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Bummer. Yeah, my idea was more along the lines of find my audience hanging out online and gently, subtly mention my product. Niche specific subreddits, forums (

by stets 6y ago

Bummer. Yeah, my idea was more along the lines of find my audience hanging out online and gently, subtly mention my product. Niche specific subreddits, forums (they still exist), Slack rooms, creating YouTube videos and others work pretty okay for initial traction for free.

ngngngng 6y ago
I get so frustrated marketing like this. I've put weeks of my life into FOSS projects just to post them on reddit and have them immediately deleted because "self promotion". If I can't post my FOSS to the linux subreddit then what in the world am I allowed to post?
- probably_wrong 6y ago
  > If I can't post my FOSS to the linux subreddit then what in the world am I allowed to post? There is not enough information in your comment to judge correctly, but I would like to point out that it's not black and white. You know what I hate about Hacker News lately? The green accounts that show up, post a link to their product (sometimes even making it to the front page), do not reply to comments, and exist only to keep spamming their own links. I also saw a post gain 16 upvotes even though they forgot to post the actual content. If you regularly contribute to the linux subreddit, participate in discussions, and post interesting links from non-affiliated sources then yes, being deleted for "self promotion" sounds unfair. But if you only go there to promote your project then I'd also side with the mods.
  - dragandj 6y ago
    The thing is that most of these submissions go nowhere on HN. So, what is actually the problem? Lousy submissions don’t get upvoted and no one is bothered. The problem on Reddit is that even legitimate submissions are taken down by nay-sayers despite being positive and getting legitimate upvotes, while submissions of links that lead to big companies’ websites don’t get nearly the same level of scrutiny.
    - mthoms 6y ago
      It seems the best way these days is to get creative - Write a blog post that is interesting to the target audience and mention your product as an aside. Exactly like this HN submission did.
- jmstfv 6y ago
  Well, that largely depends on the subreddit and the context. Always read the wiki before posting. When in doubt, ask moderators if they're OK with self-promotion. Self-promotion doesn't mean you spam links left and right. Try to provide value first, and maybe at the end of your post/comment, link to your website.
  - ngngngng 6y ago
    My open source repo was inspired by conversations in the subreddit, and open source software doesn't do much besides provide value.
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by stets 6y ago

ngngngng 6y ago

I get so frustrated marketing like this. I've put weeks of my life into FOSS projects just to post them on reddit and have them immediately deleted because "self promotion". If I can't post my FOSS to the linux subreddit then what in the world am I allowed to post?

probably_wrong 6y ago
> If I can't post my FOSS to the linux subreddit then what in the world am I allowed to post? There is not enough information in your comment to judge correctly, but I would like to point out that it's not black and white. You know what I hate about Hacker News lately? The green accounts that show up, post a link to their product (sometimes even making it to the front page), do not reply to comments, and exist only to keep spamming their own links. I also saw a post gain 16 upvotes even though they forgot to post the actual content. If you regularly contribute to the linux subreddit, participate in discussions, and post interesting links from non-affiliated sources then yes, being deleted for "self promotion" sounds unfair. But if you only go there to promote your project then I'd also side with the mods.
- dragandj 6y ago
  The thing is that most of these submissions go nowhere on HN. So, what is actually the problem? Lousy submissions don’t get upvoted and no one is bothered. The problem on Reddit is that even legitimate submissions are taken down by nay-sayers despite being positive and getting legitimate upvotes, while submissions of links that lead to big companies’ websites don’t get nearly the same level of scrutiny.
  - mthoms 6y ago
    It seems the best way these days is to get creative - Write a blog post that is interesting to the target audience and mention your product as an aside. Exactly like this HN submission did.
jmstfv 6y ago
Well, that largely depends on the subreddit and the context. Always read the wiki before posting. When in doubt, ask moderators if they're OK with self-promotion. Self-promotion doesn't mean you spam links left and right. Try to provide value first, and maybe at the end of your post/comment, link to your website.
- ngngngng 6y ago
  My open source repo was inspired by conversations in the subreddit, and open source software doesn't do much besides provide value.
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