MediaFast

45 days.

That's how long you have to wait before Reddit stops treating you like spam.

Not "build karma first." Not "be helpful first." Just wait.

How I discovered the timer

Account 1: Posted on day 3. Banned. Account 2: Posted on day 14. Banned. Account 3: Posted on day 21. Banned. Account 4: Posted on day 18. Banned. Account 5: Posted on day 28. Banned. Account 6: Posted on day 19. Banned.

Account 7: Did absolutely nothing for 45 days. Then posted. Survived.

Same promotional content. Only difference was the calendar.

Reddit has an invisible timer

Every new account starts with a spam score.

The score decays over time. Not from activity. From age.

Under 30 days = high spam score = everything flagged 30-45 days = medium spam score = suspicious 45+ days = low spam score = trusted

You can't speed this up with karma. You can't game it with helpful posts. You literally just have to wait.

Why this matters

Most people create an account and start posting within a week.

Instant death. Because the timer hasn't run out yet.

The advice says "build karma first" but that's just accidentally making you wait longer. The karma isn't what helps. The time passing is.

What I built

After figuring out the 45-day rule, I built MediaFast (https://mediafa.st).

Shows you when your account is actually ready (based on age, not karma)

Maps which subreddits accept younger accounts (some tolerate 30 days, most need 45+)

Tells you what to do while waiting (low-frequency commenting that doesn't reset the timer)

Builds posting schedules that start after your account ages out of the danger zone

The system:

Instead of rushing in and getting banned, you see exactly when you're clear.

Instead of building karma hoping it helps, you wait the actual required time.

Instead of guessing, you follow the timer.

Launched February 10, 2025. $5,400/month now.

185 people who stopped fighting the timer and started following it.

The truth:

Reddit will let you post promotional content.

You just have to wait 45 days first.

I got banned 6 times before I learned to wait.

MediaFast (https://mediafa.st) shows you the timer so you don't waste those bans.

Stop posting. Start waiting.

February 2024. One customer. One sale. $29 revenue.

That was my React animations product. Dead three months later.

February 2025. 185 customers. $5,400/month.

That's MediaFast. Built from the failure that killed the first product.

Why the first product died

It wasn't bad. People wanted it. My one customer Artium proved that.

It died because I couldn't reach customer two.

Every time I posted on Reddit about it, banned. Tried different subreddits, banned. Different accounts, banned.

Six accounts dead over 4 months.

Meanwhile my product slowly died because one customer isn't a business.

The expensive education

Those 6 bans taught me more than the product ever could.

Ban 1: New accounts get flagged instantly (3 days old = death)

Ban 2: Karma doesn't protect you (500 karma, still banned)

Ban 3: Being helpful doesn't grant immunity (30 days of value, still banned)

Ban 4: Different IP doesn't matter (hired someone, banned faster)

Ban 5: Big subreddits auto-kill new accounts (r/Entrepreneur = instant death)

Ban 6: Consistency looks like bots (daily posting = pattern detected)

Each ban was a $500 lesson in what doesn't work.

Account seven survived

Used my dad's email because I had nothing left.

But this time I followed the patterns from the bans instead of Reddit marketing advice.

Waited 60 days. Posted irregularly. Stuck to small subreddits. Took random breaks.

Worked immediately.

The choice

Try to revive the dead product with what I learned.

Or build a tool for everyone else stuck where I was.

I chose the tool.

Built MediaFast from the failure

Took everything those 6 bans taught me and built it into a product.

MediaFast shows you:

Which subreddits are safe for your niche (small beats big)

Account age requirements per subreddit (45-60 days, not 7)

Posting frequency that survives (less is more)

When to rest (gaps signal human, not bot)

Comment ratios that build trust (mix beats only posting)

Irregular schedules that avoid pattern detection

It's the anti-ban roadmap

Everything I learned losing my first product. Packaged so you don't lose yours.

The irony

My first product died on Reddit.

My second product is marketed successfully on Reddit.

Using the exact system MediaFast teaches.

The platform that killed me now distributes for me.

Where it's at

Launched February 10, 2025.

Month 1: $360 (already passed the first product's total)

Month 12: $5,400

185 customers who don't want to learn this the expensive way I did.

The lesson

Sometimes you build the wrong thing first.

My React animations product was good. Just couldn't reach people.

MediaFast solves the problem that killed that product.

Maybe I had to build the wrong thing to learn what the right thing was.

For everyone stuck at one customer:

If you've got that one sale that proves it works but can't find customer two because Reddit keeps banning you.

MediaFast is the system that keeps you alive long enough to find them.

I lost my first product after one sale. Built this so you keep yours.

18 days without a single sale. Then suddenly, $371 in 3 days.
That’s how MediaFa.st finally started to click.

It’s a tool I built to help founders grow on Reddit by scheduling posts, tracking karma, and organizing content strategies etc, kind of like Notion, but for Reddit.

What worked?

• Niching down to Reddit and Linkedin

• Talking to early users, learning what they actually wanted and implementing it FAST

• Letting the product sell itself via Reddit posts and X

Now I’m at ~$2.2k MRR with $11k ARR, and it’s growing!

I’m still solo, and it’s 100% bootstrapped.

Ask me anything about Reddit, happy to share growth strategies, Reddit tactics, or product lessons :)

Hi all!

I used to think Reddit was the perfect place to get users and do marketing, due to its high traffic! But who knew it's THAT hard to grow and start there?

I ended up banned 6 times and got zero traction and waste of time!

But I kept testing. I studied what each subreddit really wanted and how worked, what kind of posts landed, how to blend in while still growing. Slowly it worked. My posts started hitting thousands of visitors! Got my first viral posts.

