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1. New HN account 2. What kind of real start-up was it that relied exclusively on IG to make sales? 3. Without real details, this looks suspiciously like a co
by radley 6y ago
1. New HN account
2. What kind of real start-up was it that relied exclusively on IG to make sales?
3. Without real details, this looks suspiciously like a competitive social-media attack on InstagramHelperTools.
- jnovek 6y agoThis is an interesting hypothesis. My (more general) hypothesis was that OP is posting under pseudonym because their actual business is something that wouldn’t be considered particularly virtuous on HN. Discrediting a competitor would certainly fit that idea. (Although the idea of finding engagement only on one platform at first doesn’t seem far-fetched to me at all.)
- bdcravens 6y agoI understand them staying anonymous, but turning around and explicitly naming the service they used did raise an eyebrow.
- OriolRoda 6y agoWe have more than one channel, but this one was one of the most importants. I posted the name of the service we used so that other people don't suffer the same fate we did. We are in the fitness business, so no interest in getting in any kind of marketing tool war.
- radley 6y agoAdding a HN bio also helped, thanks.