If it's design-centric or technology that can helpdesigners, I'd suggest posting it on Designer News. The kind of designers on there varies, but I would say most are UI, product and front-end types.
Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Show HN? Other platforms to showcase
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Re: Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Show HN? Other platforms to showcase
#12https://www.producthunt.com/
I had a bad experience:
1. It was invitation-only when I tried to join it. No real complain here, it just didn't make sense for this kind of page and I don't like it.
2. Then a couple of projects of mine got to the front-page of HN and someone -- I am guessing an admin -- added them to Product Hunt with an email I never gave them which resulted in waves of SPAM.
I cannot stress the 2nd point enough. Imagine that you make a project, a random person re-publishes it in some network you were denied entering and now for every person who comments in there you get a low-quality email.
Edit: for clarity I hope
Re: Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Show HN? Other platforms to showcase
#13https://www.producthunt.com/
I had a bad experience: 1. It was invitation-only when I tried to join it. No real complain here, it just didn't make sense for this kind of page and I don't like it. 2. Then a couple of projects of mine got to the front-page of HN and someone -- I am guessing an admin -- added them to Product Hunt with an email I never gave them which resulted in waves of SPAM. I cannot stress the 2nd point enough. Imagine that you…
I don't understand I cannot stress [...] enough: someone [...] added them to Product Hunt with an email I never gave them which resulted in waves of SPAM
You do not use filters? Free feedback, straight to your inbox!
Re: Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Show HN? Other platforms to showcase
#14I'm the CTO of Collaborizm.com a great place to post and get feedback from a global tech minded audience.
So we can showcase any product on the site? or is there any criteria?
Re: Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Show HN? Other platforms to showcase
#15Show HN is good for technical feedback, but often HN won't match up well with the target audience. An example where this comes up is when HN commenters complain about how they never read email newsletters so the sign up form / email required / create an account step is a "complete waste of time" (but email works!).
The most effective approach to actually getting customers is to build a reputation as a problem-solver within the specific, related niche communities and then offer the new tool as an alternative solution to problems. Most people posting HN front-page follow-up note how the wave of traffic doesn't typically convert well.
Re: Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Show HN? Other platforms to showcase
#16https://www.producthunt.com/
don't forget to use a "no hunt" badge or this might happen: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/colormind
I mean, not complaining or anything but I did not expect a beta signup page to get hunted. Didn't find out until three weeks later when I tried to submit the product.
eg. one of these badges https://thenextweb.com/media/2015/02/02/want-get-product-hun...
Re: Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Show HN? Other platforms to showcase
#17https://github.com/mmccaff/PlacesToPostYourStartup They've put together a very comprehensive list of places to post your startup, and some will certainly be relevant to just side projects etc. Depending on what you're looking to showcase. This will certainly be one source I'll look to, for what I launch my side project.
I've had some great luck promoting http://oppsdaily.com with some of the subreddits mentioned.
In addition, http://reddit.com/r/financialindependence does a weekly self-promotion thread which has been a nice little bump in traffic.
https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/5y7b...
Re: Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Show HN? Other platforms to showcase
#18https://www.producthunt.com/
Obligatory link to "How Product Hunt really works": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10739875
That was posted over a year ago; since then, things have gotten even worse with regards to elitism and the fairness of the system (nowadays the name of the game is figuring out how to market your Product Hunt submission to your network of friends without explicitly asking for upvotes, unless you're famous/VC in which case you're allowed to be blatant). My original rant on the topic after the acquisition: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13080432
I've recently given up calling out the voting manipulation on Product Hunt because everyone calls me a buzzkill for doing so.
Re: Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Show HN? Other platforms to showcase
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had a bad experience: 1. It was invitation-only when I tried to join it. No real complain here, it just didn't make sense for this kind of page and I don't like it. 2. Then a couple of projects of mine got to the front-page of HN and someone -- I am guessing an admin -- added them to Product Hunt with an email I never gave them which resulted in waves of SPAM. I cannot stress the 2nd point enough. Imagine that you…
I don't understand I cannot stress [...] enough: someone [...] added them to Product Hunt with an email I never gave them which resulted in waves of SPAM You do not use filters? Free feedback, straight to your inbox!
As far as I remember the feedback was a lot like cool project!, which is also nice but nothing compared with the previous front-page of HN as it was the same positive sentiment but with a lot of useful comments. About filters I use Gmail, so mostly use the stock ones which are good for bot SPAM, but not for user-generated comments.
Re: Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Show HN? Other platforms to showcase
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't understand I cannot stress [...] enough: someone [...] added them to Product Hunt with an email I never gave them which resulted in waves of SPAM You do not use filters? Free feedback, straight to your inbox!
As far as I remember the feedback was a lot like cool project! , which is also nice but nothing compared with the previous front-page of HN as it was the same positive sentiment but with a lot of useful comments. About filters I use Gmail, so mostly use the stock ones which are good for bot SPAM, but not for user-generated comments.
Differentiating user-generated comments can be a pain; I would hope ProductHunt sends notification emails from the same source!
Thanks for filling in the additional detail.