Honestly, I think you should quit. If you're not excited about it, then you're not going to like working on it anyway — even assuming that it takes off. And you could be spending the time and money on something that you're more excited about instead.
Some reasons I could be wrong: if you're actually excited about it, but the potential embarrassment is clouding your judgment. Honestly, nobody cares if you have a failed project. Or even a failed startup. I've watched people blow seed rounds on things they were passionate about but couldn't get traction with, and they don't have any regrets. And more importantly — nobody else really cares. Try to think about why you started building it in the first place. Do you still care about the problem you're solving?
One more thing — I've been pitched this same idea multiple times over the past 10 years (some seed-funded, some bootstrapped). Not saying that it's a bad idea, but it's not clear what's unique about your iteration that would give it better odds of success than previous attempts. In my opinion, it suffers from the "not 10x better" problem. If I want an awesome burrito, it's not that hard to find an awesome burrito place without going through item-level reviews. And if I want the best item on a menu, I can usually ask the waiter or go through some of the reviews (Google sometimes highlights certain menu items).
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Honestly, I think you should quit. If you're not excited about it, then you're not going to like working on it anyway — even assuming that it takes off. And you could be spending the time and money on something that you're more excited about instead.
Some reasons I could be wrong: if you're actually excited about it, but the potential embarrassment is clouding your judgment. Honestly, nobody cares if you have a failed project. Or even a failed startup. I've watched people blow seed rounds on things they were passionate about but couldn't get traction with, and they don't have any regrets. And more importantly — nobody else really cares. Try to think about why you started building it in the first place. Do you still care about the problem you're solving?
One more thing — I've been pitched this same idea multiple times over the past 10 years (some seed-funded, some bootstrapped). Not saying that it's a bad idea, but it's not clear what's unique about your iteration that would give it better odds of success than previous attempts. In my opinion, it suffers from the "not 10x better" problem. If I want an awesome burrito, it's not that hard to find an awesome burrito place without going through item-level reviews. And if I want the best item on a menu, I can usually ask the waiter or go through some of the reviews (Google sometimes highlights certain menu items).