🧭 Trying to find first users without feeling like a spammer

I’m at the stage where QuoteScope works well, but now I’m trying to find my first real users, people who don’t already know me.

I’ve joined Reddit under a new account to keep my personal one separate, and I’ve been looking for places online where it might make sense to share what I’m building. But it still feels a bit awkward, I’m not a regular in those communities, and the line between sharing and self-promotion can feel tricky to navigate.

For those of you who’ve been here before:

• Did you find early users manually (e.g. DMs, personal outreach, 1:1 demos)?

• Or through content/community participation?

• What channels actually worked: Reddit, X, niche forums, something else?

I’m trying to stay authentic, I genuinely care about the problem I’m solving (quoting and client comms for freelancers) - but I don’t want to come across as just promoting myself.

Curious how others handled this stage.