[qabilzahari]

I'm really truly sorry about this. But the previous submission was actually a different product but with the same name. However, I understand your point.

But honestly, there aren't that many free and effective avenues for a non-influential internet figure like myself to get exposure for a product I create. Product Hunt and Hacker News are the most helpful sites.

I tried to get the word out at many other places but many times, it just went unheard of. I can't afford those expensive paid launching sites and adverts. So, these free platforms are my only hope and I had to post a few more times than normal. This post that got this many upvotes and feedback, I never really thought it would turn out this way. I got really really lucky with this 20th post.

I'm really sorry for the spam but I'm just trying hard to make my voice heard, too. I hope I'm still within the rules of this community.

[demarq]

I strongly disagree with the commenters. 20times in 9 months is absolutely ok!

I am honestly surprised someone would even take note of a single post in the barrage of posts that is the HN front page.

Just as example I login here EVERY DAY and yet this is the first time I discovered your app.

In the most respectful way possible, please please just ignore the thread OP, it is 100% unwarranted criticism IHMO.

Keep talking about your product, write blogs, take out ads, post it to your socials do just do your thing!

:)

[boredgamer2]

> 20times in 9 months is absolutely ok!

It's actually not okay and the HN system is designed to stop that behaviour. Looking at the submissions this appears subverted through various subdomains and TLDs, but its the same submission.

I'm okay with posting a few times, but 20 times? Come on..

Also, it will show up on the https://news.ycombinator.com/show for days, so if you miss it, it's because you're not checking there.

[qabilzahari]

Hey there, I'm really sorry that you found this behavior to be wrong and I agree to a certain extent that what I did was wrong, too. However, the submissions I made were not of bad faith.

When I first started, I used a Japanese-inspired domain name but none of my western users can relate to it, so I changed it. At that time, the product was different than it is now, it was more of a startup community group to showcase their startups on a profile page rather than a landing page builder. That didn't work out. However, some users liked the profile pages I created for them on that website so I changed the domain name to oneprofile.info, a personal page builder (which is active and is used by over 2000 people).

After I launched on Product Hunt, some users requested profile pages for their side-projects and teams. So, I bought the oneprofile.team domain and used it for a while. Then, I realized restricting it to team doesn't make sense and thought of opting for a domain name that is much general. Finally, I ended up with the oneprofile.page domain name which is what it is today.

It was a long and arduous 9 months journey for me, a solo dev/entrepreneur. I don't have a strong voice on the internet so I had to do something like this where I keep posting stuff to get the word out and hope I get lucky and noticed. I really didn't mean to offend you or the community.

[craftinator]

I appreciate the clarity of your answer, and how it isn't full of marketing-speak and deflections. Keep doing your thing to get your business going!

[qabilzahari]

Thanks so much for the encouragement and support - it means a lot to me!

[boredgamer2]

No worries. Congrats on launching

[qabilzahari]

Thanks for wish - appreciate it!

[demarq]

> I'm okay with posting a few times, but 20 times? Come on..

over 9 months, 9! that's once every two weeks.

> so if you miss it

no one is looking for something they don't even know exists.

[boredgamer2]

> no one is looking for something they don't even know exists.

I would be happy to direct your attention to the "Show" link on the top toolbar, where no one can miss it

[demarq]

I mean no one is looking for an article they don't know exists.

[qabilzahari]

Thank you so much for your encouragement, understanding, and support, demarq! I feel a bit better now :)

[appleflaxen]

Fair enough.

Accounts that only ever submit from one domain (presumably their own) and have no comments on any other threads (I don't know if you do or not; I'm speaking in the abstract here) are receiving a lot from the community and providing little.

The very same posting frequency is fine with me, if you're also sharing the thoughtful work of others that you find.

But the comments also show suggest that mine is the minority view, so.. carry on.

[qabilzahari]

You're actually right, appleflaxen. I don't have any other comments on other threads and that was really my mistake. I should've been more contributing if I were to expect the same from others. I'll try to be more active! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[kaydub]

The most successful companies I've worked for have been unapologetic in their extreme marketing campaigns.