[adamlangsner]

OP here.

You are spot on. I actually built TweetSpacer because there are lot of existing players in the market.

I've spent 2.5 years building "original" products that never made me any money.

So I decided to try something totally different this time, I decided to go into an existing market and just put my spin on it and produce a product with good build quality.

I figure the market for social media automation tools is monopolistic and so I think that if I make a good product, talk to customers and carve out a niche I could have a small business.

It may not work. It could blow up in my face. But so far it's the first thing I've made that's generated any revenue. Not much yet, but it's better than the $0 I was stuck at for so long.

I used to loathe the idea of making something that's already out there, but I kept thinking about pepsi. Why does pepsi exist? I still don't know why. I like coke. But I think it's ok to have multiple proudcts that achieve a similar task. There's lots of dimensions you can compete on.