That’s when I built MediaFa.st

What it does:
• Gives you a clear roadmap of when, where, and what to post or comment
• Shows you whether to use direct linking or a storytelling approach, basically defines the best working strategy for you
• Schedule posts, track karma, get badges, and even get LinkedIn roadmap (new feature)
• Keeps it safe and native, no scraping or shadow bans

Where it is today by $:
• $1.1k+ made this month
• $11k+ ARR
• 140+ of founders using it every day

Still solo, fully bootstrapped, and growing

The goal is simple:,help founders actually make Reddit work without burning out or getting banned.

It’s built for makers, not marketers.

👉 If you’ve struggled with Reddit marketing, give MediaFa.st a try. I’d love your feedback and improvement ideas!

For IndieHackers Club I set up a special 42% discount instead of the usual 37. Use the code INDIEHACKERS-CLUB at checkout!

I used to think Reddit was the perfect place to get users.
Instead, I ended up banned 6 times and got zero traction.

But I kept testing. I studied what each subreddit really wanted, what kind of posts landed, how to blend in while still growing. Slowly it worked. My posts started hitting thousands of visitors.

That’s when I built MediaFa.st.

What it does:
• Gives you a clear roadmap of when, where, and what to post
• Shows you whether to use direct linking or a storytelling approach
• Schedules posts, tracks karma, and even supports LinkedIn
• Keeps it safe and native, no scraping or shady tricks

Where it is today:
• $1.5k+ MRR and nearly $9k ARR
• $1.7k in revenue in the last 3 months
• Dozens of founders using it every day
• Still solo, fully bootstrapped, and growing

The goal is simple: help founders actually make Reddit work without burning out or getting banned.

👉 If you’ve struggled with Reddit marketing, give MediaFa.st a try. I’d love your feedback.

Try it here: https://mediafa.st

For IndieHackers Club I set up a special 42% discount instead of the usual 26. Use the code INDIEHACKERS-CLUB at checkout.

I had 2 failed projects without a single sale.
I tried marketing them on Reddit and got banned 6 times for doing it wrong.
No traffic, no sales, just frustration.

That’s when MediaFa.st was born.

I learned how Reddit really works — posting styles, community culture, what gets banned, and what drives traffic. I went from constant bans to thousands of visitors from a single post.

MediaFast helps founders grow on Reddit with a clear roadmap that tells you when to post, where to post, how to engage, and what to say.
It also includes post scheduling, karma tracking, badges, multi-platform support with LinkedIn, and content strategy tools. Think Buffer, but built for Reddit.

The core feature: MediaFa.st figures out the right growth strategy for your product, whether that’s aggressive direct linking or a storytelling-first approach that gets people curious and asking for your link.

What worked for me:

• Niching down hard to Reddit and LinkedIn instead of chasing every platform, and going deep until I could get consistent results.

• Solving my own problem first, which made the product useful and easy to explain.

• Starting with a low price to remove friction, then raising it as demand grew.

• Listening to early users and building only what they actually wanted, fast.

• Letting the product sell itself by showing results in my own Reddit posts.

• Investing in SEO early so I wasn’t completely dependent on social traffic.

• Building in public to attract an audience before I had a marketing budget.

• Repurposing content across all socials to squeeze maximum reach out of every post.

📈 Today I’m at $1.5k+ MRR and $8.95k ARR, still solo, fully bootstrapped, and growing.

Ask me anything - growth strategies, Reddit tactics, or product lessons.

P.S. Every roadmap is based on my own experience and experiments, no AI fluff.

🎁 For IndieHackers Club members I set up a special 42% discount (instead of the usual 26%). Use the code INDIEHACKERS-CLUB at checkout ;)

<3 sales /> How?

• 1/ My X posts hit 25k views

• 2/ My Reddit post gained 20k impressions

Distribution > Product. Audience = Revenue.

I had 2 failed projects without a single sale.
I tried marketing them on Reddit… and got banned 6 times for doing it wrong.
No traffic, no sales - just frustration.

That’s how MediaFa.st was born.

I mastered Reddit tactics, learning posting styles, understanding each subreddit’s culture, and knowing exactly how to blend in while still driving traffic. I went from getting banned to getting thousands of visitors from a single post.

MediaFast is a tool that helps founders grow on Reddit with a clear roadmap telling you WHEN to post/comment, WHERE to post, HOW to engage, and WHAT to say.
Plus: post scheduling, karma tracking, badges, multi-platform support (LinkedIn), and content strategy tools, think Buffer, but Reddit-native.

The core feature? MediaFa.st figures out the best growth strategy for your product, whether that’s aggressive marketing with direct linking or a storytelling-first approach that builds curiosity and gets people asking for your link.

What worked for me:

• Niching down hard to Reddit & LinkedIn instead of chasing every platform and going deep into one channel until I could get consistent results.

• Solving my own problem first, which made the product instantly useful and easier to explain.

• Starting with a low price to remove friction, then raising it as demand grew.

• Listening to early users and building only what they actually asked for - fast.

• Letting the product sell itself by showing results in my own Reddit posts (yep, self-referential).

• Investing in SEO early so I wasn’t only dependent on social traffic.

• Building in public to attract an audience before I had a marketing budget.

• Repurposing content across all possible socials to squeeze the most reach out of every post.

📈 Now I’m at $1.5k+ MRR and $8.950k ARR, still solo, fully bootstrapped, and growing.

Ask me anything - growth strategies, Reddit tactics, or product lessons.
P.S. Every roadmap is based on my own knowledge & experience - no AI fluff.