I don't know how many of you use chat sites when you feel like venting or talking for a while. There are websites like blahtherapy, 7 cups of tea, omegle(using tags) and others that fulfill this role, letting you connect with a random person to talk about whatever you want. It could be to talk about your new dog, or ask for advice about your struggling relationship, or to vent about your daily struggle with depression, or anything you want - you get the point.
Thing is, most of these sites are pretty bad, and fail in one way or another. Some spam ads everywhere, or allow trolls to flood in, or have poor programming (backspace exits the chat suddenly, no reconnection features, poor design), require creating an account - or a mix of these.
Because of all this, and because I myself am a user of these sites, I created my own "worthy" alternative, rainychat.com
However, even though I KNOW my site is better in most ways, I have no idea how to make people realize it exists.
Is advertisement on google neccesary? Do I repost my site on facebook and twitter over and over again? How do you promote your sites?
Honestly, I'm lost. I don't have lists or followers to spread the word, and if things keep this way my site will die eventually.
What would you do, HN?
Thing is, most of these sites are pretty bad, and fail in one way or another. Some spam ads everywhere, or allow trolls to flood in, or have poor programming (backspace exits the chat suddenly, no reconnection features, poor design), require creating an account - or a mix of these.
Because of all this, and because I myself am a user of these sites, I created my own "worthy" alternative, rainychat.com
However, even though I KNOW my site is better in most ways, I have no idea how to make people realize it exists.
Is advertisement on google neccesary? Do I repost my site on facebook and twitter over and over again? How do you promote your sites?
Honestly, I'm lost. I don't have lists or followers to spread the word, and if things keep this way my site will die eventually.
What would you do, HN?