My App Was Completely Broken… and No One Bothered to Tell Me

So, for the past two days, I’ve been marketing my MVP, getting downloads, and feeling great about it. But yesterday, my friend tried my app and told me it wasn’t working. That was the first time I heard of any issue.

I asked him to send a screenshot, and the error said: [GIFLoadedIndex not present]. That’s when I realized—I had uploaded a broken version. The worst part? None of my actual users reported it.

I don’t blame them. If something doesn’t work, people just move on.

Lesson learned: Don’t assume silence means success.

Have you ever dealt with a similar situation?