobile apps, reached over 1,000 downloads and have several hundred people actively using our products every day. We achieved that without paid shills, manufactured hype, insider groups or pretending that attention equals adoption. Much more is currently being developed behind the scenes.

Please do not compare me to people who appear when there is money or attention to extract, copy ideas and work that others spent years developing, then abandon everything the moment it becomes difficult, uncomfortable or unprofitable. That is their choice, but it has nothing to do with me, this team or what we are building.

I stayed when there was no hype. I stayed when the work was exhausting, expensive and largely ignored. I stayed while copycats took shortcuts, louder accounts sold empty promises and projects paid for visibility instead of building anything people could actually use. I am more experienced, more determined and angrier than ever about what this industry rewards.

We have never claimed to be perfect, but our work is real, our users are real and our commitment has already survived longer than most projects in this space. We are nowhere near finished.

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