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I feel like that'd be kind of invasive... Plus, most communities explicitly forbid this in their rules or guidelines.

throwaway2019Z 8y ago
Just message the mods for approval first.
dhruvkar 8y ago
I think this sentiment is an indication that what you made is not as useful as you'd like. Communities enjoy things that are useful to them. By virtue of you being interested in your own side project's subject matter, makes you a part of that community. Build something that YOU find useful, then when you share you won't feel like its being invasive, it'll feel like giving a gift.
- Smithalicious 8y ago
  I think it's invasive by means of explicitly violating the rules of almost every community. For example, /r/anime has a rule that says that all posts have to be anime-specific, which my website is not. I messaged the mods to confirm this and they also said it is not allowed. Similarly, 4chan has a "no advertising" rule and more importantly it is strongly ingrained into the culture that you don't post things that can link you to some kind of "identity". Even posting your own youtube videos there is met with disdain. I do think what I've made is useful and it was expliclty made to scratch my own itch (and I've been using it for months by myself) but I am just not comfortable going into communities, most of which I would not have otherwise visited, to do something that probably violates the rules or at least looks a lot like spam.
muzani 8y ago
I've had hundreds of referrals from reddit and got 60% of my downloads from Facebook groups, even after paid advertising. The key is to make something people want. Don't "sell". Wait for people facing a problem to ask for a solution, and then mention your website as a solution if it's the case. Nearly every product out there is competing with some hacky solution. Often that hacky solution is a subreddit.

throwaway2019Z 8y ago

Just message the mods for approval first.

I think this sentiment is an indication that what you made is not as useful as you'd like. Communities enjoy things that are useful to them. By virtue of you being interested in your own side project's subject matter, makes you a part of that community. Build something that YOU find useful, then when you share you won't feel like its being invasive, it'll feel like giving a gift.

Smithalicious 8y ago
I think it's invasive by means of explicitly violating the rules of almost every community. For example, /r/anime has a rule that says that all posts have to be anime-specific, which my website is not. I messaged the mods to confirm this and they also said it is not allowed. Similarly, 4chan has a "no advertising" rule and more importantly it is strongly ingrained into the culture that you don't post things that can link you to some kind of "identity". Even posting your own youtube videos there is met with disdain. I do think what I've made is useful and it was expliclty made to scratch my own itch (and I've been using it for months by myself) but I am just not comfortable going into communities, most of which I would not have otherwise visited, to do something that probably violates the rules or at least looks a lot like spam.

muzani 8y ago

I've had hundreds of referrals from reddit and got 60% of my downloads from Facebook groups, even after paid advertising. The key is to make something people want. Don't "sell". Wait for people facing a problem to ask for a solution, and then mention your website as a solution if it's the case. Nearly every product out there is competing with some hacky solution. Often that hacky solution is a subreddit.