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> Reddit is incredibly powerful if you are building something niche and are already a part of the community I generally agree with this but I will say (at leas
by joshdavham 2y ago
> Reddit is incredibly powerful if you are building something niche and are already a part of the community
I generally agree with this but I will say (at least in my niche) that I’ve been pretty surprised recently with both how 1) anti ‘self-promotion’ some subreddits have become and 2) how brutal people will be if your thing is not fully free and open source. I understand where they’re coming from, but I’d recommend software founders know this when trying to use Reddit as a distribution channel.
- dmoy 2y agoI think it depends heavily on the sub. E.g. in some subs it's an instant permaban from the sub for self promotion, and in others they don't really care one way or the other. Either because there's so little promotional spam in that sub, or something else.
- joshdavham 2y ago> I think it depends heavily on the sub I think you're right. And this is one of the reasons I like HN so much. You're not seen as evil for sharing a software project that is paid and closed-source. It's much more friendly for this kind of stuff.
- jainvivek 2y agoI second that. Ironically this post was flagged and got invisible within minutes of postings. However mod team was super helpful to restore it.