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if you believe in your product and think there's a need than why would you consider it spam?
by drum 13y ago
if you believe in your product and think there's a need than why would you consider it spam?
- jff 13y agoI would report your facebook posts as abuse if I saw them on my newsfeed, most likely. "I joined a bunch of groups so I could advertise to them." Scummy.
- jcutrell 13y agoNot all advertisement is scummy. You could easily change the tone here. "I joined a bunch of very specific types of groups so I could manually write a post that tells them about a free app that I built for their demographic." I felt the "scum" right away, but then I thought about the source of the feeling. Scummy is when you write bait. Telling people about your app - sometimes that requires a door to door cold call. I think this app deserved to be shared with that group, and it's particularly un-scummy considering the fact that it's brand new, free, and isn't trying to mine for email addys.
- drum 13y agothank you! took the words right out of my mouth
- tmirani 13y agoThe groups he sent to are quite likely to actually use and enjoy the app.
- jsnk 13y agoMany others might whether you believe in the product or not though. I guess I am looking for less intrusive and disruptive way to acquire user, but the downside to this is that it is way harder to gain users. But I think your facebook group selection was smart. A lot of freshmen would like this app.