Ask HN: Are ignored "Show HN"s a reflection of the project?
Obviously to some degree the answer to this is always "yes" ...but timing of post, quality of title, etc. all must matter to a certain degree too, right?
I've done 4 or 5 "Show HNs" over the last 2 months for my current project (as I've added new features) and I've gotten basically one comment. I can't decide if this is a reflection of my project not being interesting, something about HN, or my total lack of marketing skills (or something else)?
I'd really appreciate any input... or "just" ideas for marketing for hackers. Every tip I read seems to basically be: spam but don't spam. For whatever reason I have a real problem reaching out to people because I feel like I am spamming them...and then when I go ahead and do it anyway I just get ignored anyway. Thoughts?
I've done 4 or 5 "Show HNs" over the last 2 months for my current project (as I've added new features) and I've gotten basically one comment. I can't decide if this is a reflection of my project not being interesting, something about HN, or my total lack of marketing skills (or something else)?
I'd really appreciate any input... or "just" ideas for marketing for hackers. Every tip I read seems to basically be: spam but don't spam. For whatever reason I have a real problem reaching out to people because I feel like I am spamming them...and then when I go ahead and do it anyway I just get ignored anyway. Thoughts?
Thanks!