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but is it worth being on the front page of HN? Maybe for reddit, but I come here looking for HN-specific topics.
by brianobush 17y ago
but is it worth being on the front page of HN? Maybe for reddit, but I come here looking for HN-specific topics.
- ugh 17y agoPR hacking sure deserves to be on the front page of HN. Flag it if you don’t agree.
- brianobush 17y agoIf this is PR, it will be lost with the masses (for whom PR is meant for). This feature neither falls into the hacking nor PR camp. Easter egg, maybe. Useless feature, definitely.
- ugh 17y agoPR is, first and formost, directed at journalists or anyone who can reach a wider public. And on that front it succeded. Massivly. Look here: http://news.google.de/news/more?cf=all&ned=us&cf=all&ncl=dbuIfkkvjwgP4EMi21B1hOxAhjbkM http://news.google.de/news/more?cf=all&ned=us&cf=all... And that doesn't include all the blogs that picked it up. Getting this much publicity with a non-feature (complete with a caricature of a press release) is impressive. Just one example: this is the first time tuaw.com writes about the iPhone version of Pcalc. It could have written about the app when it was released or when new versions came out. It did not. And it's not as though the developer didn't try: http://www.dragthing.com/blog/?p=172 http://www.dragthing.com/blog/?p=172 If you can't take the direct route, take the indirect one. And know what journalists value. Not the one-millionth calculator but childish easter eggs. Mission accomplished.
- mbrubeck 17y agoMost of the stuff I post to the front page is quite dry and technical: http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=mbrubeck http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=mbrubeck But sometimes I just want to cheer on an entrepreneur who's done something clearly awesome.