hi

it started from a tweet by Varun Mayya.

i never wanted to use my real face on social media because of some insecurities. for the longest time i preferred staying behind the product instead of being the face of it.

but recently i started noticing something.

for the last 2-3 weeks, my tweets haven't been getting much interaction. not that i ever chased impressions or engagement, but while building Proven i realised something important:

as a founder, people don't just connect with the product. they connect with the person behind it.

when someone repeatedly sees the same face, same thoughts, and same voice over time, their brain builds familiarity and trust. there's a human anchor attached to the content.

anon/anime accounts can still grow, but they usually have to work much harder because there's no personal connection attached to the posts.

so this is basically an experiment.

i'm trying to see what happens when i stop hiding behind the product and start showing the human building it.

all of my love,
Siddharth