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Ask HN: We screwed up our HN post. What next?
After 2 years of hard work on our web app we made the mistake to ask our beta testers to support us on HN.
Because of this we got reported and removed from the front page - which is understandable in hindsight.
We believe in our wireframing solution and would like to share it with the world. Is there a chance to post again on HN without getting banned? Or do you have other suggestions to go public?
- gee_totes 13y agoHow about: Reddit? Lobsters? Designer News? Doing a Meetup Talk? Blog.yourapp.subdomain with an innovative way to use your tool? Emailing or twittering people in the design world with an invite?
- 4891 13y agoMake a new account, set up a voting ring (a proper voting ring this time, where the accounts have some history - ask your HN-using friends to help out). You only need about 4 upvotes to make the front page and then momentum will help you if you're any good. Ever wonder how the Buffer guys keep making the frontpage despite basically rehashing the same article over and over?
- porter 13y agoGet 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.
- mrgreenfur 13y ago100%. 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.
- samstokes 13y agoWithout 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.
- twanschik 13y agoWe posted merely 2 weeks ago. So, many HN users could down-vote it because of that. What do you think?
- twanschik 13y agoThanks, we posted it again: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5978451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5978451
- Peroni 13y agoIf your account has been flagged for potentially being part of a voting ring then I'd suggest emailing the admins. Otherwise your future posts will all die a quick death.
- 1123581321 13y agoI just tried your app. Accuracy seems poor -- almost like a mini-game rather than a useful tool. The concept is very clever, though.
- wkornewald 13y agoSo, zooming doesn't solve your accuracy problem? Did you use a graphics tablet or an iPad?
- 1123581321 13y agoI 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.