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Ask HN: We screwed up our HN post. What next?

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Re: Ask HN: We screwed up our HN post. What next?

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Post by samstokes »

twanschik wrote: post #6
samstokes wrote: post #5

Without knowing the context, it sounds like you didn't get banned for the content of the posting, but for asking your existing users to come and upvote you en masse. That's generally considered to undesirably skew the voting, and will get detected and flagged. Maybe if you just re-posted without the appeal to your fans, you'd see how well your product and pitch resonate with the HN community.

We posted merely 2 weeks ago. So, many HN users could down-vote it because of that. What do you think?

I don't know, how long were you on the front page before you got taken off? People won't complain about double posting unless they actually saw it the first time!

Re: Ask HN: We screwed up our HN post. What next?

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Post by twanschik »

samstokes wrote: post #5

Without knowing the context, it sounds like you didn't get banned for the content of the posting, but for asking your existing users to come and upvote you en masse. That's generally considered to undesirably skew the voting, and will get detected and flagged. Maybe if you just re-posted without the appeal to your fans, you'd see how well your product and pitch resonate with the HN community.

Thanks, we posted it again: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5978451

Re: Ask HN: We screwed up our HN post. What next?

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Post by mrgreenfur »

porter wrote: post #4

Get covered on another blog and get someone to submit the URL? Honestly, I think you'll be better served thinking about how to create a repeatable process for acquiring customers rather than worrying about one time traffic hits from HN.

100%. HN is not the end-all of press / beta launch news. There are tons of other sites. I think folks on here make the mistake (myself included) of thinking that HN is the only place that matters - it's not.

Re: Ask HN: We screwed up our HN post. What next?

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Post by 1123581321 »

wkornewald wrote: post #15
1123581321 wrote: post #13

I just tried your app. Accuracy seems poor -- almost like a mini-game rather than a useful tool. The concept is very clever, though.

So, zooming doesn't solve your accuracy problem? Did you use a graphics tablet or an iPad?

I used the desktop. I don't think I should want to zoom to draw an element because I would just have to move my fingers further.
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