from looking at the website it seems like a guy's passion project that the VCs are funding as lead-gen/marketing, like Indie Hackers getting bought by Stripe.

IMO you're already killing it with your execution, I don't see what you think you'd get from something like that.

I feel like the copy is definitely directed at a younger generation (young gen Z), so I just figure it not for me because I've never been one of the cool kids. I'd probably get sick of it after a while, but that alone wouldn't likely turn me away if I really thought I could benefit from it.

My reservations about something like this would be:

1.) Your second concern. Just reading your commentary on it raised so many red flags.

2.) Lack of directed focus. Things that aren't properly niched and then promising "the right eyes on it" make me pause.

For example: Ship 30 for 30 is for people to write online, specifically Twitter, for 30 days. That's it. Everyone is there to write on Twitter for 30 days, so it's easy to show real support to those people (by engaging with their posts). Everyone's goal is aligned.

Even my Pitch Play is focused on pitching, whether it's cold email, a letter of introduction, a proposal on a freelance board, a grant, etc. I'm there to show people how to write an effective pitch, and that's it.

There's specificity in those things that doesn't seem to exist in Buildspace (from what I can see from their home page). How can you possibly help someone build literally anything? How can someone (or even a group of people) be an expert in everything? It just doesn't make sense to me. There's a way to do it (like create small pods of people building similar things or people who are interested in what everyone else in their pod is creating), but there's no way to predict who will sign up.

It seems like they're relying on hype more than anything, and I'm very wary about challenges/programs like that.

Going back to you, it sounds like Buildspace is created for people who need accountability to execute, which isn't your pain point. I don't see you getting much, if anything, out of it.

It'd be way better to spend your time on audience building, growing your referral network, and getting in front of the right people through cold emails/LOIs.

Btw are you in Small Bets? I joined a few months ago and haven't had the space to explore/engage much, but if you're in that community, I'm sure they either have trainings on how to distribute your products OR you can request a training like that.

If you're not, I can find almost anything and would be happy to go on the hunt for you.

I signed up a few weeks ago. Total app noob, no audience to speak of on twitter or here, but I am a member of Ramen Club in London for about a year.

The general vibe is a bit young (I'm 54, so not expecting much in the way of connection), and the platform leans heavily toward younger users and fostering connection between them. The much touted 'ai' at the heart of the platform is constantly recommending other people to talk to.

While they don't say so, the funding is clearly designed to drive VC money and attention toward early stage founders - they essentially get access to thousands of new projects every year for not much investment. Probably much faster than going through thousands of pitch decks - the members are constantly pitching to each other!
There's also farza's interest in building a global learning platform and he's experimenting with Buildspace as a mechanism to build at scale and test it.

I'm looking at it as a point of interest. Will I build a big following? nope. Will it inspire me to build out my app faster? Possibly - I'm deep into learning everything I can at the moment, so I'm seeing this as just another channel to pick up knowledge. BUT - even the general tone of the content and site is aimed at much younger people than me. We'll see.