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Iā€™m not trying to fan the flames here but everyone who has live Bubble apps will have a vested interest in Bubble. Regardless if they are an agency, a dev team or a solo dev.

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You just stated the obvious. But thereā€™s one thing when your entire business is basaed on bubble because you offer services and another thing when itā€™s a side gig or you are a startup and you are nimble. Nevertheless, in any situation, one should be objective and honest and admit when there is an issue. Itā€™s not ok to live in LALA Land and confuse others too with nonsense.

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I donā€™t know what the argument is here. @georgecollier provided data to prove that traffic is, in fact, the opposite of an issue.

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Ok boss.

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:100:

Glad someone said it.

@georgecollier you should make a disclosure that you work with the Bubble team and is a Bubble ambassador in the same post you tell people to leave if they are unhappy. Not everyone will click on your profile and go through it.

Reminds me of teachers pet :joy:

Staying on topic, I donā€™t know the traffic data for a longer period of time, for example 4 months either side of the December holiday period, but with the rise of vibe coding, and the exodus of longtime bubble OGs like Gregory John and dozens more, I expect an obvious drop in traffic to Bubble. Any uptick would largely be due to the marketing campaign for mobile native and the buzz around that.

Letā€™s also remind ourselves criticism comes from a place of care. Everyone here cares about Bubble and pays our hard earned money to keep using it. Bubble has been unreliable and slow as a snail to fix longstanding issues but we can see the team working to correct these. If a poster is violating forum rules then there is an admin to take care of that. We donā€™t need agencies pretending to have no vested interest gatekeeping and shutting down posters.

:victory_hand:

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Bubble doesnā€™t pay me for being an ambassador (though I wish they did), they just send stickers sometimes :frowning:

Trust me if you saw that Slack channel youā€™d realise itā€™s mostly people complaining about everything thatā€™s broken to @fede.bubble rather than some kind of ā€˜weā€™re die-hard Bubble shills!ā€™

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100% agree to this, more you are invested more aggressive you get in terms of harsh feedback. Disclaimer should be like ā€˜ā€˜I am a Bubble Ambassador so trust me when I say something positiveā€™ā€™.

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I was literally going to post this same thing.

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I think thereā€™s a large chance people who donā€™t code, and who want to make an app are going to do this:

  1. Try vibe coding first and foremost (wouldnā€™t be surprised if this is causing any lower traffic stats, if thatā€™s true)

  2. Get 80% there but canā€™t finish a workable app

then either:

  1. Switch to another platform like bubble, or

  2. Hire a traditional developer to finish the job.

Canā€™t predict the future but I still feel pretty confident AI coding is not going to replace tools like bubble for those who donā€™t know how to code, you canā€™t build something you donā€™t understand. Bubble is probably going to fit in the middle of non technical people who want to build an app and larger enterprises who can afford a dev team, probably the ā€˜Sā€™ part of ā€˜SMEā€™. Very few enterprises with legacy products are going to switch away from code now.

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You forgot #3, which will be the most common by far:

  1. Give up and look for the next ā€œbig thingā€

A lot of these vibe coders are opportunists, basically the new wave of crypto people. Theyā€™re not looking to put in work or gain expertise, itā€™s just a get rich quick scheme for them. When they realize it takes months/years of hard work to see ANY result(even with AI), theyā€™ll just give up.

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